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Python Software Engineer

Randstad DigitalJersey City, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted 1 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Python Software Engineer role offers a competitive hourly rate and the chance to contribute to impactful projects, honing your development and testing expertise. You'll thrive here if you possess strong proficiency in industry-standard practices and enjoy designing maintainable, well-architected solutions, with opportunities to mentor others and advance your skills within a dynamic team.

Quick Overview

Salary
$55 - $65/hr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

job summary:

This role is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the role include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements.


This role ensures solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset.


individuals possess strong proficiency in development and testing practices common to the industry and have extensive experience of using design and architectural patterns.





location: Jersey City, New Jersey

job type: Contract

salary: $54.62 - 64.62 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

  • Contribute to story refinement/defining requirements.
  • Participate and guide team in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle.
  • Perform spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.
  • Code solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
  • Utilize multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements.
  • Assist team with resolving technical complexities involved in realizing story work.
  • Design/develop/modify architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained.
  • Design/develop/maintain automated test suites (integration, regression, performance).
  • Set up and develop a continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline.
  • Automate manual release activities.
  • Mentor other Software Engineers and coach team on CI-CD practices and automating tool stack




qualifications:

Required Qualifications


Programming in Python (or equivalent/similar programming languages).


Understanding of grid/distributed/parallel/high performance computing concepts.


Knowledge of FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities) or Equities products in pricing, risk and PNL domains.


Software development and testing, deployment and support using agile development methodologies


Functioning as part of a high performance team, working on high priority deliverables


Solving real problems, and adding value to the business


Communicating effectively with various stakeholders across technology and the business


Desired Qualifications


Experience in platforms similar to Quartz


Lead technologist experience Risk calculation projects


Ability to coach junior developer


Ability to collaborate with various technology teams across the bank




Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


Skills

Agile
Python

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