About the role

Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team in Bengaluru to build and maintain core risk platforms and low-latency services. Partner with global risk managers and quants to deliver scalable Java-based streaming solutions for real-time risk and P&L reporting.

What they look for

Java Python Kafka PostgreSQL SQL Server Unix Linux CI/CD Git Jenkins Distributed Systems Low-latency Services Object-oriented Design Multithreading Stakeholder Management Team Leadership

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of professional software development experience with deep expertise in Java 17+ and a proven track record of leading engineering teams. Candidates must have strong experience in distributed systems, event-driven pipelines like Kafka, and relational databases.

Full description

Team Lead – Risk Engineering (Java)

About Millennium

Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm, founded in 1989. Defined by evolution, innovation and focus, Millennium’s mission is to deliver results for our investors.

Our people are empowered with both independence and support: the autonomy to pursue ideas with conviction and the backing of a global network committed to collaboration, disciplined risk management and continuous learning. With opportunities to deepen expertise and accelerate development, talent at Millennium is equipped to adapt, evolve and build lasting impact over time. Discover how transformative growth accelerates impact.

Meet the Team

Millennium’s Global Risk Management Department is responsible for identifying, measuring, monitoring, managing, and reporting the risks associated with the firm’s portfolios at both the Firm-wide and Portfolio Manager levels. Within this organization, the Risk Engineering team supports critical risk workflows and analytics across global markets, including the platforms and services that power official VaR, stress testing, and other highly sensitive risk reporting used by risk managers, researchers, and investment stakeholders across the firm.

What You'll Do

Take end-to-end ownership of core risk platforms, from requirements and architecture through implementation, deployment, and production support

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team in Bengaluru, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and engineering excellence

Define and drive architecture for multi-asset, low-latency, high-availability services that support critical risk analytics

Partner closely with risk managers, portfolio managers, researchers, modellers, and quants globally to shape priorities and deliver high-impact solutions

Align stakeholders on priorities, timelines, and delivery expectations, communicating clearly across technical and business audiences

Modernize engineering practices, challenge outdated approaches, and champion the effective use of AI-assisted development and risk-focused AI tooling

Build scalable, resilient Java-based services and streaming solutions that support real-time and end-of-day risk, P&L, and reporting workflows

Strengthen production quality through robust observability, testing, release discipline, and operational ownership

What You Bring

8+ years of professional software development experience, including deep, recent hands-on expertise in Java, with strong knowledge of collections, concurrency, JVM fundamentals, and Java 17+; Python experience is also valuable

Demonstrated success leading engineering teams as a team lead, tech lead, or engineering manager, including mentoring, hiring, and setting technical direction

Proven experience owning systems end to end, from architecture and design through production support and continuous improvement

Strong foundation in object-oriented design, design patterns, and multithreaded or distributed systems

Experience designing and building low-latency, high-availability services and event-driven or streaming pipelines, including Kafka

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the credibility to partner directly with front-office and risk stakeholders

Hands-on experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or SQL Server, along with strong Unix or Linux command-line skills

Familiarity with CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, modern DevOps practices, and an entrepreneurial mindset that is comfortable with ambiguity and driven to improve how teams work