Validus is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our financial development team. The financial development team is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining the systems and services powering the rapidly growing, award-winning technology offering at Validus.

The financial development team is part of the broader technology team working in collaboration with quants, frontend and platform engineers. Our teams work together to grow our technology platform, Horizon. Horizon comprises multiple applications for trade execution, portfolio management and risk analysis for alternative asset managers in various domains, such as private equity, private debt and real estate.

• Lead and manage medium sized team.
• Engage with external stakeholders and clients to understand their needs and design solutions for capturing and integrating their data for it to be utilised on Horizon.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including Validus’s quant, risk advisory, and global capital market desks to understand their needs, gather requirements and propose new solutions.
• Build a strong understanding of FX and interest rate products, the related financial markets, and market data sources.
• Implement cloud-native solutions on AWS, ranging from HTTP APIs to event-driven microservices. Web frameworks we use include Django and FastAPI.
• Design data models for elegantly capturing the business domain of complex trades across multiple asset classes. You will be exposed to several databases, but the primary database for portfolios (investments, leverages and derivatives) will be MySQL and MongoDB.
• Write efficient, testable and maintainable code in Python with performance and observability in mind.
• Our performance-critical systems are written in Rust, so you will need to be comfortable with Rust.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in team management.
• The ideal candidate will likely hold a Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, finance or a related field.
• Experience with financial or market risk modelling is a plus, but not required. The role is heavily finance focused, so a keen interest is expected.
• Abstract thinking, an interest in designing financial object models.
• Experience with one or more modern programming languages - Python and Rust are required.
• Experience with databases. We use MongoDB, MySQL and DynamoDB, but experience with other database technologies would also be valuable.
• Experience with AWS is a plus, but not required.
• Curiosity to explore new technologies. We are constantly looking for potential technologies to improve our platform.

Benefits

Validus Risk Management is an independent technology-enabled advisory firm specialising in the management of FX, interest rate and other market risks. We work with institutional investors, fund managers and portfolio companies to design and implement strategies to measure, manage and monitor financial market risk, using a market-tested combination of specialist consulting services, trade execution and innovative risk technology.

Working at Validus can offer an exciting opportunity for both personal development and professional growth. Share in our mission to become the largest and most respected specialist provider of financial market risk services in the world. Notable benefits include a competitive remuneration package (salary + bonus), pension contributions, regular social events, train ticket loans and financial support towards professional qualifications.

Validus is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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