Python Developer

Intelligent Automation (IA) is a multidisciplinary team within the Transformation Office (TO), tasked with identifying, developing, and deploying automated solutions by leveraging a variety of emerging technologies. These technologies encompass Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Test Automation, Business Process Management, APIs, and Cloud Services.

Responsibilities

• Understands business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and software documentation
• Assess candidate business processes for transformation and/or automation
• Work with business SMEs and technical team to brainstorm solutions and assess feasibility
• Create and review solution design documents clearly articulating as-is and to-be states. 
• Document and communicate business outcomes and gains from proposed solutions
• Perform all aspects of the project life cycle including but not limited to: scoping, analyzing, developing solutions, reviewing deliverables, from executing to implementing change.
• Work with Process Owners and Business Leads to rollout completed solutions to target teams/offices
• Participate in product backlog maintenance and grooming
• Participates in daily scrum stand-up meetings, backlog grooming sessions, review and retrospective meetings
• Weekend testing will be required for releases (new functionality, bugs, enhancements, upgrades); generally one or two releases are scheduled per quarter

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• Exceptional communications skills, both written and oral
• Ability to work independently
• Designs, evaluates, and monitors key metrics with business partner
• Proficient in Python development 
• Able to efficiently develop and maintain scripts and queries to import, clean, transform, and augment large volumes of structured and unstructured data
• Experience using cloud infrastructure 
• Experience using source code control systems
• Experience using APIs

1. Knowledge of financial products and hedge fund administration
2. Agile project management proficiency
3. Strong analytical skills for business requirements and clear documentation
4. Experience with user stories, acceptance criteria, design docs, and process flows
5. Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
6. Experience with RPA technologies such as UiPath, BluePrism, Automation Anywhere, and Power Automate
7. Experience with automated testing 
8. Associate level technical certification