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New York, New York, United States
Onsite
Risk Development – Principal Risk Systems Engineer
Company Overview
Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a global asset manager and family office founded by George Soros in 1970. With $28 billion in assets under management (AUM), SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations dedicated to advancing justice, human rights, and democracy.
Distinct from other investment platforms, SFM thrives on agility, acting decisively when conviction is high and exercising patience when it’s not. With permanent capital, a select group of major clients, and an unconstrained mandate, we invest opportunistically with a long-term view in a wide range of strategies and asset classes, including public and private equity and credit, fixed income, foreign exchange, and alternative assets. Our teams operate with autonomy, while cross-team collaboration strengthens our conviction and empowers us to capitalize on market dislocations.
At SFM, we foster an ownership mindset, encouraging professionals to challenge the status quo, innovate, and take initiative. We prioritize development, enabling team members to push beyond their roles, voice bold ideas, and contribute to our long-term success. This culture of continuous growth and constructive debate fuels innovation and drives efficiencies.
Our impact is measured by both the returns we generate and the values we uphold, from environmental stewardship to social responsibility. Operating as a unified team across geographies and mandates, we remain committed to our mission, ensuring a meaningful, lasting impact.
Headquartered in New York City with offices in Greenwich, Garden City, London, and Dublin, SFM employs 200 professionals.
Team Overview
The Risk Development team designs, builds, and maintains the technology and analytics that enable the firm to measure, monitor, and manage risk across all strategies. The team partners closely with risk managers, quants, operations and other teams to translate investment activity into timely, accurate, and actionable risk insights.
Job Overview
We are looking for a hands-on Principal Risk Systems Engineer to join our Risk Development team and own the design of the firm-wide risk platform. The role sits where engineering, data and investment risk meet. You will work closely with Risk Managers, Portfolio Managers, Quants, Strats, Operations and senior technology leaders.
The ideal candidate has designed and delivered fast, large-scale risk analytics platforms, is still a strong hands-on developer, and can explain complex technical and risk ideas clearly to senior people.
Deep knowledge of investment risk is required. We are hiring mainly for system design and architecture, technical depth, and the ability to work with senior stakeholders.
Major Responsibilities
What We Value
Architecture & Design:
Technical Depth:
Risk & Financial Context:
Communication & Stakeholders:
Adaptability:
Preferred:
We anticipate the base salary of this role to be between $200,000 and $250,000. In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus. SFM also offers eligible employees a benefits package that includes health insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave and other employee benefit programs, subject to applicable eligibility requirements and the terms of the relevant plans and policies.
In all respects, candidates need to reflect the following SFM core values:
Smart risk-taking // Owner’s Mindset // Teamwork // Humility // Integrity
