Python Developer


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£850 to £900 a day
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC2V 6DN
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	2 Sept 2026
Closing date:	9 Sept 2026

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Summary

My client is a leading financial markets organisation that is looking to hire a Python Developer to support the delivery of next-generation risk analytics and data platform capabilities. This is an engineering-focused Python Developer role, centred around building, testing, deploying and supporting production-grade applications. You'll be responsible for helping the production of risk analytics, developing cloud-ready services, and owning solutions through the full software development lifecycle.

Day Rate: Up to £900pd via Umbrella

Location: London (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Months

Start Date: ASAP

Key Requirements

Strong Python development background, ideally some expeirnce in financial services.

Experience within a quantitative risk, market risk or risk analytics environment would be advantageous.

Experience owning applications from development through to production, including CI/CD and deployment.

Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.

Strong automated testing, TDD, Git and software engineering best practices.

Experience working across DevOps, APIs, cloud platforms and wider engineering teams.

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