Senior Python Engineer — Real-Time Trading Ops & Automation

EPAM Systems Inc; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks vacation

ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

Extended pension plan

Parental leave

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc in Zurich is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to design, develop and maintain applications for real-time trading operations. You will support production systems across multiple domains, automate tasks, and advise business users on tool development.

The role involves Linux/AWS operations and contributing to CI/CD, with hands-on Python and Pandas for data analysis. The position emphasizes engineering best practices, strong Python skills, and experience in trading environments.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong Python (5+ yrs) with hands-on experience using Pandas.
• Good knowledge of Excel and Excel VBA.
• Solid software engineering background and SQL (writing and optimizing queries).
• Hands-on experience in 1st or 2nd-level support of business-critical applications.
• Experience administering Linux environments.
• Full-stack development experience is a plus.
• Exposure to FinTech or trading environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain applications that meet business requirements.
• Support existing applications in production and proactively propose solutions to streamline and improve them.
• Advise and support business users who develop their own tools, sharing expertise and promoting engineering best practices.
• Provide 1st/2nd-level support for business-critical applications; take the harder cases and escalate with full context.
• Analyse data and issues with Python (Pandas) and SQL.
• Design scripts and small tools for checks, data handling and automation.
• Perform Linux and AWS operations; contribute to CI/CD.
• Record work in Jira and keep runbooks current.
• Guide the less experienced Commando and take on additional applications and support scope as the managed service ramps up.

Skills

Python

Pandas

SQL

Excel

Linux

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Excel VBA

Jira

Linux

AWS

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc in Zurich is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to design, develop and maintain applications for real-time trading operations. You will support production systems across multiple domains, automate tasks, and advise business users on tool development.

The role involves Linux/AWS operations and contributing to CI/CD, with hands-on Python and Pandas for data analysis. The position emphasizes engineering best practices, strong Python skills, and experience in trading environments.