Lead Python Engineer, Vice President

at  BlackRock Investments

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in Python Programming with a deep understanding of core libraries and concepts
• Strong proficiency in SDLC such as Agile and Scrum
• Strong knowledge and experience of testing, code reviews and continuous integration
• Focus on designing and writing resilient and maintainable code
• Expertise in designing, developing and deploying servers and applications at scale
• Experience of extracting common concepts into libraries to encourage reuse
• Excellent ability to troubleshoot software issues and ability to apply this outside of immediate areas of responsibility
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Strong knowledge of databases, scehma design and be proficient in writing and optimizing SQL queries
• Specific knowledge of any of Sybase ASE / MS SQLServer is preferable
• Track record of mentoring and managing junior developers to build a cohesive and high performing team.
• Experience in Snowflake is desirabl

• Design, develop and maintain Python applications and services ensuring code quality, scalability and performance
• Take technical and emotional ownership of the applications and services
• Lead and mentor a team of developers ensuring high quality delivery
• Collaborate with product managers to gather requirements, write technical specifications and plan development efforts
• Write clean efficient code, which is well documented and follows the defined best practices and coding standards
• Participate in architectural designs and contribute to the technical direction of projects
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback and promote continuous improvement in the team (and beyond)
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues reported in production environments

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in Python Programming with a deep understanding of core libraries and concepts
• Strong proficiency in SDLC such as Agile and Scrum
• Strong knowledge and experience of testing, code reviews and continuous integration
• Focus on designing and writing resilient and maintainable code
• Expertise in designing, developing and deploying servers and applications at scale
• Experience of extracting common concepts into libraries to encourage reuse
• Excellent ability to troubleshoot software issues and ability to apply this outside of immediate areas of responsibility
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Strong knowledge of databases, scehma design and be proficient in writing and optimizing SQL queries
• Specific knowledge of any of Sybase ASE / MS SQLServer is preferable
• Track record of mentoring and managing junior developers to build a cohesive and high performing team.
• Experience in Snowflake is desirable