Python Developer

About us

InvestSuite is a fast-growing, global B2B embedded (front-to-middleware) InvestTech provider. We help financial institutions navigate their digital wealth transformation journey and co-create the most delightful investing experiences for their clients.

With 15 nationalities contributing to our international DNA and clients across 4 continents, we’re a melting pot of bankers, creative designers, imagineers, mathematicians, computer and behavioral scientists, operating at the crossroads of markets, investing, economics, deep science (AI & machine learning), finance, design, and the digital world.

We are builders and growers, obsessed with innovation and passionate about crafting impactful products that benefit the clients of our clients.

Can there be anything more exciting?

Who are we looking for

We’re looking for an experienced Python developer who loves to build innovative and high-quality products. As part of a senior and highly committed team you will use Python’s latest patterns and libraries such as FastAPI to build core backend services for our products. You will come into contact with infrastructure such as Kafka and Kubernetes, expose your services as OpenAPI 3.0 services, and you will work in an environment where quality comes first enforced by automated continuous deployment procedures. Consumers of your services are both mobile apps and web apps managed by InvestSuite as well as 3rd party services and applications. The first consumer using your service will be a Javascript-based console (written in React) for wealth managers to manage and improve their customer’s investment portfolios.

Main responsibilities

Deploy applications that meet our customer’s highest demands in terms of performance, availability and security

Design and implement clean and scalable public and internal services

Promote practices that improve development velocity and quality of life for the whole team.

Identify, track, solution, and plan Python technical debt.

Target profile & traits

Highly driven and committed - you deliver high-quality products within deadlines

Solution-minded - you avoid politics & find effective ways to get the job done

Direct and open - you are always willing to share and speak your mind

Smart and creative - you find creative ways to get things done & accomplish goals

Customer centric - you seek to delight customers / users with all your work

Quality-minded - you deliver top quality & expect the same from others

Naturally curious - you crave new knowledge & best practices about your field

Required skills & experience

Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field - or equivalent professional experience

At least 3 years of Python experience (not counting education)

Knowledge about / experience with :

FastAPI

Pydantic

SQLAlchemy

Pandas, Numpy, Jupyter

pre-commit (the Python tool, not the git hook)

type annotations in Python including checks with mypy

Poetry package manager

English fluency - spoken & written

Proactivity & problem solving skills. Proactive in solving risks and issues in a timely manner, or to re-prioritize on close collaboration with the product owner if required

Experience with agile project approaches (Scrum)

Other skills & experience we would love to see

Knowledge & experience with reactive architecture, microservices and containerization technologies such as Docker

Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

Experience with various cloud environments : AWS, Azure & OpenStack

Expertise in writing unit tests and end to end platform integration tests

Experience with automated build, test and deploy pipelines

Knowledge of cloud and serverless architectures as well as infrastructure as code

Passion for technologies for distributed messaging such as Kafka, Akka

Affinity with financial markets and wealth management

Our offer

Be part of a growing team of interdisciplinary experts in fields such as math, software engineering, AI, data science, design and UX. Join us and enjoy :

An international environment : We have offices in Leuven and are present in many countries in the EU and in other continents.

Attractive remuneration : We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Self-development : We actively encourage you to join conferences and trainings to improve your knowledge and widen your network.

Equal opportunity : All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, sex, gender identity or expression.