Python Developer

Python Developer – Financial Markets

Contract

£550 - £690 per day

A leading global financial institution is seeking a talented Python Developer to join a high-performing technology team delivering strategic platforms and applications across trading, risk, and data environments.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on business-critical systems within a fast-paced front-office aligned environment, collaborating closely with traders, quants, analysts, and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based applications and services supporting trading,

risk, and operational workflows

• Build scalable data pipelines, APIs, and automation solutions for large-scale financial datasets

• Work closely with front-office stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions

• Enhance system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency

• Develop integrations across internal platforms, market data feeds, and external systems

• Contribute to CI/CD, testing automation, and cloud-native engineering practices

• Support production systems, troubleshooting issues and driving continuous improvement

Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience developing applications in Python

• Experience working within investment banking, financial services, or trading environments

• Strong SQL and data analysis skills

• Experience building APIs, automation workflows, and distributed systems

• Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern engineering practices (AWS/Azure, Docker,

Kubernetes, CI/CD)

• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities

• Exposure to trading, risk, market data, or quantitative platforms

• Experience with pandas, NumPy, Airflow, FastAPI, or similar technologies

• Knowledge of front-office workflows, financial products, or regulatory environments

• Experience working in Agile delivery teams

Please apply for immediate interview!