Title: Senior Python Developer

Location: NY - VIRTUAL

Bill Rate: Market

Period: 05/27/2024 to 11/29/2024

Job Description:

Client is seeking an experienced software engineer who is a Python expert. Client is the world's leading resource for benchmarks and investable indices. As a developer in this role, you will contribute to building a system that has a broad global impact on the stability of financial markets and to the results of individual investors.
You will be part of Agile technology team in a global organization comprising of DEV/QA/PO teams.

The project involves backend development in Python for a data calculations engine that provides services to multiple enterprise systems for calculating financial markets. The team is comprised of all senior level engineers who strive to maintain a high standard for code quality and performance. Candidates for this role must be detail-oriented, enjoy the challenge of solving difficult problems, and strive to create efficient, elegant code.

We are looking for the following in a candidate:
A Python expert. This is not a role for script writers. You should have several years of proven object-oriented programming expertise and full-system development mentality. You also need to understand code abstraction and architectural design patterns.
You enjoy solving complex technical challenges.
Always curious and wanting to learn.
Strives to create elegant, efficient code.
Has experience creating frameworks and libraries used by other teams.
A strong team player: Focused on success of the team completing sprint goals and aligning with the objectives of the larger organization.
Detail oriented. We do precise mathematical calculations to very small decimal places.
Algorithm and/or mathematical computation skills. Ideally you would enjoy solving mathematics or statistics problems through code.
Takes ownership of parts of the project: not just waiting for task assignments, but constantly looking for ways to improve the system.
Must communicate and collaborate well in Agile team of 5 8 engineers and QA, balancing individual tasks with larger team goals.
Initiative-taking and delivery focused. Able to produce quality results from only high-level direction, and iteratively commits PRs to collaborate with the team.
Comfortable working in large enterprise organizations on mission critical software.
A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience.
A solid understanding of financial markets (stocks, bonds, ETFs, indexes).

Technical Experience Requirements:
10 years of professional software engineering experience
Strong object-oriented design skills, and a background working with modular systems, including code abstraction and design patterns
Current and proficient at Python versions 3.9 , and the ability to demonstrate expert level concepts. Experience in other object-oriented languages is helpful (Java, C , etc.) but candidates must be a strong Python expert.
Strong Pandas and Numpy experience.
Experience with creating command line interface tools (CLI)
Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed, fine-grained unit tests and to maintain large test suites
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipeline scan/test/build/deploy processes. Jenkins experience preferred.
Experience building distributed Python packages and containerized applications including Docker
AWS cloud infrastructure experience including ECR, ECS, S3.

Note: Momento USA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.