Python Developer (W2 Only / No C2C)

Description

Our clients Infrastructure & Architecture team, within Institutional Securities, is building a strategic Metadata Hub that will serve as a foundational component for data governance, lineage, and traceability across Finance Technology. This initiative is focused on enabling AI-driven workflows and agentic capabilities while ensuring regulatory compliance, auditability, and end-to-end data transparency. The team is creating a semantic layer and knowledge graph that will support how Finance Technology discovers, understands, and utilizes data across the organization. This is a highly visible initiative with broad impact across the firm.

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer who can independently take business requirements, design solutions, and build production-ready features with minimal oversight. This is not a maintenance role. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who thrives in complex enterprise environments and has experience delivering scalable applications within large financial institutions.

Top Skills

• Strong Object oriented Python Development
• Angular Development on the frontend to own end to end full stack development
• AI Enablement Tools (Ability to leverage Coding Assistants, Agentic Coding, AI-Augmented Development)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable full stack applications using Python and Angular.
• Partner with architects, product owners, and stakeholders to translate requirements into production-ready solutions.
• Build features that support metadata management, data lineage, governance, and traceability.
• Develop APIs, backend services, and front-end interfaces for enterprise-scale applications.
• Contribute to the design and development of semantic layer and knowledge graph capabilities.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve productivity and code quality.
• Participate in code reviews, solution design discussions, and technical troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams across multiple business and technology organizations.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional Python development experience.
• 3+ years of Angular development experience.
• Experience building and delivering enterprise-grade full stack applications.
• Experience supporting Tier 1 global banking or financial services organizations.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including application design, testing, and code reviews.
• Ability to work independently and deliver complete features from requirements through production deployment.
• Strong communication skills and experience working directly with technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks.
• Knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, data governance, or knowledge graph technologies.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled software development tools, agentic workflows, and coding assistants.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

This is a highly visible, firm-wide initiative where you’ll help build the next generation of AI-enabled data infrastructure, working on cutting-edge metadata, semantic layer, and knowledge graph technologies that will drive intelligent workflows across Finance Technology and have lasting impact across the organization.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of New York, NY.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $88.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportat…