Senior Risk Engineer

Job description

We see the world differently at Capstone Investment Advisors. You will, too. Capstone is a global, alternative investment management firm operating across a broad range of derivatives-based strategies with a deep understanding of volatility. With approximately $14.6 billion of AUM and 315 employees (as of September 1, 2026, Capstone was formed in 2007 and is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, California, Stamford, Boston, and Milan. At Capstone, we constantly aim to expand our view of how WE SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY® in order to create opportunity. Our commitment to provoking the evolution of asset management provides us with a perpetual hunger for knowledge that we believe drives the improvement of our particular approach to investment. We seek to harness the complexities of global derivatives markets with disciplined strategic insight, an experienced, accomplished team and advanced technology to create sustainable value. We’ve created a particular approach to investment that we believe drives continuous improvement and opportunities for our clients, team and industry. The Team: Capstone is looking to appoint a Senior Risk Engineer at Senior Vice President level within Risk Technology. This is a hands-on role combining 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, remaining close to the code, data and users from initial problem through to production. This is an opportunity to build the technology behind Capstone’s Risk Intelligence strategy - turning complex risk and portfolio data into timely, actionable intelligence. You will develop tools that help Portfolio Managers and Risk Managers understand what changed, what drove it and what action to consider across stress scenarios, risk factors, margin, liquidity and portfolio analytics. The work will directly support sizing, trade expression, hedging, portfolio construction and capital allocation - helping drive better decisions, more efficient capital and more repeatable alpha. You will work closely with Risk Managers, Portfolio Managers, Quant Research and the wider Technology, Data and AI teams. The role requires deep technical contribution, end-to-end ownership and the ability to shape outcomes through strong judgement, delivery and colla…