Python Developer to support the enhancement of a modern financial services platform - 101265-1

Python Developer

6 months

Hybrid - 3 days onsite (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)

Job Description:

Role Summary

Python Developer to help build and enhance a modern financial services platform. You’ll develop backend services and business logic, create robust automated tests, and partner with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable outcomes in a regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python services and business logic supporting core platform capabilities.
• Build and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) to ensure high quality and reliability.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs, well-defined user stories, and clear acceptance criteria.
• Debug and resolve complex issues across application logic, API integrations, and environment configuration.
• Improve code quality through code reviews, refactoring, documentation, and shared engineering standards.
• Contribute to CI/CD practices including build automation, static analysis, and dependency management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, BA, QA, platform/infrastructure, security) to deliver features safely and efficiently.

Must Have Requirement:

• 5+ years of professional Python development experience.
• Strong experience building backend systems and APIs (REST and/or event-driven architectures).
• Proven ability to write and maintain automated tests (pytest/unittest) and troubleshoot production-like issues.
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering (data structures, design patterns, clean code) and Git-based workflows.
• Canadian banking products, checking product, saving product, (TFSA)
• Comfortable working in environments with security, privacy, and operational controls.
• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment.

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with cloud-native development and containerized deployments.
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling and quality gates
• Experience with observability tooling (logging, metrics, tracing) and performance tuning.