Lead Python Developer

Title: Lead Python Full Stack Developer

The company is a leading entity in both Physical and Financial Global Commodity markets, with primary trading centers located in Houston, London, Geneva, Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai. Their trading activities encompass a wide range of major commodity asset classes, including crude and refined oil products, power & gas, LNG, coal, emissions, freight, metals, and agricultural products.

They maintain a globally diverse technology team with major hubs in London, Geneva, Houston, and Singapore, and collaborate closely with strategic co-development centers around the world. All teams adhere to an Agile delivery model, working in close partnership with business stakeholders to provide multi-asset-class commodity system

The role:

Join one of the world's largest integrated energy and commodity trading companies in this exceptional opportunity. They are seeking a hands-on Software Developer ideally with expertise in the North American Power & Gas Commodity markets to develop full stack applications to support Front Office Trading across various commodities.

Key responsibilities:

Lead the design, development, deployment, and operations of full stack applications on AWS.

Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle to enhance trading platforms and address business needs, including gathering requirements, prioritizing tasks, planning, and ensuring timely delivery.

Architect and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS.

Develop secure, high-quality production code, conduct code reviews, and troubleshoot issues across the software stack.

Continuously improve development processes and methodologies for increased productivity and efficiency.

Work closely with global development teams to address organizational technology needs.

Skill and Experience:

8+ years of experience in developing enterprise applications

Strong Python development experience is critical

Extensive experience with AWS

Strong understanding of relational database concepts and experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Skilled in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

Good understanding of DevOps best practices

Experience in Oil & Gas, Trading or Commodities is bonus

Proficient with modern data warehouse platforms like Snowflake and Databricks is a bonus

Linux/Unix skills are beneficial.

Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

This role is based in Houston and will need someone onsite 4 days per week).

They are open to considering people on a Contract, Contract to Hire or Permanent basis.

If this opportunity does interest you please do not hesitate to apply.