Python Developer Financial Services Pandas PyArrow AWS
Job Description
Job Description
Python Developer Financial Services Pandas PyArrow AWS
My name is Bill Stevens, and I have a new full time Python Developer opportunity available for a major firm located in Midtown, Manhattan that could be of interest to you, please review my specification below. The work week schedule will be onsite five days a week. The ideal candidate should possess experience in either of the following industries: Finance, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Equities or Insurance, additional industry experience outside of these will be reviewed as well.
The ideal candidate should also possess a green card or be of citizenship. No Visa entanglements and no H1-B holding company submittals.
Qualifications for this role:
Proven expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and its inner workings (AWS certification would be a plus only but is not required.)
Strong experience with data-intensive workloads and libraries such as Pandas, PyArrow, Polars, or similar in cloud-native or distributed settings
Solid understanding of event-driven architecture, message queues, and service orchestration patterns
Proficiency in Linux environments, system administration, and shell scripting
Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools such as (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines
Bachelors in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Or equivalent work experience.)
More than five years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, Backend Engineer, or a related role
Advanced Python proficiency (3.10+), including modern features and async programming
Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams and functions
Responsibilities:
Stay current with AWS and Python ecosystem advancements and best practices
Design and develop scalable backend services to support customer-facing and internal applications
Drive architectural decisions and lead efforts to evolve our backend stack for scale and maintainability
Implement and manage account systems and platform APIs with a focus on reliability and extensibility
Architect and implement data pipelines and infrastructure (AWS S3, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, etc.)
Build and maintain serverless and event-driven systems (AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, Amplify, API Gateway, etc.)
Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and observability of core services
Automate and optimize operational workflows to improve efficiency across the firm
Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance bottlenecks and system issues in production
This position will be paying a competitive fulltime salary in the range of $150,000 - $220,000 plus a comprehensive benefits and bonus package.
The interview process will include an initial phone or virtual interview screening.
Please let me know your interest in this position, availability to interview and start for this position along with a copy of your recent resume.