Software Engineer

Job Description

This is a hands-on full-stack/backend-focused Python developer role supporting an application used for Valuation Control. The application supports the trading control function and focuses on comparing market prices against book valuations, investigating valuation gaps, and producing reporting for audit and management. This person will own end-to-end application responsibilities across system design, database design, implementation, production support, and user support. They will build and enhance Python-based services, scheduled jobs, data pipelines, Oracle database components, and Angular UI features used to surface valuation discrepancies, analytics, and reporting outputs. Current initiatives include onboarding and migrating data into a Hadoop-based Data Lake, refactoring ETL jobs for high-volume processing, modernizing legacy workflows, building scalable third-party data ingestion services, and improving proprietary job orchestration capabilities. This person will also support live production systems, troubleshoot issues, validate data accuracy, and work closely with end users in a high-control financial environment.

Skills and Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Python development

• Strong backend/application development focus

• Experience building scalable, production-grade services and batch jobs

• Strong SQL and relational database experience, ideally Oracle

• Ability to design schemas, model relationships, and write complex SQL queries

• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and core Python concepts

• Context managers, decorators, data structures, threading/multiprocessing concepts

• Experience with data pipelines, ETL workflows, or large-scale data processing Experience working with data storage systems, ideally Hadoop/Data Lake or similar distributed storage platforms

• Angular/frontend experience

• Familiarity with microservices architecture

• Prior experience in financial services, valuation, pricing, trading control, or risk/control platforms

• Oracle experience

• Experience with Hadoop, HDFS, or Data Lake environments

• Experience with cloud/platform modernization, containers, APIs, or microservices

• Experience with job scheduling/orchestration platforms, ideally Quartz or similar

• Exposure to AWS, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, or Fargate

• Experience with GitHub Copilot, Jira, VS Code, Linux, or Windows development environments Prior lead, mentorship, or ownership experience

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].