Senior Software Engineer (Python)

Eventus Systems is looking to hire a highly capable Senior Python Engineer to join our dynamic, distributed team. As a Senior Python Developer, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing our Validus product and related tools, applying software development best practices.  Validus processes billions of records a day for a variety of financial institutions and provides trade surveillance, monitoring, and analysis capabilities to improve the overall health, robustness, and transparency of financial markets.

Senior Python Engineer Responsibilities:

• You will help us improve our primary product offering Validus by developing, maintaining, and improving complex data-driven components, tools, and APIs, primarily using Python, but also touching other languages and technologies as needed
• You will help develop and refine company standards, best practices, and processes for software development in general, and Python development specifically
• You will help drive architectural direction by evaluating potential solutions and technologies
• You will help develop testing infrastructure and write automated tests
• You will work closely with the operations team to assist with debugging and remediating live production issues, with an emphasis on incorporating relevant improvements back into the product
• You will help develop internal tools to improve our capabilities, around deployment, administration, 
• You will help interview candidates for other roles on the team

 Senior Python Engineer Requirements: 

• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline
• You have 5+ years of experience writing excellent code in Python 3
• You keep up to date with the latest developments in the world of Python
• You have experience using Linux and are comfortable and effective working in a shell environment
• You know how to write a solid shell script and occasional dazzling one-liner, but also recognize which things deserve to be made into something that’s not a shell script
• You have some experience with container technologies and cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
• You have some experience with relational databases and SQL
• You have experience improving development, quality, release, and deployment processes
• You have experience both integrating 3rd party software systems, and writing components from scratch, and can effectively evaluate decisions about which directions are most appropriate
• You have experience working with git or similar source code management systems
• You are able to work effectively remotely
• You are able to work effectively both independently and collaboratively
• You have excellent communication and task management skills

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive Compensation & Stock Option Offering
• Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages
• HSA offering + employer contribution
• Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it

ABOUT EVENTUS SYSTEMS, INC.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, and serving clients globally, Eventus Systems, Inc. offers one of the leading global trade surveillance and market risk platforms.  Available as a cloud-based or real-time enterprise on-premise solution, the Validus platform provides sophisticated market surveillance and financial risk capabilities, enabling clients to solve some of the most pressing regulatory challenges. Validus combines multiple technology stacks including artificial intelligence (AI) to generate the optimum number of actionable alerts across equities, equity options, futures, foreign exchange (FX), fixed income and digital asset markets.  Clients include Tier 1 banks, brokerages and futures commission merchants (FCMs), proprietary trading firms, exchanges, corporates and buy-side firms. Eventus has earned four major global recognitions in the past year for its Validus platform, including an FOW International Award for best Market Surveillance product, a Risk Technology Award for Market Surveillance Product of the Year and a Best Trade Surveillance Solution award from A-Team’s RegTech Insight Awards. The firm also was one of only 19 U.S. companies to earn a spot on the global RegTech 100 list for 2020, the second consecutive year it made the list.  Visit www.eventussystems.com.  Follow Eventus Systems on  LinkedIn and on Twitter @EventusSystems.

Eventus Systems is aiming to grow our fantastic team, add to our dynamic culture and continue building on our success.  We are an equal opportunity employer and “at will” company.  As part of our dedication to maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce, Eventus Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Eventus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  Eventus Systems expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Eventus’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.