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We’re seeking SVP Risk Engineering professional to join our Risk Engineering team in New York.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
- Lead the design, development, and modernization of strategic risk platforms supporting Credit Risk, Market Risk, Counterparty Credit Risk, Treasury Risk, and enterprise Risk Intelligence capabilities.
- Drive the architecture and implementation of scalable, distributed systems responsible for risk calculations, analytics, data processing, regulatory reporting, and risk intelligence workflows.
- Partner closely with Risk Managers, Quantitative Research teams, Business stakeholders, and senior technology leaders to translate complex business requirements into robust engineering solutions.
- Lead a global team of software engineers and technical specialists, driving execution excellence, engineering discipline, and measurable business outcomes.
- Build and enhance next-generation risk engines, data platforms, and risk intelligence platforms capable of supporting large-scale analytics, scenario analysis, stress testing, valuation, and exposure calculations.
- Establish technology strategies leveraging cloud, distributed computing, parallel processing, AI, and modern data architectures to improve scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
- Drive delivery of high-impact initiatives while maintaining strong controls, data quality, platform stability, and regulatory compliance.
- Contribute as a hands-on technical leader by influencing architecture decisions, troubleshooting complex engineering challenges, reviewing designs, and mentoring engineering teams.
- Foster strong collaboration across global development teams to accelerate innovation and standardize engineering best practices.
- Champion a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, technical excellence, and client-focused delivery.
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience within financial services, with significant experience building and operating enterprise-scale risk, trading, or data platforms.
- Proven track record designing and implementing risk engines, risk intelligence platforms, enterprise data platforms, or large-scale analytical systems.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Python, PySpark, distributed computing, parallel processing, and large-scale data engineering.
- Experience developing modern web applications and user experiences using Angular and/or React.
- Deep understanding of software architecture, distributed systems design, microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native technologies.
- Experience partnering with Quantitative Research teams and implementing analytical models supporting credit risk, market risk, stress testing, pricing, exposure calculations, or related risk disciplines.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships across business, quantitative, risk, and technology organizations.
- Strong leadership experience managing globally distributed engineering teams and delivering large-scale transformation initiatives.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and strategic planning skills.
- Ability to balance hands-on technical leadership with delivery execution in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment.
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- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
- World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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BNY is a global financial services platforms company at the heart of the world’s capital markets. For more than 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, using its expertise and platforms to help them operate more efficiently and accelerate growth. Today BNY serves over 90% of Fortune 100 companies and nearly all the top 100 banks globally. BNY supports governments in funding local projects and works with over 90% of the top 100 pension plans to safeguard investments for millions of individuals. As of June 30, 2026, BNY oversees $62.6 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $2.2 trillion in assets under management. (NYSE: BNY) Follow BNY on Instagram & X: @BNYglobal
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