Lead Software Engineer- Python

A leading US based investment management firm. Global Leader

Seeking a talented senior developer to join our Front Office Data Engineering group and work on building our next generation portfolio analytics platform. The role is based in our new and growing Bengaluru, India office. We are seeking an accomplished developer with a passion for elegant, efficient software, particularly with respect to modularity, precise data modeling, and clean API design. Since this is a senior role, your experience will demonstrate that you are self-motivated, can design and deliver elegant scalable solutions to large complex problems, and can communicate confidently with fellow developers and end users. You will have an uncompromising eye for good software architecture, a deep understanding of software fundamentals such as memory hierarchies and concurrency, and a track record of project delivery on modern cloud-based, services-oriented platforms. This is a hands-on development role with aggressive, mission-critical delivery schedules.

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a closely related subject
• Five to ten (or more) years developing complex production software systems
• True mastery of object-oriented programming techniques and design patterns
• Large-scale software development experience in Java, C++, object-oriented Python, or similar
• Broad practical experience with services architectures on cloud-based platforms (preferably AWS)
• Experience with a variety of SQL, NoSQL, and in-memory data storage and caching options
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, compelling documents (presentations, diagrams, wikis, etc.)
• Confidence to engage directly with our US-based business to discover and refine requirements
• Maturity and confidence to mentor and possibly manage junior developers and to lead by example in establishing coding standards and practices