Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior Engineer – Credit Risk Specialist with strong experience in financial markets technology, credit risk, and Murex or Calypso. The successful candidate will work within a traded risk technology environment, supporting credit risk platforms that measure, monitor and manage counterparty credit exposures.
The role requires strong technical and analytical skills, with the ability to work across Front Office, Credit Risk, Market Risk and Technology teams to deliver new product capabilities and scalable risk solutions.
Must-Have Skills
- Strong experience in Credit Risk or Financial Markets Technology within a regulated banking environment.
- Hands-on experience configuring Front Office solutions in Murex or Calypso.
- Experience adapting Front Office platform expertise to Credit Risk environments.
- Experience developing or configuring solutions within vendor-driven credit risk platforms.
- Experience with credit risk engines and limits management platforms.
- Strong understanding of Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR).
- Understanding of exposure measurement, credit limits, PD, LGD and EAD.
- Experience with trade lifecycle, trade capture and financial markets products.
- Strong analytical skills with experience performing technology impact assessments.
- Ability to analyse complex application landscapes and solve end-to-end technical and business problems.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders across Front Office, Market Risk, Credit Risk Management and Technology.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, configure and implement new credit risk technology capabilities across the institutional banking environment.
- Work with Murex or Calypso to configure and support Front Office and risk-related functionality.
- Analyse the impact of new commodities products across the broader application and risk technology landscape.
- Ensure commodity exposures are accurately captured from trade execution through to risk reporting and limits monitoring.
- Support the implementation and enhancement of counterparty credit risk solutions.
- Work across credit risk engines and limits platforms to deliver controlled and scalable solutions.
- Analyse complex business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Perform application impact assessments across interconnected financial markets platforms.
- Investigate and resolve complex production and technology issues.