Title: Python Developer

Experience: 5+ Years in Python

Location: Remote/Client Site - Noida, Bangalore.

Roles and Responsibilities 

As part of the continued growth of our organization and broadening of our service offerings, we are currently seeking talented Python developers.  Project work will include working with clients implementing trading and risk management technology platforms.

The role of the developer will be to design and implement client-specific requirements for their system usage.  The person(s) hired for this role will utilize SDLC & Software design best practices to implement solutions for global clients.  

The successful candidates will help our team continue to grow, exercising an eye for detail across all aspects of the development lifecycle while maintaining organization and good code hygiene. This engineer should be able to effectively communicate both with KWA’s internal teams and with clients. The successful candidates will value teamwork and collaboration and be willing to mentor junior developers.

Ongoing training, access to internal subject matter expertise and collaborative support will be provided.

Skills and Qualifications 

Requirements for this role include:

• Strong technical and functional analytical skills
• 5+ years of experience in Python coding
• Knowledge of pandas and numpy
• Familiarity with Black Scholes and implied volatility surfaces
• Experience designing and building customer facing applications
• Familiarity with Git
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to read and write technical documentation
• Ability to provide leadership and accountability for work they undertake and articulate their thoughts
• Comfortable with fast-paced and strongly collaborative environments
• Able to take on ideas and feedback from both technical experts and business thought-leaders
• Takes ownership for their work and has exceptional attention to detail

Key Skills (Preferred)

• Helped on stack overflow
• Experience with applications like Aladdin, Murex, Bloomberg
• Experience with Beacon, Athena or SecDB
• Experience building/enhancing/maintaining real-time quoting and risk systems
• Experience with version control systems, preferably Git
• Familiarity with Portfolio Construction/Optimization
• Familiarity with relevant sources of market data and product data

Professional Attributes:

• Must have good communication skills.
• Should be able to work with the team or independently to translate business requirements into technical specifications and perform development/configuration tasks to deliver solutions.
• Should be able to understand and work with clients to understand the requirements to deliver high-quality solutions.

Education:

• BTech, MCA or equivalent degree