Senior Python Developer
Location
Salary
50000 - 120000 a year (s)
Description
About us
InvestSuite is a fast-growing global B2B embedded InvestTech provider. We help financial institutions realise their digital wealth transformation journey and create the most delightful investing experiences for their customers. We have 15 nationalities building our "international DNA" and clients on 4 continents. We are a place where bankers, creative designers, imagineers, mathematicians, computer & behavioral scientists meet. We are builders and growers, obsessed with innovation and the construction of exciting products that benefit our clients’ clients. We are excited to work at the crossroads of investing, economics, deep science (AI & machine learning), finance, design and the digital world. Can there be anything more challenging?
Who are we looking for
We’re looking for an experienced Python developer who loves to build innovative and high-quality products. As part of a senior and highly committed team you will use Python’s latest patterns and libraries such as FastAPI to build core backend services for our products. You will come into contact with infrastructure such as Kafka and Kubernetes, expose your services as OpenAPI 3.0 services, and you will work in an environment where quality comes first enforced by automated continuous deployment procedures. Consumers of your services are both mobile apps and web apps managed by InvestSuite as well as 3rd party services and applications. The first consumer using your service will be a Javascript-based console (written in React) for wealth managers to manage and improve their customer’s investment portfolios.
Main responsibilities
Deploy applications that meet our customer’s highest demands in terms of performance, availability and security
Design and implement clean and scalable public and internal services
Promote practices that improve development velocity and quality of life for the whole team.
Identify, track, solution, and plan Python technical debt.
Target profile & traits
Highly driven and committed - you deliver high-quality products within deadlines
Solution-minded - you avoid politics & find effective ways to get the job done
Direct and open - you are always willing to share and speak your mind
Smart and creative - you find creative ways to get things done & accomplish goals
Customer centric - you seek to delight customers/users with all your work
Quality-minded - you deliver top quality & expect the same from others
Naturally curious - you crave new knowledge & best practices about your field
Required skills & experience
Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field - or equivalent professional experience
At least 4 years of Python experience (not counting education)
Knowledge about / experience with:
FastAPI
Pydantic
Pandas, Numpy, Jupyter
pre-commit (the Python tool, not the git hook)
type annotations in Python including checks with mypy
Poetry package manager
English fluency - spoken & written
Proactivity & problem solving skills. Proactive in solving risks and issues in a timely manner, or to re-prioritize on close collaboration with the product owner if required
Experience with agile project approaches (Scrum)
Other skills & experience we would love to see
Knowledge & experience with reactive architecture, microservices and containerization technologies such as Docker
Experience with various cloud environments: AWS, Azure & OpenStack
Expertise in writing unit tests and end to end platform integration tests
Experience with automated build, test and deploy pipelines
Knowledge of cloud and serverless architectures as well as infrastructure as code
Passion for technologies for distributed messaging such as Kafka, Akka
Affinity with financial markets and wealth management
Our offer
Be part of a growing team of interdisciplinary experts in fields such as: math, software engineering, AI, data science, design and UX. Join us and enjoy:
An international environment: We have office in Leuven and are present in many countries in EU but also other continents.
Attractive remuneration: We offer a competitive salary.
Self-development: We actively encourage you to join conferences and trainings to improve your knowledge and widen your network.
Equal opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, sex, gender identity or expression.
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Job type:
Remote job
Tags
- backend
- senior
- dev