Senior / Lead Python Developer - Fintech

An established Fintech is looking to hire an expert Python Software Engineer / Developer to head up a high-performance team of engineers within its growing tech area.

This is very much a hands on role where you will be driving innovation to grow and expand the firm's suite of online financial products.

Essential skills

• Computer Science or Software Engineering degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Expert knowledge of Python 3+, with a proven commercial track record spanning a minimum of 5 years
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, object oriented programming, data structures and computational complexity theory.
• Some exposure to another object oriented programming language (e.g. Java, C++, C#).
• Good experience with relational databases, both from the perspective of writing code to interface with them as well as optimising access patterns against large datasets.
• Recent experience using modern testing tools used for unit testing and functional testing.
• Understanding of the importance of high quality tests which provide extensive coverage of application code
• Strong experience and knowledge of Django, in particular the use of Django Rest Framework.
• Experience using Git, as well as basic knowledge of Unix-based operating systems.
• Experience defining automated software delivery pipelines, e.g. using Jenkins or a similar CI tool.

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic organization, at the forefront of innovation within its field.

Please send your CV to Michael Moretti for immediate consideration.