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Senior Equity Risk Developer

Hays advertises a Java engineering role for an unnamed equity-derivatives business. The developer builds real-time risk analytics and P&L applications used by trading teams.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Implement scalable Java risk and P&L services
Translate business requirements into analytical applications
Profile performance and improve reliability
Build tests and investigate production calculation issues

What they ask for

Required

Five or more years in software development
Java and SQL
Linux
Distributed high-performance systems
Automated testing
Analytical debugging

Preferred

C++
Capital-markets knowledge
Mentoring experience

Education: Bachelor qualification in computing, engineering or a related subject.
Experience: 5+ years of relevant software development.
Languages and tools: Java
SQL
Linux
C++
Markets: equities, options

How to prepare

Build a tested service for equity risk calculations
Profile latency and investigate a P&L discrepancy
Explain production checks for a financial analytics release

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Hays Recruitment and doesn’t handle applications.