Senior Python Developer

Senior Python Developer Locations: Jersey City, NJ | Houston, TX Type: Full-Time / Contract Openings: 9 Total (Jersey City: 5 | Houston: 4) Role Overview We are seeking highly skilled Senior Python Developers to join our Core Trading and Risk Technology team. This is a high-impact role requiring deep technical expertise in proprietary banking ecosystems. You will be responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining scalable applications within integrated front-to-back trading platforms. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 7 years of professional Python experience and a proven track record of working within the specialized frameworks used by Tier-1 investment banks. Core Responsibilities Platform Engineering: Develop and enhance financial applications within Athena, SecDB, or Quartz environments. Risk & Pricing: Build and maintain high-performance tools for real-time risk management, trade execution, and derivatives pricing. System Architecture: Design robust, object-oriented Python code that integrates with global distributed databases and graph-based dependency frameworks. Collaboration: Partner closely with Quants, Traders, and Stakeholders to translate complex financial requirements into technical solutions. Optimization: Debug and optimize complex codebases to ensure low-latency performance and data consistency across the platform. Mandatory Technical Requirements Platform Experience: Direct, hands-on experience with at least one of the following proprietary banking frameworks is strictly required: Athena (JP Morgan Chase) SecDB (Goldman Sachs) Quartz (Citi / Bank of America)