Python Developer - Investment Finance

Python Developer - Investment Finance
This new Python Developer role is with a leading Asset Manager / Fund Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Developing new and enhancing current enterprise tools and applications in Python, such as trading platform data streams
• Driving Python within the team's technology stack
• Re-engineering existing models
• Designing and developing frameworks/solutions that support business processes
• Building out greenfield applications
• Learning and exploring new technologies with a focus on how they could be used to improve current development methods and the product offering

Profile:

• Minimum 4 years' experience delivering technology solutions/applications, ideally in a financial environment.
• Excellent understanding of Python, with experience in delivering applications with these technologies
• Ability to code in an object-oriented manner.

• Experience of unit and end-to-end testing
• Experience using version control (git)
• Eager to use and learn different technologies
• Knowledge of SQL- Stored Procedures & Database Architecture desirable
• Web experience is desirable, but not essential, as is experience in C# and VBA, since legacy applications use these and perform better with Python
• Experience working with Agile methodologies
• Ability to face off to business users to gather requirements, set expectations & maintain

Other:

• Knowledge of the Financial Sector is desirable but not essential
• Experience delivering cloud-based solutions is desirable but not essential

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £45,000 - £65,000.00 per year* + City bonus approx 20% *