Python Developer Jobs (US) - Oct-2024

Role Overview This is an opportunity for an experience Full-Stack Developer to get involved from the ground-up, as we design, architect, and build a state-of-the-art platform to empower extensive reporting capabilities, research, and real-time analytics, in support of our new global, multi-asset trading organization.

Role-Specific Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the design, architecture, and implementation of:
• Trading research platform
• Real-time decision support service
• Reporting platform and service
• Build a historical and real-time data management platform for a global, multi-asset trading organization.
• Design and architect API-driven solutions, utilizing open-source resources.
• Design and develop quant libraries for research and production.
• Create back testing and simulation tools, for development and testing of execution tactics, creation of trading signals, studies of PM and trader behavior.
• Implement a system of data quality checks.
• Put into production trading signals, analytics and decision support tools created through the quant research process.
• Implement workflow tools and automation to mitigate risks associated with trade execution.
• Programming well-designed, testable, secure, and efficient code.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, statistics or related discipline OR equivalent work experience is required.
• Seven to Nine (7-9) years of experience in software development is required.
• Proficient in Python coding. Experience in Java or C++ is a plus.
• Experience with Equities, Derivatives, Futures, FX, and/or Fixed Income trading, analytics, and reporting.
• Broad experience with front-end and server-side, multi-platform development tools and toolkits, especially open-source software.
• Located in Boston, MA.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of financial engineering and mathematical finance concepts.
• Deep knowledge of time series database technologies and data optimization and visualization
• Experience in PostgreSQL, Redis and other DB solutions.
• Experience building ETL data pipelines.
• Deep understanding of REST, gRPC and other API-related frameworks, concepts, and tools.
• Experience market data API's, such as Bloomberg Market Data Feed (BPIPE).
• Web-based UX design experience. JavaScript, Angular, and React experience preferred.
• Containerization frameworks experience, such as Docker.
• Automation frameworks experience, such as Airflow.
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies, coding best practices, and ITID change management standards.

Job Description

• 5+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one software programming language.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience translating ideas and design into concrete requirements
• Experience in designing applications backed by cloud services
• Experience with frameworks like Apache Spark, PyTorch, and TensorFlow
• Proficiency in at least two programming languages out of Kotlin, Python, TypeScript and Java
• Experience working in a start-up
• Experience working with remote teams

The Work Itself

• Serve as a technical authority on all phases of software development including design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation, and support
• Write and review software design specifications in an object-oriented development environment
• Develop comprehensive unit tests using pytest testing framework
• Interact with broader organization teams to understand the business issues surrounding each project and respond directly to questions from business clients

The Skills You Bring

Required:

• 3-5+ years of software development experience using Python 3.x
• Experience using Flask/Plotly Dash; strong understanding of dash callbacks is a big plus
• Experience developing comprehensive unit tests, preferably using pytest testing framework
• Knowledge of standard change management tools and processes.
• Experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Exposure to DevOps (e.g., GitLab, Terraform)
• Experience using source version control (SVC) such as Git
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other engineering discipline

Preferred:

• 2+ years of development experience in the financial services industry, preferably with experience in capital markets
• Familiarity with APIs
• Experience in cloud is highly valued; AWS certifications are a big plus
• Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or other engineering discipline

We Wish From You That

• You are confident in working with Django and you love writing Python language.
• You know JavaScript and maybe some of its new trends and you’re not afraid to write CSS or HTML, either.
• You are somewhat familiar with LESS, SASS, jQuery and ES6.
• You are interested in software development as a craft and wish to grow as a developer.

In addition, we value

• Experience in agile software development methods.
• Experience from software development projects.
• You wish to share your knowledge with other developers.
• Positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
• You have experience or interest in E-Commerce.
• Prior experience in using open source technologies in software development.
• Fluency in English.

About The Role

Trendalytics is built from the ground up to seamlessly collect and merge Google search, social media, and e-commerce product data into a single ecosystem. We apply ML and statistical models on our data to extract predictive insights and market intelligence for our retail clients. As the Tech Lead/ Sr. Python Developer, you will have the opportunity to design and lead the implementation of our next-gen platform and build out the company’s engineering team. If having impact and working in a fast-paced agile environment excites you, we’d love to hear from you. We are open to candidates located across the United States (remote / work from home).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new framework and automation tools to enable teams to consume and understand data faster. Enhance, refine and implement existing applications and systems.
• Formulate and refine analytics algorithms leveraging data from search, social and e-commerce in time series, text and image-based formats.
• Responsible for development, testing, documentation and analysis of modules or features of distributed software systems and products.
• Design, implement and manage data pipelines at enterprise scale with unit testing, data migration and production data maintenance.
• Work closely with product and business teams to translate user feedback and company vision into technical roadmap.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional development experience in Python required. Comfortable with Django and/or Flask API.
• 3+ years professional software development experience with data warehousing, data architecture, ETL data pipeline and/or data engineering environments at enterprise scale.
• SQL (PostgreSQL, etc) experience required, No-SQL (ElasticSearch, MongoDB) experience a plus.
• Experience with major cloud service providers AWS, GCP, as well as Kubernetes is a plus.
• Engineering leadership skills - you are able to run a small team, to take ownership, and to drive projects to success.
• Strong communication skills including the ability to communicate technical details to non-technical audiences.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.