Senior Python/React Engineer - Python, Flask, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, ag-Grid, AWS, Pandas, NumPy, Portfolio Management, Investment Management

A Senior Fullstack Developer, skilled in Python and React, is urgently sought after by a leading global Investment Manager. based in the City. You will join their Front Office Portfolio Management function, working as part of a highly agile team building out a greenfield cloud-hosted Portfolio Management platform, specifically working on functionality to support their Equities trading business.
The team work on a mixture of strategic projects and small feature enhancements based on user requirements, meaning you will be involved in an interesting variety and scale of work, with both immediate and long-term impact to their trading capability.

This is a hands-on role working across the front and Back End using React and Python respectively, with other responsibilities including contributing to design/architecture and analysing/reviewing code. You will also be involved in improving the DevOps CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end testing (unit, integration etc.)
The current team are primarily Back End, so you will take a leading role with regards to Front End requirements, actively driving design and development for anything UI related, ensuring seamless integration with the Back End and high quality, well-tested code is delivered.

To be successful, you will require the following:

• A strong engineering background in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript with React
• Experience with frameworks/libraries such as Flask, NumPy, Pandas and Redux
• Experience with React Hooks, ag-grid and Cypress testing
• Strong knowledge of Microservices and APIs
• An Agile mindset, following TDD/BDD and modern DevOps practices such as CI/CD.
• An appreciation of cloud-native development with AWS
• A background in the development of high performance, high throughput Front Office trading systems (either buy or sell-side)

This represents an excellent opportunity for a talented Fullstack Python/React Developer to join a World-leading firm and help drive the build of an exciting greenfield cloud-hosted Portfolio Management platform.

Please note this will offered on a Fixed Term Contract basis for an initial period of 12 months.

Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UK`s fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.
Posted Date: 01 May 2024 Reference: JSBH-20480-2 Employment Agency: Cornwallis Elt Ltd Contact: Charlotte Horsley