Python Automation Engineer - Swaps & Derivatives (Hybrid)

Axiom Path, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path, Inc. is seeking a seasoned software engineer to drive automation for capital markets workflows, focusing on swaps, derivatives, and trade lifecycle validation.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build reliable automation and data validation across trading and post-trade environments. The role offers hybrid work in a fast-paced, technically advanced setting with exposure to APIs, databases, and complex financial systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software or automation engineering or capital markets tech.
• Hands-on with swaps/derivatives or capital markets systems.
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle concepts across trading, post-trade, risk, settlement, reporting, or downstream processing.
• Python coding, scripting, automation, or debugging.
• Experience with backend validation, API testing, SQL, data validation, or automation framework development.
• Familiarity with trading systems, risk systems, post-trade platforms, OMS/EMS workflows, market data, FIX, messaging, or internal financial systems.
• Experience with capital markets platforms such as Murex, Sophis, Summit, Calypso, Aladdin, Charles River, DTCC, Omgeo, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, DealerWeb, ION, Broadridge, or similar systems is a plus.
• Strong SQL skills for validating trade data, reconciliation results, reporting outputs, and source-to-target data flows.
• Ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments with developers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to explain technical and business issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Build, enhance, and maintain Python-based automation supporting swaps and derivatives technology workflows.
• Validate trade lifecycle processes across trading, post-trade, risk, reporting, and downstream systems.
• Work with APIs, databases, files, and message flows to ensure trade data is accurate, complete, and consistent.
• Develop automation and validation scripts for regression testing, backend checks, data lineage, and workflow verification.
• Partner with developers, business users, and technology teams to review requirements, identify risks, and strengthen automation coverage.
• Analyze trade processing issues, data breaks, and system behavior across upstream and downstream applications.
• Support validation of complex trade attributes, lifecycle events, and data movement across internal and external platforms.
• Contribute to CI/CD-integrated test execution, reporting, and continuous improvement of automation frameworks.

Skills

Python

SQL

API testing

Agile/Scrum

Automation

Data validation

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Murex

Sophis

Summit

Calypso

Aladdin

Job description

Axiom Path, Inc. is seeking a seasoned software engineer to drive automation for capital markets workflows, focusing on swaps, derivatives, and trade lifecycle validation.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build reliable automation and data validation across trading and post-trade environments. The role offers hybrid work in a fast-paced, technically advanced setting with exposure to APIs, databases, and complex financial systems.