Sr Python Developer

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Senior Python Developer in Chicago, IL

• Develop and deploy Python-based APIs and microservices for machine learning and AI solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with AI/ML teams to product ionize ML models (e.g., regression, classification, NLP, GenAI) and integrate them into business applications.
• Automate model lifecycle management including versioning, deployment, monitoring, and retraining using MLOps best practices.
• Implement and enforce data integrity, normalization, and reconciliation processes, leveraging tools like Great Expectations or custom validation logic.
• Ensure robust testing, monitoring, and observability for all deployed services, including logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Develop and optimize high-performance SQL and No
  
  SQL queries for large-scale data warehousing and transactional systems.
• Champion Agile software engineering practices and participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and continuous integration/deployment processes.

• Advanced Python:
  Deep expertise in Python, memory management, and high-performance libraries for processing multi-gigabyte flat files.
• Data Integrity & Normalization:
  Experience with financial data types, floating-point arithmetic pitfalls, and building automated reconciliation tools.
• GenAI Ops:
  Practical experience hosting and querying private LLMs (e.g., GPT, Opus, Llama
  3) for code-translation and automation tasks. Experience with MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, Sage Maker, Vertex AI, or similar).
• Experience in creating and deploying AI Agents.
• Familiarity with financial data and regulatory requirements.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.

• 5+ years of experience in application development using Python, Scala (and/or Java).
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with a public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• 2+ years of experience with No
  
  SQL databases (e.g., Mongo
  
  DB) and one relational database (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Oracle).

Title Senior Python Developer

Location Chicago, IL

Client Industry Fintech

1866384

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