Python Developer III

Dow Jones Indices Job Opportunity

Dow Jones Indices is seeking an experienced software engineer who is a Python expert. DJI is the world’s leading resource for benchmarks and investable indices. As a developer in this role, you will contribute to building a system that has a broad global impact on the stability of financial markets and to the results of individual investors.

Team Structure

• You will be part of Agile technology team in a global organization comprising of DEV/QA/PO teams.

Project Scope

• The project involves backend development in Python for a data calculations engine that provides services to multiple enterprise systems for calculating financial markets.
• The team is comprised of all senior level engineers who strive to maintain a high standard for code quality and performance.

Candidate Requirements

• A Python expert. This is not a role for script writers.
• You should have several years of proven object-oriented programming expertise and full-system development mentality.
• You also need to understand code abstraction and architectural design patterns.
• You enjoy solving complex technical challenges.
• Always curious and wanting to learn.
• Strives to create elegant, efficient code.
• Has experience creating frameworks and libraries used by other teams.
• A strong team player: Focused on success of the team
• Detail oriented.
• Algorithm and/or mathematical computation skills.

Technical Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong object-oriented design skills, and a background working with modular systems, including code abstraction and design patterns.
• Current and proficient at Python versions 3.9+, and the ability to demonstrate expert level concepts.
• Strong Pandas and Numpy experience.
• Experience with creating command line interface tools (CLI).
• Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed, fine-grained unit tests and to maintain large test suites.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipeline scan/test/build/deploy processes. Jenkins experience preferred.
• Experience building distributed Python packages and containerized applications including Docker.
• AWS cloud infrastructure experience including ECR, ECS, S3.