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About the Role

Capstone Investment Advisors is seeking a Risk Engineer at the Associate or Vice President level within Risk Technology. This hands-on role involves software engineering, risk, and financial markets, with direct exposure to the investment process. You will design and build investment-facing risk and decision-support capabilities, staying close to the code, data, and users from problem inception to production. This is an opportunity to build the technology behind Capstone’s Risk Intelligence strategy, transforming complex risk and portfolio data into timely, actionable intelligence. You will develop tools to assist Portfolio Managers and Risk Managers in understanding changes, drivers, and potential actions across various scenarios and analytics, directly supporting critical investment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance production-grade components of Capstone’s Risk Technology platform, focusing on performance, reliability, scalability, and usability.
• Develop cross-asset risk capabilities including Greeks, sensitivities, stress scenarios, VaR, P&L attribution, limits, factor analytics, margin, and exposure aggregation.
• Collaborate directly with Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, and Quant Research to understand investment and risk problems and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Build APIs, data pipelines, and interactive decision tools to help users understand changes, drivers, and potential actions at trade, POD, strategy, and fund levels.
• Translate pricing and risk methodologies into robust production implementations, ensuring appropriate treatment of model assumptions, calibration, validation, and controls.
• Contribute to Capstone’s Risk Intelligence strategy by building tools that convert research, risk analytics, and AI into practical investment insight.
• Develop and support resilient risk services, integrating positions, market and reference data, and internal or third-party analytics, with strong testing, monitoring, and data quality controls.
• Collaborate with engineers across Technology, Data, and AI, contributing to design reviews, code reviews, engineering standards, and the ongoing development of the Risk Technology platform.

Requirements

• 3–8 years of relevant experience in software engineering, quantitative development, or risk technology within a hedge fund, asset manager, investment bank, or comparable capital-markets environment.
• Experience building and supporting production software, ideally within risk, pricing, trading, or other front-office applications.
• Strong Python, Java, and SQL skills, along with experience in another object-oriented language.
• Familiarity with APIs, databases, data pipelines, and distributed systems.
• Good understanding of derivatives and risk analytics, including some combination of option pricing, Greeks, scenario analysis, stress testing, or VaR.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues across data, models, and implementation systematically.
• Sound software-engineering fundamentals, including testing, maintainability, performance, and production support.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, quantitative researchers, Risk Managers, and investment professionals.
• A curious, motivated approach, with the willingness to take ownership, learn quickly, and develop deeper expertise across both technology and financial markets.

Skills

• Python
• Java
• SQL
• Object-oriented programming
• APIs
• Databases
• Data pipelines
• Distributed systems
• Derivatives
• Risk analytics
• Option pricing
• Greeks
• Scenario analysis
• Stress testing
• VaR
• Software engineering fundamentals
• Testing
• Maintainability
• Performance
• Production support
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Cloud infrastructure
• Containers
• CI/CD
• Streaming
• Observability
• Machine learning
• Large language models
• Agentic tools
• AI-assisted software development
• Dashboards
• Analytics
• Investment-facing tools

Location

• New York
• London
• Amsterdam
• Stamford
• Los Angeles
• Boston
• Tokyo
• Milan
• Texas
• Maryland

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Associate
• Vice President
• 3-8 years

Salary/Compensations

• $160,000 - $190,000 USD

Benefits

• Training and development opportunities
• Robust Wellness Resources: Physical, Mental and Financial
• Time-Off, Retirement and Commuter Benefits
• Gym Reimbursement and other Discounts
• Annual incentive plan

About the Company

• Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC (“Capstone”) is a global asset manager, dedicated to exploring alpha opportunities in derivatives and complementary strategies that persist across market cycles.
• With approximately $12.5 billion of AUM (as of May 1, 2026) and 306 employees, Capstone is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Amsterdam, Stamford, Los Angeles, Boston, Tokyo, Milan, Texas, and Maryland.
• Since 2004, through strategic insight, market-leading expertise, and advanced technology, we have sought to anticipate and harness the complexities of world markets, creating unique opportunities for our clients, team, and industry.
• With our sophisticated, global client base, we recognize that our success is deeply connected to real people. For that reason, we take a human approach to everything we do, focusing largely on collaborative performance.
• Our workflow and process are built around the belief that by sharing ideas, we achieve greater outcomes. This gives you greater access to resources, direct exposure to senior leadership, and new opportunities to experiment and innovate.
• We value innovation, teamwork, trust, and discipline.
• Experimentation: We love fresh ideas and encourage you to try new things. Here, you’ll have the freedom to innovate and help shape our strategies.
• Collaboration: We’re big on teamwork. You'll join a supportive community where everyone’s input matters, and we learn from each other every day.
• Trust: We believe in building strong, honest relationships. You'll be part of an environment where your contributions are respected and integrity is key.
• Discipline: In our fast-paced world, staying focused is crucial. We commit to high standards and a disciplined approach, helping you grow both personally and professionally.
• Be part of a team that values your creativity and dedication. Together, let's push boundaries and achieve great things.

Equal Opportunity

• Capstone is committed to creating an inclusive environment where we welcome people of different backgrounds.
• Capstone considers applications for employment without regard to all applicable protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, parental status, veteran status, or disability status.