Senior Python developer (offline)

Project Description:
You will be joining the dbSleuth Team within Regulatory & Cross Product Technology delivering Trader and Counterparty surveillance across all business sections. Our workload for new deliveries is high, using, React for UI development, Python/Spark/Scala for services, Hadoop Big Data and data science for anomaly detection using machine learning and also statistical risk models.

Responsibilities:
• Work as part of a delivery team, collaborating with others to understand requirements, analyse and refine stories, design solutions, implement them, test them and support them in production.
• Design and develop excellent and understandable server side code. Work closely with users to gain feedback and ensure they are fit for purpose.
• Use BDD techniques, collaborating closely with users, analysts, developers and other testers. Make sure we are building the right thing.
• Write code and write it well. Be proud to call yourself a programmer. Use test driven development, write clean code and refactor constantly. Make sure we are building the thing right.
• Define and evolve the architecture of the components you are working on. Contribute to architectural decisions at a department and bank-wide level.
• Ensure that the software you build is reliable and easy to support in production. Be prepared to take your turn on call providing 3rd line support when it's needed
• Help your team build, test and release software with the short lead times and a minimum of waste. Work to develop and maintain a highly automated Continuous Delivery pipeline.
• Help create a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond

Mandatory Skills:
• Senior developer skills utilizing Python fundamentals.
• Extensive experience of developing RESTful services using Flask or Django
• Extensive experience of modern Python libraries, including PySpark, Pandas numpy, scikit-learn, etc.
• Good experience of container technologies such as Kubernetes or Docker
• Good experience of creating and manipulating data on a Hadoop environment using HDFS and Impala
• A background in designing and developing high-quality server side processing in Python. An approach of ensuring code is robust, easy to navigate and with reusable components.
• Practical experience of test driven development and constant refactoring in continuous integration environment.
• Knowledge of SQL and relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• Experience working in an agile team, practicing Scrum, Kanban or XP
• Practical experience of delivering good quality code within enterprise scale development (CI/CD)

Nice-to-Have Skills:
• Experience in other programing languages, specifically Java and Scala would be helpful
• Behaviour Driven Development, particularly experience of how it can be used to define requirements in a collaborative manner, ensure that the team builds the right thing and create a system of living documentation
• Knowledge gained in Financial Services environments, for example products, instruments, trade lifecycles, regulation, risk, financial reporting or accounting

About Luxoft

Luxoft (NYSE:LXFT) is a global consulting partner that offers end-to-end digital solutions to solve clients’ complex business challenges.

We are a new class of digital service provider that combines consulting, strategy, and engineering at scale. We use this to drive business change by applying engineering excellence, deep domain expertise, and our senior software engineering talent to improve your client’s customer experience, boost your operational efficiency, and strengthen your competitive advantage.

We have expertise in automotive, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications, and other industries. As a highly committed partner, we take customer challenges as our own. Our dedication stems from a passion for technology and a bespoke attention to your needs.

With over two decades of consistent, timely delivery and management of complex projects, we now serve over 280 active clients. With our headquarters in Zug, Switzerland and 42 global locations, we operate in 21 countries across five continents, providing you with robust global delivery platform. With about 12,700 employees, we have the best technology talent to support your business needs.

Company website:
https://www.luxoft.com/

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Job unpublished on 3 July 2020

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