Job Description

Project descriptionWe need a Senior Python and Pyspark Developer to work for a leading investment bank client.Responsibilities

• Develop software applications based on business requirements
• Maintain software applications and make enhancements according to project specifications
• Participate in requirement analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation activities
• Propose new techniques and technologies for software development.
• Perform unit testing and user acceptance testing to evaluate application functionality
• Ensure to complete the assigned development tasks within the deadlines
• Work in compliance with coding standards and best practices
• Provide assistance to Junior Developers when needed.
• Perform code reviews and recommend improvements.
• Review business requirements and recommend changes to develop reliable applications.
• Develop coding documentation and other technical specifications for assigned projects.
• Act as primary contact for development queries and concerns.
• Analyze and resolve development issues accurately.

• 8+ years of experience in data intensive python development.
• Proven experience as a core Python and Pyspark developer.
• Experience developing Classes, OOPS, exception handling, parallel processing .
• Strong knowledge of DB connectivity, data loading , transformation, calculation.
• Extensive experience in Pandas/Numpy dataframes, slicing, data wrangling, aggregations.
• Lambda Functions, Decorators.
• Vector operations on Pandas dataframes /series.
• Application of applymap, apply, map functions.
• Concurrency and error handling data pipeline batch of size [1-10 gb].
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Ability to design architecture of data pipeline for concurrent data processing.
• Familiar with creating/designing RESTful services and APIs.
• Familiar with application unit tests.
• Working with Git source control Service-orientated architecture, including the ability to consider integrations with other applications and services.
• Debugging application.

• Knowledge of web backend technology - Django, Python, PostgreSQL. xe2x80xa2 Apache Airflow xe2x80xa2 Atlassian Jira xe2x80xa2 Understanding of Financial Markets Asset Classes (FX, FI, Equities, Rates, Commodities & Credit), various trade types (OTC, exchange traded, Spot, Forward, Swap, Options) and related systems is a plus xe2x80xa2 Surveillance domain knowledge, regulations (MAR, MIFID, CAT, Dodd Frank) and related Systems knowledge is certainly a plus

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