EI
Lead Python
Expert In Recruitment Solutions
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Staff / Principal
6 months ago
- Python
- AWS
- REST API
- SQL
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Risk Management
- Data Visualization
- EKS
- RDS
- EC2
- VPC
- API Gateway
- CloudFormation
- Terraform
- CloudWatch
- CloudTrail
- SQS
- SNS
- Data Modeling
- PostgreSQL
- Snowflake
- MySQL
- JSON
- Devops
- GitLab CI/CD
- Unix
6 months ago
Location: 4x onsite: 20 Greenway Plz #650, Houston, TX 77046
Very senior, hands-on builder, not an architect or manager.
Someone who has:
•Built enterprise-wide trading platforms
•Worked directly with traders + risk teams
•Speaks trading/financial terminology fluently
•Can design AND code (Python daily)
•Acts as a strong individual contributor
Think:
"Senior trading systems engineer who can sit next to a trader and ship production code fast.”
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Core Requirements (must-have)
•10–15 years engineering experience
•Heavy Python development
•Deep AWS (production architecture level)
•Built distributed, scalable enterprise systems
•Trading / commodities / energy / financial markets systems
oFront Office
oRisk
oP&L
oTrade Capture
oMarket Data
•Strong communication (works directly with traders daily)
•Good tenure/stability
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Tech Environment
Python • AWS • REST APIs • Event-driven systems • SQL • Docker • Kubernetes • Linux • Trading UIs
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Nice to Have
•AWS Certified / Solutions Architect
•Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering
•FIX protocol exposure
Position Summary:
• We are looking for a hands-on IT Developer with experience in the Power & Gas Commodity markets of North America.
• You will work on full stack applications to support Front Office Trading across commodities and must be passionate about technology with experience developing enterprise-wide solutions.
• You will need to partner with end-users to understand process, requirements and analyze problems to design solutions and ultimately deliver tangible business value & benefit.
Key responsibilities
• Own the design, development, and operation of mission-critical Front Office trading applications, including cloud-native data platforms hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Architect and deliver high-performance, low-latency, and scalable solutions that directly support trading, risk management, P&L, and market analytics.
• Partner closely with Front Office, Trading, Risk, and Quant teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery lifecycle: requirements analysis, solution design, prioritization, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Drive operational excellence through advanced monitoring, alerting, observability, automation, and predictive operations for 24x7 trading systems.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across globally distributed internal teams and third-party delivery partners.
• Ensure solutions adhere to security, performance, resiliency, and compliance standards expected in a regulated trading environment.
• Act as a technology ambassador for Mercuria IT, representing the organization internally and externally with credibility at senior business and technical levels.
Skills and Experience
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience designing and building enterprise-grade, distributed systems.
• Strong experience in commodities trading, energy trading, financial markets, or risk management systems is mandatory (Front Office, Risk, P&L, Trade Capture, Market Data).
• Proven expertise in Python with strong experience in Dash or modern UI/data visualization frameworks used in trading environments.
• Strong UI and data-driven application development experience for trader- and risk-facing tools.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS, including (but not limited to): EKS, RDS, EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, SageMaker, ECR, API Gateway, CloudFormation/ Terraform, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SQS, SNS
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling expertise with databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake, MySQL.
• Experience with FIX 4.2 / 4.4 in electronic trading environments, covering order/execution workflows, market data, trade lifecycle management, and technical aspects such as session handling, validation, performance, and resiliency across financial instruments.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and JSON-based services.
• Strong DevOps and platform engineering mindset, with hands-on experience using: Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix environments.
• Strong ability to lead complex initiatives, influence stakeholders, and deliver under time-critical trading deadlines
Lead Python · Expert In Recruitment Solutions