Python Developer

Job Title : Senior Python Scripting Engineer (Testing)

Experience : 7 to 8 Years

Location : Bangalore

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Overview :

• We are looking for a Senior Python Scripting Engineer with 4 to 5 Years of advanced Python scripting experience and 2 years of testing experience.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing robust automation scripts, ensuring software quality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product reliability.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and maintain advanced Python scripts for automation and software development.
• Design, implement, and execute test cases, automation scripts, and testing frameworks to ensure software quality.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to identify and resolve software defects.
• Optimize existing scripts and test cases to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Work on test automation, debugging, and continuous integration pipelines.
• Maintain clear documentation for scripts, test cases, and processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• 7 to 8 Years of overall experience in software development/testing.
• 4 to 5 Years of strong hands-on experience in Python scripting (Advanced Level).
• 2 Years of experience in Software Testing (manual and automation).
• Experience with test automation frameworks like PyTest, Selenium, or Robot Framework.
• Proficiency in debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing scripts.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (Git), and Agile methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exposure to performance testing and security testing.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Roles:

• Developing core infrastructure in Python, Django.
• Developing models and business logic (e. g. transactions, payments, diet plan, search, etc).
• Architecting servers and services that enable new product features.
• Building out newly enabled product features

• Minimum 4 years of industry or open-source experience.
• Proficient in at least one OO language: Python(preferred)/Golang/Java.
• Writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code.
• Good knowledge of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Experience working with AWS components [EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, ECS, Lambda].

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 5-8 years of experience with software development, preferably in Agile environment.
• Advanced knowledge of in software development tools, programming languages, databases, and environments, including but not limited to:
  • Python 3.x, Django, functional Python, procedural Python, object oriented Python, Asynchronous Design, Micro Services, memcache, REDIS, Celery, ElastiSearch, RESTful web services, Relational (Oracle & MySQL) and Non-Relational (NOSQL & DynamoDB) databases, AWS.

What you need to have:

About SteelEye

SteelEye is a fast growing FinTech company based in London and has offices in Bangalore and Paris, that offers a data platform to help financial institutions such as Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Brokerage Firms, Asset Management Firms to comply with financial regulations in the European Union. Our clients can aggregate, search, surveillance and report on trade, communications and market data. SteelEye also enables customers to gain powerful insights from their data, helping them to trade with greater efficiency and profitability. The company has a highly experienced management team and a strong board, who have decades of technology and management experience and worked in senior positions at many leading international financial businesses. We are looking to hire a seasoned SRE to join us as we start on our next phase of growth. We have a culture of openness, collaboration, and the passion to get things done whilst appreciating the importance of a good work life balance.

Being part of a start-up can be equally exciting as it is challenging. You will be part of the SteelEye team not just because of your talent but also because of your entrepreneurial flare which we thrive on at SteelEye. This means we want you to be curious, contribute, ask questions and share ideas. We encourage you to get involved in helping shape our business.

What you’ll do

• Deliver plugins for our Python-based ETL pipelines.
• Deliver Python microservices for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Implement algorithms to analyse large data sets.
• Draft design documents that translate requirements into code.
• Deal with challenges associated with handling large volumes of data.
• Assume responsibilities from technical design through technical client support.
• Manage expectations with internal stakeholders and context-switch in a fast paced environment.
• Thrive in an environment that uses AWS and Elasticsearch extensively.
• Keep abreast of technology and contribute to the engineering strategy.
• Champion best development practices and provide mentorship.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in o Python 3.
• o Python libraries used for data (such as pandas, numpy).
• o AWS.
• o Elasticsearch.
• o Performance tuning.
• o Object Oriented Design and Modelling.
• o Delivering complex software, ideally in a FinTech setting.
• o CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of design patterns.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Demonstrable desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mature collaboration and mentoring abilities.

About SteelEye Culture

• Work from home until you are vaccinated against COVID-19
• Top of the line health insurance • Order discounted meals every day from a dedicated portal
• Fair and simple salary structure
• 30+ holidays in a year
• Fresh fruits every day
• Centrally located. 5 mins to the nearest metro station (MG Road)
• Measured on output and not input