Senior Python Developer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Role: Senior Python Developer
Location: Toronto, ON
Project description
We are seeking a hands-on contractor to support delivery within the Total Fund Management Portfolio Management Technology team. This role is suited for an experienced, self-directed software engineer who can operate with a high degree of autonomy, take ownership of outcomes, solve ambiguous problems, and deliver working solutions with minimal day-to-day oversight.
This is not a role for someone who requires detailed task breakdowns or constant direction. Once objectives and constraints are clear, you are expected to independently drive work to completion, proactively manage risks, communicate progress and trade-offs effectively, and manage stakeholder expectations.
Responsibilities
- Own timelines and deliverables, proactively managing scope, dependencies, and execution risks
- Independently frame, design, and deliver software solutions by engaging stakeholders, clarifying ambiguous requirements, and challenging assumptions
- Build backend services and RESTful APIs aligned to those designs
- Develop cloud-native applications (AWS preferred)
- Implement workflow automation and data pipelines where needed
- Contribute across the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD
- Ensure solutions are production-ready, including testing, documentation, and handover
- Act as a reliable execution partner, proactively communicating progress, trade-offs, risks, and changes in expectations
Must have Skills
- Prior consulting, advisory, or client-facing delivery experience
- Proven ownership and independent delivery without close supervision
- Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to frame and solve · · · problems in ambiguous situations
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including proactive expectation management
- Demonstrated adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools and practices as part of day-to-day software delivery
- Strong Python experience in enterprise environments
- Experience building RESTful services / APIs
- Strong cloud experience (AWS preferred)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Strong unit and integration testing practices
Nice to have
- Workflow automation experience
- CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions)
- Workflow orchestration experience
- Terraform (infrastructure as code)
- Capital markets experience
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Responsibilities
Own delivery timelines, scope, dependencies, and risks while independently clarifying requirements and designing and building backend services, RESTful APIs, cloud-native applications, and automation or data pipeline solutions. Contribute across the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, documentation, production readiness, handover, and proactive stakeholder communication.
Requirements
Requires client-facing consulting or advisory experience, a record of independent delivery, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated use of AI-assisted engineering tools. Candidates must have enterprise Python experience, REST API development experience, cloud experience (AWS preferred), CI/CD experience, and strong unit and integration testing practices.
Skills
- Python
- RESTful APIs
- AWS
- Cloud-Native Application Development
- CI/CD
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Workflow Automation
- Data Pipelines
- Workflow Orchestration
- Terraform
- AI-Assisted Engineering
- Stakeholder Management
- Problem-Solving
- Independent Delivery
- Capital Markets
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- Software
- Technology
- Consulting
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Python
- RESTful APIs
- AWS
- Cloud-Native Applications
- CI/CD
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Workflow Automation
- Data Pipelines
- Workflow Orchestration
- Terraform
- Infrastructure as Code
- AI-Assisted Engineering
- Backend Services
- Production Readiness
- Stakeholder Management
- Consulting
- Client-Facing Delivery
- Capital Markets
- GitHub Actions