Job description

For over 160 years, our customer has been turning information into insights, providing essential intelligence that accelerates progress in our ever-changing world. They deliver data, research, credit ratings, benchmarks, and ESG solutions that governments, companies, and individuals depend on to make decisions with conviction.
We are seeking a Python Developer on a contract basis to help support our Customer's business needs. This role is 100% remote and candidates must be located in the Eastern or Central Standard Time Zone .

What You’ll Do:
Contributes to building a system used for balancing the global financial market indices
Works collaboratively as a team player on a multi-functional Agile software team
Enjoys the challenge of solving difficult and unique problems
Strives to create elegant, efficient code
Creates awesome object-oriented code
Optimizes/refactors code for optimal performance
Contributes to open source or create reusable libraries

Must Haves:
8-10 years of software engineering experience
5+ years of Python experience, current on the latest Python versions 3.9+
Ability to translate mathematical functions into code
Proven track record of hands-on experience building software systems and reusable libraries
Strong object-oriented programming, code abstraction, and design pattern experience
Background in other object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C#, or C++ is helpful, but must also be current and proficient in Python
Ability to write good code (latest versions of Python)
Demonstrated systems design experience including design patterns, and structure
Detail-oriented – maintain a high standard of code style, performance, testability, etc.
Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed, fine-grained unit tests and to maintain large test suites
Strong knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline scan/test/build/deploy processes
Containerized applications including Docker experience
Ability to think about wholistic systems and design patterns, and has some architecture experience

Nice to Haves:
Algorithm and/or mathematical computation skills
Enthusiasm for solving mathematics or statistics problems through code
Experience with rules engines and/or DSL (Domain Specific Languages)
Pandas and Numpy library experience
Experience in distributed computing data frame systems
Jenkins experience

Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Mathematics is required, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience

Hours & Location:
M-F 40 hrs/week . This position is 100% remote and candidates must be located in the Eastern or Central Standard Time Zone .
All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have US residency at the time of application.
Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of the waiting period for eligible engagements)
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.
The salary range for this position is $70.71 - $85.71 per hour.

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