Senior Python Engineer, Trading Automation

Flow Traders is looking for a Senior Python Engineer to join our growing Trading Automation team in Amsterdam. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities.

As a member of Trading Automation team, you will work within our technology landscape on creating direct impact for our core business through the development of applications that enhances data frameworks, streamline workflows, facilitate efficiency, and unlock growth prospects. In this role, you will be responsible for developing applications, services, and pipelines that deliver value through automation. Your actions will directly contribute to the performance of the company. You will also get the opportunity to interact and work closely with the global Trading Automation team and different departments to gain a well-rounded knowledge of start-to-end trading landscape, how they function and integrate within our ecosystem.

Some of the technologies we use and would like you to have experience with:

• Languages: Python (for most of our day-to-day development), Golang, Javascript, Bash


• Container technologies: Docker, Docker-compose, Kubernetes


• Various cloud tech/platforms: AWS, GCP etc

What you will do

• Design, develop, deploy, document & maintain software solutions used by various Trading units


• Streamline business processes by identifying in-efficiencies and automating them


• Provide operational support for the products and services delivered by the team

What you need to succeed

• University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or other quantitative fields


• 7+ years working experience in software development


• Expertise in Python (proficiency in Golang and/or Javascript is advantageous)


• Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems


• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka (knowledge of distributed systems is advantageous)


• Strong sense of teamwork and keen eagerness to acquire new skills


• Demonstrable interest in financial markets is a plus


• Good stakeholder management skills

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.