Invesment Industry

Title: Full-stack/Python Engineer (backend-Python/frontend-dash/plotly)

Duration: 6-month contract with opportunity to extend

Location: Downtown Toronto (4 day/week onsite)

 NOTES:

• Currently using Dash Plotly, considering adoption of QuickSight
• No dedicated UX/UI designer → need someone who can think from a design perspective
• Web UI needs:
• Strong web development knowledge
• Ideally full-stack experience, but front-end only is acceptable
• Must be a UI expert
• CI/CD pipelines already established
• Role is not capital markets focused
• Primary gap: UI support

Why the Role is Open:

• Urgent need for additional engineering capacity to deliver projects within portfolio/trading technology.
• Net new contractors to help accelerate delivery timelines and support ongoing initiatives.

What They Will Accomplish (High-Level):

• Deliver scalable, efficient, and business-aligned software solutions for portfolio/trading systems.
• Ensure solutions integrate with cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Support ongoing modernization and efficiency initiatives.
• Contribute to team knowledge transfer via demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Manage timelines and deliverables for projects within the team.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, operations staff, and technology peers to gather requirements.
• Design, develop, and test Python-based applications and web solutions.
• Implement cloud-native solutions and CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct application demos, walkthroughs, and provide documentation to support knowledge transfer.
• Perform unit and integration testing to ensure reliability and performance.
• Must balance hands-on coding with collaboration across business stakeholders (portfolio managers, traders, ops).
• Strong Python expertise required across full SDLC.
• Team requires quick ramp-up—limited bandwidth to train on core technologies.

Must-Haves:

• Strong Python development experience across full SDLC in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum methodologies (Jira, Confluence, Git).
• Hands-on cloud experience (AWS strongly preferred).
• CI/CD pipeline implementation experience.
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• Unit and integration testing expertise.
• Web development skills with Dash, Angular, or React.

Plusses / Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with BI tools (QuickSight preferred).
• Prior capital markets domain knowledge.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Familiarity with Jupyter notebooks for data analysis and reporting.