Senior Python Engineer - Financial Data & Platforms

Validus Risk Management; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Health care

Retirement plans

Professional qualifications

Job summary

Validus Risk Management is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join the Client Success Team in the UK. You will own small-to-medium enhancements from idea to production, translating financial and operational requirements into scalable, data-driven software.

You will work cross-functionally with business leads, tech teams, and clients to drive measurable business impact and improve Horizon architecture. You will design, implement, and maintain full stack solutions, develop robust ETL processes,

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional Python software development experience.
• Strong experience in Python used for data processing and financial applications.
• Full stack development experience across backend services, APIs, databases, and modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience designing and maintaining data pipelines and integrations, including APIs, SFTP, and structured market or portfolio datasets.
• Experience leading small-to-medium scale software projects with high accountability and ownership.
• Exposure to financial markets, including FX and interest rate products.
• Experience communicating complex technical and financial concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of high-impact features and enhancements for Validus Horizon, from technical design through deployment and post-release feedback.
• Own multiple concurrent CST initiatives, ensuring timely execution with clear stakeholder communication and transparency.
• Design and implement full stack solutions (backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend components) aligned with Horizon architecture and best practices.
• Build and maintain robust ETL processes (data ingestion, validation, transformation, reporting, SFTP/API integrations) to enhance data availability, and client workflows.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to refine requirements, define acceptance criteria, and quantify business value.
• Contribute to technical scoping and effort estimation as part of the CST ranking and prioritisation process.
• Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across Horizon components (e.g., RiskView, TradeView, PortfolioView).
• Act as a technical mentor within the CST, promoting high standards in code quality, documentation, testing, and delivery.
• Support stakeholder and client meetings by presenting technical solutions, trade-offs, and implementation roadmaps.

Skills

Python

Full stack

Data pipelines

APIs

SFTP

Financial markets

Stakeholder comms

Leadership

Education

Mathematics

Physics

Financial Engineering

Computer Science

MSc STEM

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

ETL tooling

Job description

Validus Risk Management is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join the Client Success Team in the UK. You will own small-to-medium enhancements from idea to production, translating financial and operational requirements into scalable, data-driven software.

You will work cross-functionally with business leads, tech teams, and clients to drive measurable business impact and improve Horizon architecture. You will design, implement, and maintain full stack solutions, develop robust ETL processes,