Equities Python Developer

$135,200 - $176,800/Yr

The Matlen Silver Group - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Jersey City, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Equities Python Developer role focuses on the design, development, and support of Equity Derivative infrastructure. This senior position involves collaborating with business and technology stakeholders to identify solutions, facilitate design reviews, and execute delivery to the Equity Linked Technology user community. The developer will also be responsible for coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT) activities, tracking defects, and ensuring adherence to operational standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support Equity Derivative infrastructure.
• Own and drive discussions and work streams with business and technology stakeholders.
• Facilitate design review sessions with technology teams.
• Execute delivery to the Equity Linked Technology user community, from discussions to production release.
• Demonstrate new functionality to business and technology users.
• Design test strategies and prepare test cases as required.
• Gather testing requirements and acceptance criteria from business and technology teams.
• Coordinate UAT activities, releases, and migration events, tracking defects and progress of resolution.
• Escalate issues in a timely manner and produce system and process documentation.
• Ensure adherence to audit and operational standards.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge of Python application development (5+ years).
• Experience with Java, real-time messaging, and SQL preferred.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to address performance issues.
• Flexible 'can do' attitude, comfortable in a fast-paced environment with frequent release cycles.
• Effective communication skills within a multi-disciplined team across multiple locations and time zones.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of Equity derivative business and Quartz application development.
• Working experience with complex systems (grid, object-oriented database, Oracle, etc.)