Risk Developer

About Us:

Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago theDV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America Europe and Asia. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016 DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital trading strategies and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now DV group affiliates include two broker dealers a cryptocurrency market making firm and a bourgeoning investment adviser.

Overview:

We are seeking a full-stack developer to join our risk team. This role supports the design build and operation of the in-house risk engine which powers real-time calculation and monitoring of PnL VaR greeks risk slides and other key risk metrics.

The ideal candidate combines solid backend and frontend development skills with strong DevOps fundamentals and hands-on experience using AI tooling in day-to-day development. You will work closely with senior risk developers quantitative analysts and market risk analysts to turn financial models into reliable production-ready applications and keep them running smoothly under live trading conditions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain real-time risk systems used daily by risk traders and executives including:
  • 24/5 live PnL tracking
  • VaR and other exposure calculations
  • Web-based risk dashboards
  • Interactive analytical tools
  • Alerting and monitoring systems
• Own deployment CI/CD and infrastructure for risk applications: containerization pipeline automation environment management observability and incident response.
• Improve system reliability performance and availability with a focus on low latency and stability during market hours.
• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code Cursor Copilot) to accelerate development testing documentation and debugging.
• Develop and enhance applications that integrate LLM APIs for automation analysis and workflow improvements.
• Build responsive front-end interfaces for visualizing and interacting with risk metrics.
• Collaborate with the risk team to understand requirements and implement risk models.
• Write clean well-documented and tested code; participate in code reviews and design discussions.

Requirements:

• 4 years of professional experience as a full-stack developer preferably in the financial industry or proprietary trading.
• Strong proficiency in Python for data processing backend logic and model integration.
• Solid DevOps experience: Docker CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins) Linux administration and monitoring/logging tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana). Experience with Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform Ansible) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants and agentic development workflows and a practical understanding of how to apply them effectively and safely.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs (e.g. OpenAI Anthropic) into applications including prompt design tool/function calling and evaluation.
• Experience with at least one modern JavaScript framework (React Angular or Vue).
• Proficiency in SQL and a solid understanding of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL) and/or NoSQL stores (e.g. Redis).
• Understanding of data structures APIs and real-time data processing.
• Familiarity with real-time data visualization.
• Exposure to quantitative models or working with quants is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical dental and vision insurance
• HSA FSA and Dependent Care Options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary LTD Life & AD&D insurance
• Flexible Vacation policy
• Retirement plan with employer match

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