Principal, Murex Developer

Overview

As Principal Murex Functional Engineer, you will serve as the expert for Front Office, Risk, and Accounting within Murex, guiding design and configuration of multi-asset class solutions. You’ll shape platform strategy, set governance, and mentor teams to deliver scalable Murex implementations. The role partners with Trading, Risk, Operations, and Finance to translate business needs into optimized, best-practice configurations. You’ll tackle complex issues across P&L, risk, and reporting, delivering impact at scale. This position offers the chance to lead strategic Murex initiatives in a global, market-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior functional expert for Front Office, Risk, and Accounting in Murex
• Lead design, configuration, and implementation of new financial products across commodities, FX, rates, and equity derivatives
• Define and enforce best practices, standards, and governance for Murex configuration
• Architect and enhance simulation views for P&L, risk, stress testing, and valuation reporting
• Design market data configuration including instruments, indices, curves, volatility surfaces, and historical data structures
• Lead development and optimization of Murex pre-trade and post-trade workflows
• Resolve complex production issues affecting Front Office, Risk, Accounting, and Operations
• Provide expert troubleshooting for VaR, stress testing, and risk management frameworks
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate strategic requirements into scalable Murex solutions
• Lead impact assessments, design reviews, and functional architecture discussions for major initiatives
• Mentor engineers and analysts to foster knowledge sharing and technical excellence
• Serve as a senior escalation point for critical business incidents

Key requirements

• 10+ years of Murex Front Office, Risk, and functional architecture experience
• Deep expertise in Murex configuration, solution design, and architecture
• Strong knowledge of commodities, FX, rates, and derivatives markets and risk concepts
• Proven experience leading complex Murex implementations, upgrades, and transformations
• Extensive knowledge of Murex Simulation, Pricing Templates, MSL, Static Data, Market Data, and Risk configuration
• Strong understanding of VaR, stress testing, P&L explain, sensitivities, and risk analytics
• Experience designing scalable enterprise solutions and platform improvements
• Solid knowledge of Datamart architecture, feeders, extractions, and reporting frameworks
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting abilities
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading through technical expertise
• Previous roles as Principal/Architect/Senior SME in Murex environments
• Professional certifications in Financial Markets, Risk Management, or Murex (nice to have)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Equivalency of hands-on experience

• excellent communication
• stakeholder influencing
• mentoring and coaching
• Murex Front Office, Risk, and Accounting configuration
• Murex architecture and platform roadmaps
• Murex Simulation and MSL

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