# Software Engineer – Equity Derivatives Pricing & Risk

**Company**: Equity IT
**Location**: London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our Equities Technology team, which develops and supports Equity Volatility Risk and P&L systems. As a Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and implement robust risk systems that support Equity Volatility trading strategies.

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and implement robust risk systems that support Equity Volatility trading strategies

- Build and maintain scalable, high-performance server-side applications using Java and Spring Boot

- Build and integrate exotic pricing models to support product pricing and lifecycle management

- Provide Level 3 production support, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and resolution of complex system issues

- Identify system bottlenecks proactively and implement improvements that maintain platform performance and reliability

- Conduct code reviews and implement automated testing to strengthen application quality and reliability

- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code in line with software engineering best practices

Requirements:

- Strong Java development experience building scalable, high-performance systems

- Strong knowledge of Spring Boot and its ecosystem for microservices development

- Experience using Python for scripting and automation

- Experience with distributed caching technologies, such as Ignite or similar platforms

- Familiarity with containerization technologies, including Podman and Kubernetes, and cloud computing platforms such as AWS

- Solid understanding of software development best practices, including Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks

- Previous experience supporting Equity Derivatives in a sell-side or buy-side environment, with a strong understanding of options and futures

- Understanding of structured products, including their pricing, lifecycle, and risk characteristics, along with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Python
- distributed caching technologies
- containerization technologies
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- automated testing frameworks
- Equity Derivatives
- options and futures
- structured products

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