Sr. GenAI Python Engineering / Data Scientist

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Job Overview

We are seeking a talented and experienced Python Engineer with a strong background in Data Science to join our team. You will play a key role in developing strategic projects for a new Transaction Monitoring platform used across multiple businesses within Markets Technologies group. This platform is critical for detecting and preventing market abuse, ensuring the integrity of our financial systems.

As a Python Engineer / Data Scientist, you will be responsible for building robust data pipelines, developing innovative GenAI solutions, and implementing custom algorithms to identify sophisticated market abuse patterns. You will contribute to architectural decisions, optimize engineering processes, and help maintain application health, infrastructure setup, and CI/CD pipelines.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-impact project that will significantly influence our business and shape the future architecture of our transaction monitoring capabilities. You will be part of a dynamic team driving innovation in a critical area of the financial industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain data-centric applications that host data pipelines and algorithms for detecting potential market abuse.

• Develop and implement GenAI-based solutions for the financial industry, leveraging foundational models such as Gemini, LLama, GPT, and Claude.

• Collaborate closely with clients and stakeholders to understand their requirements for platform development features and prioritize work accordingly.

• Work effectively in a multidisciplinary team, building strong relationships with developers, Quants/Data Scientists, and production support teams.

• Contribute to the team's strategy for development and deployment best practices, ensuring code quality, efficiency, and maintainability.

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing and deployment.

• Contribute to monitoring application health, infrastructure setup, and CI/CD processes.

• Implement and maintain data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and analyzing large datasets.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying high-performance Python-based backend services

• Mandatory in-depth expertise with Pandas & NumPy for data manipulation and analysis.

• Strong working knowledge of Kafka, Spark, Dask, and GenAI technologies.

• Experience with NLP models, evaluation scenarios, prompt engineering, and RAG techniques is highly desirable.

• Solid understanding of databases and experience with SQL and NoSQL technologies (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, Couchbase, MongoDB).

• Experience working in a DevOps culture and a strong advocate for automation and continuous improvement.

• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (e.g., IBM UrbanCode Deploy, TeamCity, Jenkins), monitoring tools, and log aggregation tools.

• Demonstrated high development standards, with a strong focus on code quality, unit testing, continuous integration, and deployment.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to interact with clients and deliver results.

• Experience working in fast-paced development environments, with a track record of delivering high-quality solutions on time and within budget.

Additional Desirable Skills:

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Knowledge of financial markets and market abuse detection techniques.

• Experience with machine learning model deployment and monitoring.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role

• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications

• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development

• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate

• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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