Python Engineer - Backend and Cloud DevOps (m / f / x)

Job Description

In this greenfield project, you’ll build and automate a robo-advisor managing several billion euros in assets.

In Scalable’s expanding Financial Engineering, we are looking for backend developers for a team which focuses on deploying data products and developing software solutions. You will be creating and improving our next generation wealth management which includes productionizing algorithmic models that autonomously react to client requests and market movements utilizing cost-effective burst computations with the capacity to handle millions of trades in minutes. This includes cleanly defined optimization problems, a cutting-edge stack and painstakingly comprehensive test coverage to confidently deploy without delays.

The successful candidate will have a solid background in our tech stack with Python being the leading language. A successful candidate must be well-versed in serverless AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, ECS, DynamoDB, Glue, Athena and Step Functions. That should be supported with working knowledge of Docker and GitHub Actions. The infrastructure is managed via code using Terraform. A strong understanding of all varieties of databases is also crucial for this role.

• Design and build a new exciting platform to serve our customers using cutting edge technology and modern software development practices  (e.g. agile and self-sufficient teams, continuous integration and deployment, test automation, cloud-based infrastructure and tooling)
• Work alongside a highly motivated team of software engineers and quant developers, implementing change in the financial industry
• Choose tools for storing, processing, and displaying vast and growing datasets from diverse data sources
• Write clean, testable, maintainable and well-documented code and treat security as a first class citizen
• Design and build interfaces with major internal services to connect the Scalable Capital asset allocation engine with the world
• Design and build cloud-native solutions that process high volume of financial data
• Create the next generation wealth management and brokerage services for everybody

Qualifications

Preferred skills

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