Title: Senior Application Developer (AI/Python)

Location: New York, NY

Duration: Contract

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rapidly expanding AI Core Platform and build applications on top.
• Develop APIs & Batch Processing with technologies such as Python, Flask, FastAPI, MSSQL, and Snowflake in an Azure infrastructure.
• Help design and drive the implementation of a scalable and robust core AI platform and models to enhance operational efficiency.
• Develop unit tests and test end to end using tools such as Postman.
• Given a design, decompose the design to deliverable stories.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies: Story Elaboration, Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives.
• Review Pull Requests and provide constructive feedback.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of back-end development experience with 5+ years in Python
• 5+ years of experience in investment management, capital markets or investment banking
• Experience in Software Engineering focused on backend development in an Agile SDLC environment.
• Solid hands-on experience in Python and CI / CD tools (e.g., Github, Docker, Jenkins).
• Understand cloud native development with the understanding of Microservices Architecture.
• Experience with Linux/Unix.
• Understand database concepts (DDL, DML, Indexing, Partitioning, etc)
• Experience in deploying cloud native applications to a cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience with design patterns (MVC, Product & Consumer, Singleton, Factory, etc)
• Understand application security concepts: Encryption, Decryption, SSL, JWT, Authentication, Authorization
• Experience in collaborating on small POCs (Proof of Concepts) with other engineers.
• Experience conducting performance tests and monitoring applications with tools such as Dynatrace
• Strong ownership and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to actively coach less experienced team members and be an influencer.
• Comfortable challenging peers and leaders to drive strategy forward.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with GenAI, NLP (Natural Language Processing)
• Front-end development experience (e.g., JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue.js)