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Python Developer (Counterparty Risk)

AMS

London
IT

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Job Description


We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.

Client/Role Overview

Our investment banking client has been present in the UK for more than 150 years, they're a long-term partner to British business. Today, the Group is formed of 10 divisions and employs 9,300 staff based in 21 core locations right across the country. Their role is simply stated: help clients achieve their goals by combining local know-how and global reach. In so doing, they seek to make a positive, sustainable contribution to both the UK economy and society.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Python Developer  for an initial 6 month contract on a 50/50 hybrid basis between home and the London office near Marylebone Station.

Purpose of the Role:

Our client is looking for a Python Developer responsible for the construction of application components and scripting to manage the interchange of data between external services and their internal system and to apply the methodologies related to the calculation of market and counterparty risk metrics.

Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness on deal and market data integration plus market risk and counterparty metrics calculation.

As a Python Developer you will:

  • Be part of a growing team that is at the heart of our client's investment in regulatory and business driven change.
  • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code.
  • Rapidly prototyping solutions to quickly prove/disprove new concepts.
  • Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
  • Deal processing and integration into the system.
  • Risk Metric Calculation.
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
  • Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
  • Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.

What we require from the candidate:

  • Able to incrementally deliver server-side applications to meet dynamic customer requirements.
  • Proficient in Python, with a good knowledge of its ecosystem.
  • Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and functional programming paradigms.
  • Familiar with Python application design and architectural patterns.
  • Demonstrable ability to write clean and readable code.
  • Experience with SQL and any industry standard relational database.
  • Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
  • Creating data schemas that represent and support business processes.
  • Unit, integration and end to end testing.
  • Appetite for developing an understanding of quantitative finance and risk metrics.
  • Experience of market and/or counterparty risk would be advantageous.
  • Knowledge of risk and pricing and deal representation would be advantageous.
  • Higher education in Computer Science, Finance or related field (preferred).

Next steps

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.
 

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.
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