Sr. Quant Python Developer

Role: Sr. Quant Python DeveloperContract length: 1 year with two 1 year renewal optionsStart date: As Soon As PossibleLocation: Downtown Austin, TXJob Description:The Senior Quant Developer performs highly advanced (senior-level) python programming to support our quantitative equity strategies team. Works under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for initiative and independent judgement.Minimum/Preferred Qualifications:• 3+ years of solid Python programming skills to cleanse, manipulate, and present data, particularly using quantitative data analysis libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, etc.• 3+ years of financial industry experience in a report development, data science, business analytics, business intelligence or comparable data engineering role, including data warehousing and business intelligence tools, techniques and technology• 6+ years of full-time experience developing and maintaining enterprise scale applications• Experience deploying and supporting Python apps to both Windows and Linux environments• Knowledge of TSQL to write complex, highly-optimized queries across large volumes of data• Experience managing projects and developing applications using the Agile SCRUM methodology• Excellent oral and written communication skills• Ability to explain complicated or technical information in a simple way to non-technical audiences• Ability and willingness to refactor code produced by others and make production-ready• Intellectual curiosity and passion about data, visualization and solving problems• Creativity to determine the best solution for a real-world problem with quantitative data• Experience with reporting, descriptive statistics, probability, and cleaning big datasets• Willingness to question the validity, accuracy of data and assumptions• Enjoyment from collaborating with others in team environment• Eagerness to learn in a fast-paced environment• Drive and self-reliance