Software Engineer II - Python

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, coding solutions, unit testing, and ensuring the solution can be integrated successfully into the overall application/system with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces. Job expectations include an awareness of development and testing practices in the industry.

Job Profile Summary:

Software Engineer to work on maintaining and enhancing Python based FX execution app suite and develop, test and deliver complex software requirements to accomplish business goals.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements

• Utilizes multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements

• Performs Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities

• Contributes to story refinement and definition of requirements

• Participates in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle

• Contributes to existing test suites (integration, regression, performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause

• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas

Required Qualifications

• Exceptional development skills in Core Python on Linux/UNIX

• Knowledge or experience of agile development (e.g., XP, SCRUM, Kanban) and continues integration.

• Experience with Python performance tuning

• Solid OO design skills with an emphasis on distributed low latency, high availability systems

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills in a high-pressure environment.

• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures

• Strong understanding of design patterns including why and where a pattern should be used.

• Strong understanding of Messaging Middleware concepts, usage, and application

• Develop code solutions and unit tests, ensuring integration with the overall system through clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces.

• Participate in team estimation of work required for story delivery.

• Python development skills

• KDB/Q development skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Quartz bank systems

• Experience with Python data analysis packages

• Contribute to story refinement and requirements definition.

• Experience working with global development teams.

• Experience working in a front office e-trading platform development team.

• Experience with Python quantitative packages

• Participate in delivery and release events, including CI/CD activities such as branching, pull requests, issue triage, conflict resolution, and release notes.

• Adhere to team processes and cadence for code deployment and release.

Skills:

• Application Development

• Automation

• Collaboration

• DevOps Practices

• Solution Design

• Agile Practices

• Architecture

• Result Orientation

• Solution Delivery Process

• User Experience Design

• Analytical Thinking

• Data Management

• Risk Management

• Technical Strategy Development

• Test Engineering

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