Job title: Python Developer
Company: Vaco
Job description: Role: Python Developer
Location: Remote
Duration: 06 MonthJob Description:
We are looking for the following in a candidate:
- A Python expert. This is not a role for script writers. You should have several years of proven object-oriented programming expertise and full-system development mentality. You also need to understand code abstraction and architectural design patterns.
- You enjoy solving complex technical challenges.
- Always curious and wanting to learn.
- Strives to create elegant, efficient code.
- Has experience creating frameworks and libraries used by other teams.
- A strong team player: Focused on success of the team – completing sprint goals and aligning with the objectives of the larger organization.
- Detail oriented. We do precise mathematical calculations to very small decimal places.
- Algorithm and/or mathematical computation skills. Ideally you would enjoy solving mathematics or statistics problems through code.
- Takes ownership of parts of the project: not just waiting for task assignments, but constantly looking for ways to improve the system.
- Must communicate and collaborate well in Agile team of 5 – 8 engineers and QA, balancing individual tasks with larger team goals.
- Initiative-taking and delivery focused. Able to produce quality results from only high-level direction, and iteratively commits PRs to collaborate with the team.
- Comfortable working in large enterprise organizations on mission critical software.
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience.
- A solid understanding of financial markets (stocks, bonds, ETFs, indexes).
Technical Experience Requirements:
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong object-oriented design skills, and a background working with modular systems, including code abstraction and design patterns
- Current and proficient at Python versions 3.9+, and the ability to demonstrate expert level concepts. Experience in other object-oriented languages is helpful (Java, C++, etc.) but candidates must be a strong Python expert.
- Strong Pandas and Numpy experience.
- Experience with creating command line interface tools (CLI)
- Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed, fine-grained unit tests and to maintain large test suites
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipeline scan/test/build/deploy processes. Jenkins experience preferred.
- Experience building distributed Python packages and containerized applications including Docker
- AWS cloud infrastructure experience including ECR, ECS, S3.
Expected salary: $65 – 70 per hour
Location: New York City, NY
Job date: Wed, 01 May 2024 03:00:08 GMT
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