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Senior Python Developer

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This role is for a Senior Python Developer with 8+ years of experience, focusing on custom development and risk calculations in financial services. Contract length is unspecified, with a competitive pay rate. Key skills include Python, SQL, Agile, and cloud computing.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
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🗓️ - Date discovered
April 3, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
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🏝️ - Location type
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📍 - Location detailed
New York, NY
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Linux #Mathematics #RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) #Oracle #Programming #Agile #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Computer Science #Business Analysis #Python #UAT (User Acceptance Testing) #Requirements Gathering #Scripting #Snowflake #Cloud #Database Management #Storage #Scala
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This role will be a key developer position within the technology team, contributing to major projects involving custom development, vendor product integration, and enhancement of existing on-premises and cloud-based systems. The role will focus on designing, developing, testing, and implementing solutions for complex risk calculations and integrations with specialized risk platforms, supporting various financial products.

Primary Responsibilities:

   • Serve as a Senior Application Developer within the Risk Management Technology team.

   • Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and other stakeholders to implement business requirements using diverse programming techniques on Linux/database-driven platforms, including object-oriented, scripting, and SQL-based development.

   • Conduct thorough initial testing to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met before user acceptance testing (UAT).

   • Verify implementation, perform functional testing, and deploy system/module updates to production environments.

   • Integrate with third party risk calculation services.

Essential Experience/Skills:

   • Strong proficiency in Python with 8+ years of application development experience.

   • Solid understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, and implementation.

   • Advanced SQL skills and experience with relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Snowflake, or similar.

   • Experience with cloud computing platforms, particularly with relevant cloud services (e.g., containerization, serverless functions, compute instances, storage).

   • Experience in the financial services industry with a strong understanding of market risk concepts (e.g., risk metrics, profit and loss analysis) and/or counterparty credit risk (e.g., potential future exposure).

   • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Personal Attributes:

   • Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.

   • Proactive and self-motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset.

   • Ability to effectively escalate and follow up on issues.

   • Excellent time management skills.