Python Developer

Renaissance Technologies, Inc.; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 84,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Renaissance Technologies, Inc. in St. Petersburg, FL is looking for a mid-level Python Developer to help scale services from pilot to a Florida-wide rollout. You will wire GraphQL and REST endpoints to internal consumers and participate in sprint planning and technology roadmap discussions.

You will collaborate with St. Petersburg teams to understand GraphQL needs, improve observability, and own challenging edge-case features in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Self-direction and ability to work independently in a collaborative setting.
• Clear communicator who translates jargon into plain English.
• Calm under data-driven chaos typical of mid-level roles.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy.
• Able to disagree professionally without personal clashes.
• Proven microservices results, ideally in St. Petersburg, FL.
• GraphQL chops, plus curiosity to explore Java and related tech.

Responsibilities

• Scale services from pilot to Florida-wide rollout.
• Wire GraphQL/APIs to internal consumers so data lands where St. Petersburg teams expect it.
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions.
• Collaborate with users in St. Petersburg to refine GraphQL needs.
• Establish observability to detect failures before customers see them.
• Own edge-case GraphQL billing features that require careful handling.
• Deliver features from whiteboard to production in St. Petersburg, FL.

Skills

Self-direction

Communication

Detail-oriented

Calm under pressure

Disagree professionally

Microservices

GraphQL

Java curiosity

Tools

Python

Java

GraphQL

Microservices

Job description

You've debugged enough Empathy to develop opinions, and Renaissance Technologies has a Python Developer role in St. Petersburg where opinions are currency. A mid-level Python Developer seat that takes 4 years of Strategic Planning seriously, pays $84,000 - $123,000, and hands over the technology reins.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale Renaissance Technologies's Java services from St. Petersburg pilot to FL-wide rollout
• Wire Empathy APIs to Strategic Planning consumers so data lands where St. Petersburg teams expect it
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Sit with technology users in St. Petersburg to learn what the GraphQL tool really needs
• Stand up observability so Renaissance Technologies sees failures before customers in FL do
• Own the deadline-driven edge cases in Renaissance Technologies's GraphQL billing nobody else wants to touch
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to St. Petersburg, FL production without dropping the baton

What You'll Bring

• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Calm under the data-honest chaos a mid-level role tends to generate
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• Proven Microservices results, ideally seasoned in St. Petersburg, FL
• Real GraphQL chops, plus the Java curiosity to keep growing

Everything Renaissance Technologies ships starts as a high-energy argument in a St. Petersburg conference room about how Kotlin should really work. Around here, "I don't know yet" is a perfectly respectable sentence and often the start of something good.

Beyond $84,000 - $123,000, Renaissance Technologies invests in your growth, assigns you a mentor, and lets you flex hours across St. Petersburg, FL as you need.