Job Description
I am looking for a highly skilled and motivated Python developer. In this role, you will collaborate with programming-language experts, developers, data scientists, and technical leads to drive best practices and enhance development experiences across the organisation. Your primary focus will be supporting and empowering our R language user community, which includes data scientists, researchers, quantitative strategists, and business analysts
Role & Responsibilities
Collaborate with a global team of programming-language experts, developers, data scientists, and technical leads.
Develop and implement common language/framework usage blueprints to ensure consistency and best practices.
Introduce and integrate industry-standard development tools into the organisation.
Engineer internal tools and libraries as needed to support development initiatives.
Serve as the primary point of contact for the firm's R language user community, which includes data scientists, researchers, quantitative strategists, and business analysts.
Support users by:
Assisting with setting up and troubleshooting their development environments.
Evaluating and on boarding third-party libraries.
Creating and maintaining user documentation.
Design and implement tooling and automation to streamline the development experience and minimise manual intervention
Skills & Qualifications
Essential
Core Python development
Prior R experience (or willingness to learn on the job)
Understanding of common development patterns such as IDE usage and interactive notebooks (e.g. Jupyter)
Familiarity with the enterprise Software Development Life-cycle (SDLC)
Familiarity with Linux
Good communication/organisation skills
Prior track record of leading technical delivery at feature level and/or serving as a key escalation point of contact Desired
Prior experience with OCI containerisation tools/platforms (such as Docker, Kubernetes)
High-level understanding of Windows developmentBenefits
Generous Holiday Scheme + Bank Holidays
Hybrid Working
70k Base Salary
Pension Scheme
Health and Well Being Programme