Senior Market Risk Developer – Historical Timeseries (Contract)
The position is for a Techno-Functional Developer to design, enhance, and maintain the Market Risk Time Series infrastructure built on Snowflake and AWS. This role requires strong technical skills combined with deep domain expertise in market risk, including VaR, end-of-day market data, and historical time series. The candidate will work closely with the Market Data team and Risk stakeholders to ensure accurate, scalable, and auditable data solutions for risk analytics.
Primary Responsibilities:
Source historical market data from multiple internal and external providers.
Integrate with quant libraries to identify data quality issues and validate risk inputs.
Integrate with Quant APIs to detect and remediate common data quality issues (gaps, stale data, outliers, misalignments).
Implement algorithms for gap-filling, back-filling, and anomaly correction to ensure data is fit for VaR and SVaR calculations.
Build and enhance Snowflake-based time series infrastructure for scalability and performance.
Develop Python ETL/ELT pipelines and optimized SQL models for historical time series storage and retrieval.
Work closely with Market Data and Risk teams to define canonical market observables and maintain data lineage.
Ensure reproducibility and auditability of risk inputs for regulatory compliance.
Essential Experience/ Skills:
Technical:
Domain Knowledge:
Techno-Functional
Personal Attributes:
Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.