Python Software Developer – Fixed Income Trading Systems – #3613435

Axiom-Path; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom-Path in Charlotte, NC, seeks an experienced Python developer to design and maintain tools for front-office fixed income trading workflows. You will build reusable components to validate APIs, data movement, and system behavior across platforms, collaborating with developers, QA, and business stakeholders.

You will contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automate regression tests, and help ensure reliable production releases while applying Python expertise to trading system automation and data

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on software development or automation engineering with Python.
• Experience building Python-based tools, frameworks, scripts, utilities, or automation solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, reusable code design, debugging, and code maintainability.
• Experience with APIs, REST services, JSON/XML payloads, SQL queries, and backend data validation.
• Experience with PyTest, Selenium, Playwright, or similar automation/testing frameworks is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar deployment/testing pipelines.
• Experience working in Agile development teams with developers, product owners, business analysts, and QA partners.
• Capital markets experience is highly preferred, especially within fixed income, rates, credit, bonds, treasuries, swaps, CDS, futures, or related trading products.
• Front‑office trading systems experience is strongly preferred, including exposure to trader‑facing workflows such as pricing, quoting, order entry, execution, trade capture, market data, risk checks, or P·L/risk views.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based tools, scripts, and automation solutions that support front-office fixed income trading applications.
• Build reusable Python components to validate application workflows, APIs, data movement, and system behavior across trading platforms.
• Partner with developers, business analysts, QA, and front-office stakeholders to understand trading workflows and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop automated solutions that improve regression coverage, reduce manual effort, and increase confidence in production releases.
• Work with APIs, databases, logs, and application data to troubleshoot issues, validate system behavior, and support root-cause analysis.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated execution frameworks to improve delivery speed, reliability, and repeatability.
• Support testing and validation of fixed income trading workflows, including pricing, quoting, order entry, execution, trade capture, market data, and downstream integration points.
• Help improve engineering practices by writing clean, maintainable, well-documented Python code.

Skills

Python

Automation

APIs

SQL

OOP

PyTest

Selenium

Playwright

CI/CD

Agile

Capital markets

Front-office trading

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Playwright

Job description

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team:

Join a technology group supporting complex capital markets platforms used in a fast-paced financial services environment. This team partners closely with front-office users, technology stakeholders, and business teams to enhance, automate, and support systems tied to fixed income trading workflows. The environment is highly collaborative, technical, and delivery-focused, with an emphasis on building reliable Python-based solutions that improve application quality, workflow efficiency, and system stability.

What's In Store For You:

Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099)

This is a hybrid opportunity based in Charlotte, NC, supporting business-critical trading technology. The role offers the chance to work closely with front-office capital markets teams while applying Python development skills to real-world trading system workflows, automation, API validation, data analysis, and application reliability.

How You Will Make An Impact:

• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based tools, scripts, and automation solutions that support front-office fixed income trading applications.
• Build reusable Python components to validate application workflows, APIs, data movement, and system behavior across trading platforms.
• Partner with developers, business analysts, QA, and front-office stakeholders to understand trading workflows and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop automated solutions that improve regression coverage, reduce manual effort, and increase confidence in production releases.
• Work with APIs, databases, logs, and application data to troubleshoot issues, validate system behavior, and support root-cause analysis.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated execution frameworks to improve delivery speed, reliability, and repeatability.
• Support testing and validation of fixed income trading workflows, including pricing, quoting, order entry, execution, trade capture, market data, and downstream integration points.
• Help improve engineering practices by writing clean, maintainable, well-documented Python code.

Are you an experienced Python developer ready to make an impact in capital markets technology?

• 5+ years of hands‑on software development or automation engineering experience, with strong Python coding ability.
• Proven experience building Python‑based tools, frameworks, scripts, utilities, or automation solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of object‑oriented programming, reusable code design, debugging, and code maintainability.
• Experience working with APIs, REST services, JSON/XML payloads, SQL queries, and backend data validation.
• Experience with PyTest, Selenium, Playwright, or similar automation/testing frameworks is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar deployment/testing pipelines.
• Experience working in Agile development teams with developers, product owners, business analysts, and QA partners.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to analyze application behavior, troubleshoot failures, and communicate findings clearly.
• Capital markets experience is highly preferred, especially within fixed income, rates, credit, bonds, treasuries, swaps, CDS, futures, or related trading products.
• Front‑office trading systems experience is strongly preferred, including exposure to trader‑facing workflows such as pricing, quoting, order entry, execution, trade capture, market data, risk checks, or P·L/risk views.