Python Developer

Job Description

I am looking for a highly skilled and motivated Python developer. In this role, you will collaborate with programming-language experts, developers, data scientists, and technical leads to drive best practices and enhance development experiences across the organisation. Your primary focus will be supporting and empowering our R language user community, which includes data scientists, researchers, quantitative strategists, and business analysts

Role & Responsibilities

* Collaborate with a global team of programming-language experts, developers, data scientists, and technical leads.
* Develop and implement common language/framework usage blueprints to ensure consistency and best practices.
* Introduce and integrate industry-standard development tools into the organisation.
* Engineer internal tools and libraries as needed to support development initiatives.
* Serve as the primary point of contact for the firm's R language user community, which includes data scientists, researchers, quantitative strategists, and business analysts.
* Support users by:

* Assisting with setting up and troubleshooting their development environments.
* Evaluating and on boarding third-party libraries.
* Creating and maintaining user documentation.

* Design and implement tooling and automation to streamline the development experience and minimise manual intervention

Skills & Qualifications

Essential

* Core Python development
* Prior R experience (or willingness to learn on the job)
* Understanding of common development patterns such as IDE usage and interactive notebooks (e.g. Jupyter)
* Familiarity with the enterprise Software Development Life-cycle (SDLC)
* Familiarity with Linux
* Good communication/organisation skills
* Prior track record of leading technical delivery at feature level and/or serving as a key escalation point of contact

Desired

* Prior experience with OCI containerisation tools/platforms (such as Docker, Kubernetes)
* High-level understanding of Windows development

Benefits

* Generous Holiday Scheme + Bank Holidays
* Hybrid Working
* 70k Base Salary
* Pension Scheme
* Health and Well Being Programme