Python Sr Developer

FinTech Settlement Project
Python Software Engineer Job Description

Job Description Summary

We are a growing team of highly talented engineers working on a next-generation settlement process for our FinTech division built upon cloud services, microservices architecture, and immutable transactions.

Primary Accountabilities:

Technical (90%)
Active participation in agile (scrum) development team
Participation in backlog refinement and sprint planning sessions; Task definition and estimation from epics / user stories
Design and modification of new and existing features, implementation, unit testing, and support of quality assurance and customer testing
Participation in code reviews
Ability to identify bottlenecks and recommend or implement performance optimizations

Operational (10%)
Compliance with established management procedures, company and department standards & best practices
Adherence to documented security, and confidentiality

Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems and/or related work experience (open source web services development)
3+ years of Python development experience with Django
Strong object-oriented design and programming skills
Experience in developing RESTful web services
Experience writing unit and functional tests
Experience with SQL, database programming and use of ORMs
Familiarity using GitHub, Jira
Must be comfortable in Linux

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with cloud computing (AWS preferred) and open source technologies
Knowledge of SAAS, PAAS and IAAS technologies and SOA/microservices concepts
Knowledge of DevOps concepts such as CI/CD and infrastructure as code (IaaC).

Individual Competencies:
Integrity: Gains the trust of others by taking responsibility for ones own actions and telling the truth.
Teamwork: Builds relationships and works cooperatively with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives to build and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, leverage information and achieve results.
Adaptable: Responds to change with a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work objectives with a positive attitude.
Innovative: Ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies.
Curious: A desire to inquire and learn, to seek new knowledge and wisdom, and to listen to the contributions of others with a genuine interest to better self, the team, and the organization.
Analytical and Critical Thinking: Ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.
Problem Solving: Gathers and analyzes information to generate and evaluate potential solutions to problems, issues and challenges while weighing the accuracy and relevance of the facts, data and information.
Physical Demands