ZR_2569_JOB

Zohorecruit; Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit seeks a Senior Lead Python Engineer to join a large bank project. The role focuses on moving and ingesting data to meet financial regulatory audit requirements, building Python services within a distributed system, and improving CI/CD pipelines with automated testing.

Strong banking experience is required, along with hands-on work with FastAPI, Django/Flask, and asynchronous operations. Remote role, 6–12+ months engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering delivering using event-driven architectures and Python.
• 2+ years working with Micro Services, Git, SQL programming using PostgreSQL.
• 2+ years of Unit, Integration, Functional, Data Quality testing.
• 1 year of working on an Agile Scrum delivery project.
• Experience with terabytes/petabytes of data in Financial Services/Banking.
• Good software design experience and knowledge of design principles.
• Strong communication skills with Customer SEs and Product Owners.
• Leadership mentality and teamwork spirit.
• Ability to take ownership of tasks and implement designs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python services in a distributed, highly available system.
• Build and maintain APIs, data ingestion, and data transformation components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot and optimize code, ensuring quality and reliability.
• Move data to meet regulatory audit requirements and improve CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Python

Event-driven

Microservices

Git

PostgreSQL

Redis

FastAPI

Pytest

Agile Scrum

Tools

Django/Flask

DBT

Redis Queue

Job description

Jacksonville, United States | Posted on 03/10/2025

Senior Lead Python Engineer to join a large team at banking clientto move and ingest data as needed to meet financial regulatory audit requirements.

Prior Banking experience is a MUST HAVE

Location

: Remote Role

Duration:

6-12+ Months

New details for this engineer role will leverage SQL outside of an ORM semantic versioning FastAPI experience asynchronous operations Moving forward the focus should be on data engineering with some python/micro-svc's expertise. A former DBA would probably be a pretty good fit. Any future candidates will need to have the below at a minimum in addition to being skill-mapped against the JD from yesterday.

Has strong experience leverage SQL/data modeling outside of an ORM Familiarization with semantic versioning FastAPI, Django and/ or Flask (micro-svc's dev experience) ARQ/Redis experience Has used asynchronous operations Developed micro-svc's using Jango, Flask or some other mechanism As mentioned before, experience with DBT (Data Build Tool) would be HUGE, however probably a needle in the haystack.

Job Description:

This role will join a large bank project development team to move and ingest data as needed to meet financial regulatory audit requirements. It will build Python services within a distributed, highly available system, leveraging and possibly updating CI/CD pipelines and incorporating automated testing using Pytest. This includes crafting the logic that solves data problems that come up when dealing with disparate systems, like data ingress, quality, governance, and transformation.

Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the internal IT control reporting system.

• Design, develop, and maintain system using Python and PostgreSQL.
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify business requirements and develop solutions that meet those needs.
  
• Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  
• Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code that adheres to our coding standards.
  
• Develop and maintain APIs, including design, implementation, and testing.
  
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, including debugging and optimizing code.
  
• Take ownership of tasks and work independently, while also being a strong team player collaborating with others
  

Must Haves:

Minimum 5 years of software engineering delivering using event-driven architectures and Python

Minimum 2 years of working with Micro Svc's, Git, SQL programming using PostgresSQL

Minimum 2 years Unit, Integration, Functional, Data Quality (source-to-target) testing

Minimum 1 year of working on an Agile Scrum delivery project

Experience working with tera/petabytes of data(Financial Services/Banking)

Good software design experience and knowledge of design principles

Solid communication skills and experience working directly with Customer SE's and Product Owner's

Leadership mentality

Very strong teamwork spirit and ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and teams

Ability to take ownership of tasks and provide effective design and implementations

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Python modules: TOX, Panda, Pycodestyle and Black
• Queuing Svc's, Redis Queue, Postgres, FastAPI and Pytest
• Terraform, Ansible, Bash, and Docker Compose