Company
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over 50 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Position / Group description:
The Risk Management Technology group provides support to global Risk Management in the areas of technology and information processing for measuring, quantifying, analyzing, controlling, and reporting Risk exposures for traded securities products.
The position is for a senior engineer who will be part of Technology team supporting the Global Risk Management Technology group. The work assignments will include playing a key developer role in major project related work. Projects will include custom development, implementation and integration of vendor products, and enhancement/support of existing on-premises and cloud-based systems.
The Role will involve designing, developing, enhancing, testing and implementing solutions to integrate with Numerix services for the calculation of PFE and other risk measures for multiple financial products by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting issues and resolving production problems along with supporting users by developing documentation and assistance tools.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Serve as a VP-level technical lead within Risk Management Technology, responsible for delivering scalable, reliable, and business-critical risk applications.
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Partner with business users, quants, project managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, architect and implement scalable technical solutions.
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Perform and oversee functional, integration, regression, and non-functional testing to ensure solutions are stable, scalable, and ready for user acceptance testing and production deployment.
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Own implementation verification, release readiness, production deployment, post-release validation, and ongoing support for delivered modules.
Essential Experience/ Skills:
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Strong hands-on Python development experience with 6+ years of relevant experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting enterprise applications.
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Strong Risk Analytics knowledge and experience required.
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Experience and knowledge of SDLC and agile methodologies and development processes such as requirement gathering, analysis and definition, prototyping, proof of concept, designing and implementation
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Strong SQL skills and experience on Snowflake, Oracle or other RDBMS data platforms
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Experience across a broad range of AWS services (Amazon EKS, Lambda, EC2, S3, etc)
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Experience in the financial services industry with knowledge of counterparty credit risk (PFE, PE, etc) domains (market risk experience a plus)
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Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
Preferred:
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Experience with Numerix OneView and/or CrossAsset
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Experience of using GIT based source control repository and tools such as Bitbucket and SourceTree.
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Experience of using Jira for full development cycle (requirement to deployment).
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Hands-on experience with Java and related enterprise frameworks
Personal Attributes:
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Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills
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Self-starter and entrepreneurial in approach
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Ability to escalate / follow-up proactively
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Good time management skills
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Strong technical and people leadership skills, with the ability to mentor engineers, delegate effectively, manage delivery priorities, provide architectural direction, and drive accountability across projects.
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Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of relevant experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting enterprise applications
- Strong hands-on Python development experience
- Strong risk analytics knowledge and experience
- Experience with SDLC, Agile methodologies, requirements gathering, analysis, prototyping, proof of concept, design, and implementation
- Strong SQL skills and experience with Snowflake, Oracle, or other RDBMS platforms
- Experience across AWS services including Amazon EKS, Lambda, EC2, and S3
- Financial services industry experience with counterparty credit risk domains, including PFE and PE
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
- Experience with Numerix OneView and/or CrossAsset
- Experience with Git-based source control and tools such as Bitbucket and SourceTree
- Experience using Jira throughout the development cycle
- Hands-on experience with Java and related enterprise frameworks
- Strong technical and people leadership skills, including mentoring, delegation, architectural guidance, and delivery accountability
Jefferies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jefferies and has not been reviewed or approved by Jefferies.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as competitive with meaningful upside, with potential for significant earnings depending on group performance and strong years. A formulaic, performance-linked bonus model ties payouts to individual fees or P&L, reinforcing a pay-for-results dynamic.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-building support is broad, including primary and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, subsidized emergency child and eldercare, and a $25,000 stipend for qualified surrogacy, adoption, or fertility support. Added resources like family support programs and parental-leave coaching further strengthen caregiver benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks extend beyond standard coverage, including discount programs, commuter benefits, legal plans, charitable matching, and education assistance such as tuition support and scholarships for employees’ family members. Location-specific perks like gym stipends and free cafeteria lunch are also described as available in some offices.
Jefferies Insights
What We Do
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for 60 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company. More about our company can be found at www.jefferies.com.
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