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Lead Python Developer (Fintech)

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Lead Python Developer focused on building applications and managing deployment pipelines in the fintech sector. You will work with large-scale systems and trading databases, collaborating with the team to ensure efficient data processing and reconciliation.

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 7 years working as a Python Developer.
  • Strong command of Python, Pandas, and NumPy.
  • Expertise in crafting and refining SQL queries.
  • Experience handling large, unstructured datasets such as loan-level tapes and model outputs.
  • Hands-on experience with Git, including branching, Pull Requests, and code review practices.

Responsibilities

  • Build data processing workflows leveraging Python while managing virtual environments
  • Craft and fine-tune SQL queries designed for trading databases
  • Engage in CI/CD pipeline tasks, encompassing builds, testing, deployments, and rollbacks as necessary
  • Examine large and intricate datasets, including loan-level tapes and model outputs

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Collaboration
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We're looking to add a Lead Python Developer (Fintech) to our team—someone with solid technical expertise in building applications and managing deployment pipelines, particularly for large-scale systems and trading databases. Please note that work hours extend to 8–9 PM. Responsibilities Build data processing workflows leveraging Python while managing virtual environments Craft and fine-tune SQL queries designed for trading databases Work collaboratively through Git, covering branching, Pull Request creation, and code review processes Engage in CI/CD pipeline tasks, encompassing builds, testing, deployments, and rollbacks as necessary Examine large and intricate datasets, including loan-level tapes and model outputs Cross-check results originating from multiple sources and probe into any discrepancies found Document and clarify variances identified throughout data reconciliation work Requirements A minimum of 7 years working as a Python Developer Strong command of Python, Pandas, and NumPy Adaptability in using conda, poetry, and uv for managing packages and virtual environments Expertise in crafting and refining SQL queries Experience handling large, unstructured datasets such as loan-level tapes and model outputs Ability to reconcile two sets of results and articulate the reasoning behind differences Hands-on experience with Git, including branching, Pull Requests, and code review practices English proficiency at a B2+ level or higher Nice to have Familiarity with SQL Server/T-SQL Comfort working with Linux command line, SSH, and hybrid Windows/Linux file shares (SMB/NFS) Knowledge of how CI/CD pipelines operate, including builds, testing, deployment, and rollback procedures Foundational understanding of fixed income concepts: price/yield relationships, duration and convexity, spread types (OAS, Z spread), the distinction between coupon and yield, and accrued interest

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