Lead Python Developer

Title: Lead Python Full Stack Developer

The company is a leading entity in both Physical and Financial Global Commodity markets, with primary trading centers located in Houston, London, Geneva, Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai. Their trading activities encompass a wide range of major commodity asset classes, including crude and refined oil products, power & gas, LNG, coal, emissions, freight, metals, and agricultural products.

They maintain a globally diverse technology team with major hubs in London, Geneva, Houston, and Singapore, and collaborate closely with strategic co-development centers around the world. All teams adhere to an Agile delivery model, working in close partnership with business stakeholders to provide multi-asset-class commodity system

The role:

Join one of the world's largest integrated energy and commodity trading companies in this exceptional opportunity. They are seeking a hands-on IT Developer ideally with expertise in the North American Power & Gas Commodity markets to develop full stack applications to support Front Office Trading across various commodities.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and operations of full stack applications on AWS.
• Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle to enhance trading platforms and address business needs, including gathering requirements, prioritizing tasks, planning, and ensuring timely delivery.
• Architect and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, conduct code reviews, and troubleshoot issues across the software stack.
• Continuously improve development processes and methodologies for increased productivity and efficiency.
• Work closely with global development teams to address organizational technology needs.

Skill and Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in developing enterprise applications, including 2+ years in a technical Lead role
• Strong Python development experience is critical
• Extensive experience with AWS
• Strong understanding of relational database concepts and experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Skilled in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Good understanding of DevOps best practices
• Experience in Oil & Gas, Trading or Commodities is bonus
• Proficient with modern data warehouse platforms like Snowflake and Databricks is a bonus
• Linux/Unix skills are beneficial.
• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

This role is based in Houston and they work on a hybrid model (3 days per week).

Basic salary up to $180,000 + bonus (50% to 100% depending on company performance).

The company can provide relocation assistance, and H1B visa sponsorship for the right candidate.

If this opportunity does interest you please do not hesitate to apply.