Description

Responsibilities

• Refactor and modernize existing financial accounting and forecasting applications.
• Design, develop, and enhance core forecasting engine functionality.
• Improve application performance, scalability, maintainability, and reliability.
• Support quarterly and annual production runs for financial reporting.
• Troubleshoot production issues and resolve application defects.
• Develop clean, maintainable, production-quality Python code.
• Build and maintain automated unit and integration tests.
• Collaborate with data, API, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Partner with FP&A teams to implement new forecasting capabilities.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation.
• Assist with platform upgrades, infrastructure modernization, and cloud/container adoption.
• Follow Agile software development best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of hands-on Python software development experience OR
• Advanced degree with 3+ years of production-grade Python development experience.
• Strong experience developing production software (not scripting).
• Experience with:
  • Python
  • Git Version Control
  • SQL and Relational Databases
  • Pandas
  • Unit Testing (Pytest or similar)
• Experience with shell scripting.
• Knowledge of Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related quantitative field.
• Understanding of GAAP Accounting principles.
• Financial industry experience.
• Knowledge of fixed income concepts:
  • Duration
  • Convexity
  • Spread
  • Option-Adjusted Spread (OAS)
• CFA, FRM, or CPA certification (or pursuing).
• Experience with JIRA.
• Experience working with FP&A or financial forecasting systems.

Must-Have Skills

• Python (Production Software Development)
• Git
• SQL
• Pandas
• Unit Testing (Pytest)
• Shell Scripting
• Docker / Kubernetes / Podman
• Relational Databases
• Agile Development

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Fixed Income Analytics
• Financial Forecasting
• GAAP Accounting
• JIRA
• CFA / FRM / CPA
• Enterprise Financial Applications

Key Skills

Education

Any Gradute