Lead Software Engineer - Python

ode, and reviews and debugs code written by others

• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems

• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

• Own the delivery of value-add activities leading a scrum team and be an active member governing the overall platform.

• Engineer a suite of performant, scalable and reusable RESTful micro-services and APIs using Python along with championing quality and owning the non-functional requirements.

• Ensure the health of the platform is maintained through initiatives such as a journey from private to public cloud (AWS) and our devops operating model.

• Collaborate with the team to form the sprints that will get us to the MVP and then finally the target state.

• Act as a Lead developer who will help set direction and best practice around automated testing, platform framework, SDLC as well as acting a point of contact for more junior developers to give them guidance on best practices.

• Collaborate with other backend developers to get involved with code reviews and building up our suite of microservices components to facilitate faster development

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

• Advanced in Python programming language (5y+)

• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods

• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security

• Experience building and maintaining a microservices architecture.

• Knowledge of the Python web frameworks (e.g. Flask, Tornado, Bottle) and OO databases (e.g. mongo-db)

• Experience in developing, debugging and automated testing (e.g. PyUnit) within a commercial setting

• Experience in leading an agile delivery team leveraging scrum, sprint planning, retrospectives and reporting progress to senior stakeholders.

• Experience collaborating with frontend technology teams in designing scalable and reusable RESTful APIs

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to python libraries such as pandas, scipy and numpy
• Exposure to python concurrency through python multiprocessing would be an advantage.
• Exposure to grid computing concepts would be an advantage.
• Experience in working within Investment Bank / Finance Technology