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Risk Engineering Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Manager II, Engineering

Coppell, TX · On-site

$129K - $175K/yr

Risk Engineering builds and operates Unified Risk, BHN's central risk and fraud decisioning platform, supporting real-time transaction risk scoring, order risk decisioning, manual reviews, 3DS ...

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Risk Engineering builds and operates Unified Risk, BHN's central risk and fraud decisioning platform, supporting real-time transaction risk scoring, order risk decisioning, manual reviews, 3DS ...

Cyber Risk Lead

Houston, TX · On-site

$180 - $210/hr

Seattle About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high ... You'll own the cyber risk register, risk treatment, and remediation governance, partnering with ...

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How much do risk engineering jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 8, 2026, the average hourly pay for risk engineering in Texas is $28.26, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $18.12 and $36.06 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a risk engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Risk Engineer, you need a solid background in engineering principles, risk assessment methodologies, and industry-specific regulations, often supported by a relevant engineering degree. Expertise in risk analysis software, safety management systems, and certifications such as CRM (Certified Risk Manager) or CSP (Certified Safety Professional) are commonly required. Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and clear communication enable effective identification and mitigation of potential hazards. These skills are crucial for ensuring workplace safety, regulatory compliance, and minimizing financial and operational risks.

How does a risk engineer typically collaborate with other departments within an organization?

Risk Engineers work closely with departments such as operations, safety, and compliance to identify, assess, and mitigate potential hazards. They often conduct site visits and review operational processes alongside these teams to ensure risk controls are implemented effectively. Regular communication and joint problem-solving are key, as Risk Engineers must translate technical risk assessments into actionable recommendations that align with broader organizational goals. This collaborative approach helps ensure that risk management strategies are practical and supported across the organization.

What is risk engineering?

Risk engineering is a specialized field focused on identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential risks in various industries, such as insurance, construction, manufacturing, and energy. Risk engineers evaluate processes, systems, and environments to prevent accidents, minimize losses, and enhance safety and compliance. They often work closely with clients to develop strategies that reduce exposure to hazards and improve overall risk management. Their expertise helps organizations protect assets, ensure operational continuity, and comply with regulatory requirements.

What is the difference between Risk Engineering vs Insurance Underwriting?

AspectRisk EngineeringInsurance Underwriting
Required CredentialsEngineering degree, certifications like ASP or ARMDegree in finance, economics, or related fields; certifications like CPCU
Work EnvironmentIndustrial sites, client locations, consultingInsurance companies, offices, client meetings
Industry UsageAssessing risks for safety and loss preventionEvaluating insurance applications and determining policy terms

Risk Engineering focuses on analyzing and mitigating risks through safety assessments and engineering solutions, often working directly with industrial clients. Insurance Underwriting evaluates insurance applications to determine policy coverage and premiums. While both roles involve risk assessment, Risk Engineering emphasizes safety and engineering solutions, whereas Underwriting concentrates on financial risk and policy management.

Infographic showing various Risk Engineering job openings in Texas as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 100% Full Time. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution, with an average salary of $58,787 per year, or $28.3 per hour.

Risk-Dallas-Vice President-Software Engineering (Dallas)

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Dallas, TX • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

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Goldman Sachs rating

8.3

Company rating: 8.3 out of 10

Based on 27 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

47th of 170 rated banks


Job description

Risk-Dallas-Vice President-Software Engineering Job Description


Role: Vice President – AI Engineer
Division: Risk Engineering – Market Risk
Location: Dallas, Americas

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital, and ideas to help our clients, shareholders, and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

The Risk Business identifies, monitors, evaluates, and manages the firm’s financial and non‑financial risks in support of the firm’s Risk Appetite Statement and the firm’s strategic plan. Operating in a fast paced and dynamic environment and utilizing the best in class risk tools and frameworks, Risk teams are analytically curious, have an aptitude to challenge, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. To ensure uncompromising accuracy and timeliness in the delivery of the risk metrics, our platform is continuously growing and evolving. Risk Engineering combines the principles of Computer Science, Mathematics and Finance to produce large scale, computationally intensive calculations of risk Goldman Sachs faces with each transaction we engage in.

We are seeking an Engineer with 9+ years of experience to join the Market Risk Platform team. You will work with a team of talented engineers to drive the build & adoption of common tools, platforms, and applications. The team builds solutions that are offered as a software product or as a hosted service. We are a dynamic team of talented developers and architects who partner with business areas and other technology teams to deliver high profile projects using a raft of technologies that are fit for purpose (Java, Cloud computing, HDFS, Spark, S3, ReactJS, Sybase IQ among many others). A glimpse of the interesting problems that we engineer solutions for, include acquiring high quality data, storing it, performing risk computations in limited amount of time using distributed computing, and making data available to enable actionable risk insights through analytical and response user interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build internal and external reporting for the output of risk metric calculation using data extraction tools, such as SQL, and data visualization tools, such as Tableau.
  • Utilize web development technologies to facilitate application development for front end UI used for risk management actions
  • Develop software for calculations using databases like Snowflake, Sybase IQ and distributed HDFS systems.
  • Design and support batch processes using scheduling infrastructure for calculation and distributing data to other systems.
  • Design, develop, and deploy machine learning and AI models to support market risk metrics, stress scenarios, early‑warning indicators, and forecasting.
  • Build end‑to‑end AI pipelines, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Partner with risk managers and quantitative teams to translate regulatory and business requirements into AI‑driven solutions.
  • Optimize Agents' performance, scalability, and reliability in distributed and cloud‑based environments.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and architecture decisions.

Skills & Experience Required Qualifications

  • 9+ years of professional experience as an Engineer in a production environment.
  • Exposure to distributed computing frameworks and workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
  • Experience working with large, structured datasets using SQL and distributed data platforms (cloud data warehouses).
  • Strong proficiency in Python and experience with ML/AI libraries such as PyTorch, or similar.
  • Hands‑on experience in integrating LLM models using agents and developing monitoring and observability tools for those agents is a plus
  • Experience in developing agents using Google ADK or Lang Graph frameworks and deploying them on AWS is a plus

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of AI, engineering, and market risk at a global scale.
  • High‑impact role influencing how the firm measures and manages market risk under stress.
  • Collaborative environment with exposure to senior risk managers, quants, and technology leaders.
  • Ongoing learning, development, and career progression within the Liquidity and Engineering organizations.
Job Info
  • Job Identification 169352
  • Job Category Vice President
  • Posting Date 07/22/2026, 07:25 PM
  • Locations Dallas, TX, United States

Healthcare & Medical Services

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state‑of‑the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount).

We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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About Goldman Sachs

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At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

Industry

Finance and insurance

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

New York, NY, US

Year founded

1869