Senior Python Developer

Kapital Consulting — Australia · Posted ~2 hours ago

Senior Full-time

Skills

Python Process automation API integration Software engineering Performance optimization Testing Stakeholder engagement Financial trading domain APIs

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A rapidly growing financial firm is seeking a Senior Python Developer to build and optimise internal tools within a front-office trading environment. You will automate processes, improve performance, design and test new solutions, integrate third-party APIs, and work with stakeholders to identify opportunities for business optimisation. Direct experience working with portfolio managers and traders is required.

Highlights

Work closely with trading professionals to build tools that improve internal efficiency. The role combines Python development, automation, API integration, performance optimisation, testing, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement in a fast-growing financial environment.

Description

About the role Work for a leading financial firm that's experiencing unprecedented growth! As they continue to expand and scale their organisation they are looking for skilled Software Engineer sto improve existing processes and develop new tools for the internal teams to improve organisational efficiency. This engineer will sit and be embedded within the Front Office Trading department, so experience working with Portfolio Managers, Traders etc is mandatory. What's a typical day look like? On-going optimisation of the performance of automated processesImplement maintainable solutions to increase organisational efficiencyDesigning, building, and testing new tools.Onboard and integrate APIs from 3rd party sources.Collaborate with the wider engineering team to ensure new tools and systems meet quality, security, and performance standards.Stakeholder engagement across departments identifying needs and use cases for business optimisation. About you: 5 years of experience in process Improvement engineering roles, ideally experienced with automation or intelligent systems.Strong Stakeholder engagement skills.Proficiency in Python & SQL with an understanding of how these apply to data-driven solutions.Experienced in Financial Services, or development of custom tooling for departments such as Marketing, Legal, Finance and Human resources.Ability to work autonomously and communicate with users cross-departmentallyExperience within Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), CICD, Docker would be advantageous.Permanent Resident or Citizen of Australia. If you are a talented engineer with Financial Services experience reach out to Michael on michael.reid@kapital.com.au or apply directly with your updated resume. Kapital Consulting is a niche Fintech Recruitment Business specialising in Technology, Project Services and Data Recruitment across Australia. For more information connect with us on www.kapitalconsulting.com.au and follow us on www.linkedin.com/company/kapital-consulting