Soros Fund Management · 3 hours ago
Risk Development – Software Engineer
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$150K/yr - $220K/yr
4+ years expSoros Fund Management is seeking a mid-level Software Engineer to join their Risk Development team. This role is responsible for building and enhancing platforms and analytics that support firm-wide risk management, working closely with various stakeholders to translate risk concepts into production-grade software.
FinanceFinancial ServicesManagement Consulting
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain risk analytics and data pipelines supporting attribution, exposure, sensitivity, P&L, and stress/scenario analysis
Build scalable Python-based services and batch workflows, with heavy use of distributed computation frameworks (e.g., Dask)
Develop and optimize data models and queries in Snowflake and MS SQL Server to support both intraday and end-of-day risk management needs
Deploy and operate workloads on AWS, leveraging cloud-native and containerized architectures
Support elastic compute and scaling using Kubernetes-based platforms (e.g., KEDA, Karpenter)
Partner with Risk stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver actionable risk insights
Improve system reliability, performance, and observability across the platform
Participate in production support and incident resolution for mission-critical risk systems
Qualification
Required
4+ years of professional software development experience building data-intensive or distributed systems
Strong proficiency in Python, with a focus on clean design, testability, and maintainability
Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large-scale analytical databases
Solid understanding of data structures, concurrency, parallelism, and distributed computation
Experience designing systems that run reliably in production under real operational constraints
Experience working on Risk, Front Office, or trading-related systems
Familiarity with risk concepts such as exposures, sensitivities, P&L, and scenario analysis
Comfortable working with investment and risk terminology and stakeholders
Ability to work effectively with senior financial professionals
Familiarity with risk and investment terminology
Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical counterparts
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, balancing project delivery with production support
Preferred
Familiarity with multiple asset classes (e.g., Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives) and associated risk models
Experience building user interfaces and visualizations for analytical or risk tools
Benefits
Discretionary year-end bonus
Company
Soros Fund Management
Soros Fund Management is a privately owned hedge fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets.
51-200 employees
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