Python Programming Lead

Job Description

As the Python Programming Lead, you’ll spearhead Python-based totally improvement tasks—often focused on microservices, data processing, or shopping for and promoting/chance systems—performing as every a technical contributor and mentor. You’ll companion with quant analysts, worldwide tech organizations, and other stakeholders to construct scalable, high-common overall performance solutions.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the whole improvement lifecycle: structure, coding, attempting out, deployment, and protection
  • Architect scalable microservices or facts processing pipelines using Python, frameworks like FastAPI or Airflow, and paintings with containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
  • Integrate with quant/threat libraries for pricing or danger calculations in finance domain names
  • Optimize traditional overall performance and make sure reliability below excessive load situations
  • Enforce coding necessities through code evaluations, sell take a look at-pushed improvement (unit locating out)
  • Mentor and guide mid-stage and junior builders

🎓 Qualifications

  • eight–12+ years of Python software application development enjoy
  • Strong understanding of Python frameworks (e.G., FastAPI), libraries (pandas/numpy), and OOP/layout styles
  • Solid draw near of microservices, ETL/ELT pipelines, occasion-pushed systems (Kafka), and orchestration (Airflow)
  • Experience with packing containers and CI/CD device (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, ECS)
  • Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases (e.G., PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB)
  • Solid fundamentals in facts systems, algorithms, Unix/Linux environments
  • Experience in financial services (e.G., risk or buying and selling platforms), Quants collaboration is a plus
  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s desired

🌟 Why This Role Matters

You’ll play a pivotal function in shaping challenge-vital Python-pushed systems at Citi—empowering records-massive applications, advancing automation, and mentoring rising abilties in a international engineering environment.