Lead Python Developer

Job Duties:

We are looking for individuals to engage in solution design and development spanning transaction reporting. The successful candidate will work with data modelers, BA and developers in foundation design and engineering of the component architecture. This role would invariably suit an experienced software engineer with an interest in abstracting domain components and engineering system interfaces for data processing orchestration and user tool workflow management.Work within an Agile team, writing requirements and specifications, developing strategic transaction reporting platform and maintaining existing code for the reporting technology team.

• Work with the central architect / design group to build strategic architecture for transaction reporting and assist with design principles and ideas; Primary task would be to help the bank design and enhance the transaction reporting platform, right from design to development, testing and documentation including training materials.
• Help improve the data infrastructure including quality, governance and controls for an enhanced transaction reporting process along with audit trail, data lineage and other BCBS239 principles
• Coordinate with front office, technology, and regulatory teams to understand the requirements
• Responsible for supporting modern agile software development methods; including educating & mentoring less experienced OOP team members.
  
  

Experience of working with enterprise design requirements preferably at a large investment bank

We are looking for individuals to engage in solution design and development spanning transaction reporting. The successful candidate will work with data modelers, BA and developers in foundation design and engineering of the component architecture. This role would invariably suit an experienced software engineer with an interest in abstracting domain components and engineering system interfaces for data processing orchestration and user tool workflow management.Work within an Agile team, writing requirements and specifications, developing strategic transaction reporting platform and maintaining existing code for the reporting technology team.

• Work with the central architect / design group to build strategic architecture for transaction reporting and assist with design principles and ideas; Primary task would be to help the bank design and enhance the transaction reporting platform, right from design to development, testing and documentation including training materials.
• Help improve the data infrastructure including quality, governance and controls for an enhanced transaction reporting process along with audit trail, data lineage and other BCBS239 principles
• Coordinate with front office, technology, and regulatory teams to understand the requirements
• Responsible for supporting modern agile software development methods; including educating & mentoring less experienced OOP team members.
• Experience of working with enterprise design requirements preferably at a large investment bank
  
  

Skills:

• Excellent hands-on application development experience on Python
• Understanding of capital markets; Knowledge of transaction reporting and related regulations like EMIR, MiFIR, SFTR, CAT, etc is a must along with understanding of asset classes like derivatives, repos, etc.
• Excellent Analytical skills
• Strong knowledge of AMPS and similar messaging protocols
• Experience working on different analytical tools is desirable
• Experience on participating in end-to-end development lifecycle in a rigorous test driven software development environment; Knowledge of BDD, TDD is a must
• Experience of Agile software development process is desirable
• Experience on developing and delivering scalable applications
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to lead a large team of developers and provide guidance from best practice perspective
• Working and coordination with multifarious client teams like business, tech, regulatory reporting, FO, etc.
  
  

Very desirable

• Follows clean code principles and OOPs
• Experience of Agile methods
• Fluency in the Python standard libraries
• Experienced in test-driven development/BDD
• Experience with RDBMS, ORM
• Experience with CQRS and related interface standards of REST/HAL
• Experience with MQSeries/AMQ/AMPS or similar event oriented technology
• Understanding concepts of event sourcing and the alternatives
• NoSQL/Document Oriented databases – Cassandra, MongoDB
• Highly Available/Scalable Search – Elasticsearch
• Knowledge of a large bank enterprise standards
• Knowledge of a large bank application landscape
• Knowledge of realtime transaction platform
• Knowledge of regulations MiFID, EMIR, SFTR, CFTC, TRACE, CAT
• Knowledge of data modelling including internal and industry initiatives such as FpML and CDM
• Knowledge of derivatives in general and trade lifecycle