Lead Python Data Engineer

Project Description
Surveillance Enhancement Program (SEP) is a multi-year program (MYP) to build and enhance the surveillance platform to detect potential instances of market misconduct, market manipulation and market abuse. The Bank met its commitment to FCA (Financial Conduct Authority, FCA) to meet Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") requirements for critical data sources in September 2017. Following that, subsequent projects were initiated to further enhance, expand and complement the current coverage of the automated surveillance platform. This project will focus on Alerts enhancements, Strategic data sourcing from FM order and trade lakes, UI / workflow enhancements to meet regulatory obligations (i.e. Market Abuse Regulation, Dodd Frank). This also includes Control Room & Suitability Monitoring related data, UI and scenario enhancements.

Responsibilities
Develop software applications based on business requirements
Maintain software applications and make enhancements according to project specifications
Participate in requirement analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation activities
Propose new techniques and technologies for software development.
Perform unit testing and user acceptance testing to evaluate application functionality
Ensure to complete the assigned development tasks within the deadlines
Work in compliance with coding standards and best practices
Provide assistance to Junior Developers when needed.
Perform code reviews and recommend improvements.
Review business requirements and recommend changes to develop reliable applications.
Develop coding documentation and other technical specifications for assigned projects.
Act as primary contact for development queries and concerns.
Analyze and resolve development issues accurately.
Skills
Must have

10+ years of experience in data intensive python development.
Proven experience as a core Python developer.
Experience developing Classes, OOPS, exception handling, parallel processing .
Strong knowledge of DB connectivity, data loading , transformation, calculation.
Extensive experience in Pandas/Numpy dataframes, slicing, data wrangling, aggregations.
Lambda Functions, Decorators.
Vector operations on Pandas dataframes /series.
Application of applymap, apply, map functions.
Concurrency and error handling data pipeline batch of size [1-10 gb].
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
Ability to design architecture of data pipeline for concurrent data processing.
Familiar with creating/designing RESTful services and APIs.
Familiar with application unit tests.
Working with Git source control Service-orientated architecture, including the ability to consider integrations with other applications and services.
Debugging application.
Nice to have

Knowledge of web backend technology - Django, Python, PostgreSQL.
Apache Airflow
Atlassian Jira
Understanding of Financial Markets Asset Classes (FX, FI, Equities, Rates, Commodities & Credit), various trade types (OTC, exchange traded, Spot, Forward, Swap, Options) and related systems is a plus
Surveillance domain knowledge, regulations (MAR, MIFID, CAT, Dodd Frank) and related Systems knowledge is certainly a plus
Languages
English: C2 Proficient

Seniority
Lead

Relocation package
If needed, we can help you with relocation process.

Vacancy Specialization

Python

Ref Number

VR-96866