Software Engineer - Python

Kempen & Co; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Van Lanschot Kempen is seeking a Python developer to join a multidisciplinary DevOps team building the next-generation analytics platform for our investment management business. You will collaborate with data engineers and AI teams to improve APIs, and to deliver AI-infused apps that put analysts and portfolio managers in control of their data.

You will work on designing solutions, making architectural decisions, and ensuring high quality and safe software and data.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of recent experience with Python software development.
• A solid understanding of Git and SQL queries.
• Experience with AI-assisted coding (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or others).
• Experience with cloud deployments, preferably Azure.
• Experience with API design and automated testing.
• Curious to understand financial markets and processes.

Responsibilities

• Improve APIs and end-user AI-infused apps.
• Ensure quality control and safe software/data.
• Collaborate with AI teams and data engineers.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate into solutions.
• Slice product challenges, design solutions, and make architectural decisions.

Skills

Python development

Git

SQL queries

AI-assisted coding

Azure

API design

Automated testing

Finance domain knowledge

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Azure DevOps

Job description

You will be working in a multidisciplinary DevOps team building the next-generation analytics platform for our investment management business. We integrate AI solutions into our platform for investment research; we are custodians of large sets of ESG data using modern data engineering tools and we create user friendly interfaces that enable analysts and portfolio managers to stay in control of their data and the analytics they perform on top of it.
The team consists of data engineers and collaborates closely with our AI teams and other analytics-supporting DevOps team. Your software engineering perspective will help us improve APIs, end-user AI-infused apps, and quality control. As a team and individual, you work closely with the business to make sure you understand their use cases well and provide them with the tooling they need to progress.
Each member of the team is involved with slicing product challenges, gathering requirements, designing solutions, making architectural decisions, and engaging with stakeholders. Given the high stakes of our business, we place great importance on the quality and safety of our software and data, ensuring our applications run smoothly with minimal errors or potential impacts from mistakes.

Your talents

Enthusiastic about technology, collaborative, and analytical: this is how we can best describe you in the position of Python developer. Talents that you use to continuously improve the digital experience of our clients. You also have:

• At least 4 years of recent experience with Python software development

• A solid understanding of Git and SQL queries

• Experience with AI-assisted coding (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or others)

• Experience with cloud deployments, preferably Azure

• Experience with API design and automated testing

• Curious to understand financial markets and processes
  

In addition to the requirements above, we are looking for a team player who is user-focused, open to T-shaped development, result-oriented and strongly motivated to learn and experiment.

Move ahead at Van Lanschot Kempen

Investing in a more future-oriented, sustainable and data-driven way with various clients. Both nationally and internationally. With nearly 300 years of experience, we make this ambition a reality at Van Lanschot Kempen. We do this with some 2,300 colleagues in various fields of expertise.

Within IMTA, you will work in a highly collaborative environment where business and technology come together. We combine the dynamics of a start-up with the stability of an established organization, working on solutions that have real impact on our investment management capabilities.

An organisation's degree of innovation and agility also depends on the diversity of its workforce. Our differences make us stronger together. We promote an inclusive work environment where all colleagues feel at home. With us, you can be yourself. And we are proud of that.

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