Python Developer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Insight Global is looking for a developer to help a large financial services firm migrate jobs and reports from "R" to Python. They must be extremely strong in both technologies. In addition they must have strong documentation skills to be able to thoroughly explain their scripting. Design, develop, and test advanced reports by refactoring existing R code into Python and other relevant formats. Optimize scripts and scheduled jobs for greater efficiency and reliability, and support ETL processes to meet analytics needs. Develop reusable code libraries, leverage automation and scheduling tools (e.g., Cron, Windows Task Scheduler), and document solutions for ongoing maintenance and effective knowledge sharing across the team.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5-10+ years of experience with R and Python development at large enterprises
• Very strong documentation skills and commenting on their "why" within their scripting so other team members could understand how they got there and could take over work in future if needed
• Experience with data pipelines, ETL flow of data
• Experience writing complex SQL queries for databricks
• Advanced experience with "R" language, collection, dplyr
• They will need to assess the "R" library environment and be able to investigate the components to find the equivalent library within Python to support once it's moved over
• Create jobs and reports from "R" to Python
• Advanced Python experience creating reports and jobs
• Experience with libraries Pandas, NumPy, Collections, Plyr, dplyr, Digest, Lubridate
• Great communication skills