Application Developer/Support

Job Description:

Primary Skills: Python, Unix, SQL

Job Description:

. Design and develop highly complex and scalable Python modules.

. Take ownership of end-to-end technical delivery, adhering to project timelines and requirements.

. Participate in requirement analysis and propose alternative solutions where necessary.

. Integrate applications using middleware software such as Avro Kafka and handle database design.

. Deploy applications to OpenShift via CICD pipelines.

. Collaborate with application support, developers, and product owners to ensure successful releases.

. Be flexible to work extra hours to meet corporate and departmental goals.

. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, working under pressure.

Job Requirements:

. Degree in Computing, Computer Science, or Engineering preferred.

. 3 to 8 years of experience, preferably in the financial/fintech industry.

. Experience in supporting trading desks.

. Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

. Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills for 2-tier and multi-tier applications.

. Experience as first-line application support for trading systems and back-office, handling issue analysis and general system checks and maintenance tasks.

. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

. Experience documenting design and development work in Confluence.

. Expertise in Python (OOPs concepts, Flask/Django frameworks, multithreading, web sockets, and analytics tools such as Pandas and NumPy).

. Strong experience in SQL and PL-SQL database design with at least one RDBMS (preferably MariaDB and MS-SQL).

. Proficiency in writing batch scripts using shell scripting.

. Experience with Linux, OpenShift, Avro-based Kafka, Docker, Nginx, Sentinel Redis, AngularJS basics, REST APIs (Flask), JSON, and web sockets.

. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Bitbucket.