Python Developer - Banking and Risk
Posted 2 days ago by CBS Butler
£680 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: A leading global financial institution is seeking a Python Developer to join their technology team, focusing on strategic platforms and applications within trading, risk, and data environments. The role is hybrid based in London and involves collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance business-critical systems. The position requires strong Python development skills and experience in financial services. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced Front Office environment, delivering scalable solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Python-based applications and services supporting trading, risk, and operational workflows
- Build scalable data pipelines, APIs, and automation solutions for large-scale financial datasets
- Work closely with Front Office stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions
- Enhance system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency
- Develop integrations across internal platforms, market data feeds, and external systems
- Contribute to CI/CD, testing automation, and cloud-native engineering practices
- Support production systems, troubleshooting issues and driving continuous improvement
Key Skills:
- Strong commercial experience developing applications in Python
- Experience working within investment banking, financial services, or trading environments
- Strong SQL and data analysis skills
- Experience building APIs, automation workflows, and distributed systems
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern engineering practices (AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Exposure to trading, risk, market data, or quantitative platforms
- Experience with pandas, NumPy, Airflow, FastAPI, or similar technologies
- Knowledge of Front Office workflows, financial products, or regulatory environments
- Experience working in Agile delivery teams
Salary (Rate): £680 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Python Developer - Financial Markets
Contract
£550 - £680 per day insideIR35
A leading global financial institution is urgently seeking a Python Developer to join a high-performing technology team delivering strategic platforms and applications across trading, risk, and data environments. Based in London, on a hybrid basis.
This is an excellent opportunity to work on business-critical systems within a fast-paced Front Office aligned environment, collaborating closely with traders, quants, analysts, and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance solutions.
Responsibilities
* Design, develop, and maintain Python-based applications and services supporting
trading, risk, and operational workflows
* Build scalable data pipelines, APIs, and automation solutions for large-scale
financial datasets
* Work closely with Front Office stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver
technical solutions
* Enhance system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency
* Develop integrations across internal platforms, market data feeds, and external
systems
* Contribute to CI/CD, testing automation, and cloud-native engineering practices
* Support production systems, troubleshooting issues and driving continuous
improvement
Skills & Experience
* Strong commercial experience developing applications in Python
* Experience working within investment banking, financial services, or trading
environments
* Strong SQL and data analysis skills
* Experience building APIs, automation workflows, and distributed systems
* Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern engineering practices (AWS/Azure,
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
* Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
* Exposure to trading, risk, market data, or quantitative platforms
* Experience with pandas, NumPy, Airflow, FastAPI, or similar technologies
* Knowledge of Front Office workflows, financial products, or regulatory
environments
* Experience working in Agile delivery teams
Please apply for immediate interview!
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