Senior Developer

Senior Risk IT Developer - Commodity Trading - London - Full Time Permanent

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

We’re partnering with a global leader in commodity trading, to find an exceptional Senior Risk IT Developer for their Risk IT team. This is a rare opportunity to help architect a next-generation, cloud-native risk platform from the ground up, with a focus on speed, scale, and precision.

Why this role stands out :

• Greenfield build. No legacy constraints; full scope for innovation.
• High-impact team. A small, expert group delivering real results.
• Modern tech stack. Python, C++, ClickHouse, and Iceberg.
• Strategic scope. Shape how the client manages market risk across global portfolios.
• Real technical challenge. Real-time VaR, billions of rows, seconds to compute.

What you’ll bring :

The mission :

Build a scalable, real-time risk engine to support the clients trading strategy. This is a multi-year programme with long-term vision, technical depth, and global relevance.