Senior Python Developer - Fixed Income & Derivatives

Axiom Path; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path in Charlotte, NC is seeking a hands-on Python backend engineer to support Fixed Income and OTC derivatives platforms across the trade lifecycle.

You will develop Python solutions, write complex SQL, and collaborate with front-, middle-, and back-office teams to improve data integrity, performance, and reliability in a high-value trading environment. This is a hybrid role based in Charlotte with collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in Python development or backend engineering.
• Hands-on Python coding ability required.
• Experience supporting Fixed Income Capital Markets applications.
• Practical knowledge of OTC derivatives such as swaps.
• Understanding end-to-end trade lifecycle and related workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop Python solutions for Fixed Income and OTC derivatives platforms.
• Support front-office trade capture, pricing, execution, and booking workflows.
• Contribute to middle-office processes: trade enrichment, confirmations, lifecycle events, reconciliations, controls, risk, and exception management.
• Support back-office functions: settlement, accounting, regulatory reporting, cash flows, and derivatives payments.
• Write advanced SQL queries for data validation, reconciliation, issue investigation.
• Develop and enhance backend services, APIs, web services, and data-processing capabilities.
• Trace trades and data across front-, middle-, and back-office applications.
• Identify gaps, risks, data breaks, and processing issues across the life cycle.
• Translate business requirements into reliable technical solutions and review stories for impact.
• Participate in code reviews and CI, reporting, and system quality practices.

Skills

Python development

Backend engineering

SQL

Data validation

Tools

APIs

Web services

CI/CD

Job description

Axiom Path in Charlotte, NC is seeking a hands-on Python backend engineer to support Fixed Income and OTC derivatives platforms across the trade lifecycle.

You will develop Python solutions, write complex SQL, and collaborate with front-, middle-, and back-office teams to improve data integrity, performance, and reliability in a high-value trading environment. This is a hybrid role based in Charlotte with collaboration across global teams.