Senior Backend Python Developer - Remote
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- Backend
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- Senior
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- Full-time
- Company size
- Startup
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Senior backend engineer with 5+ years of experience in Python and FastAPI, required to own backend architecture and development for a new Portfolio Management System. Must have production experience with Bloomberg APIs, PostgreSQL, and real-time data pipelines. Availability during US East Coast business hours is essential.
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[Hiring] Senior Backend Python Developer - Remote
Role: Senior Backend Developer (Python / FastAPI) Type: Full-time, remote Location: Worldwide Experience: 5+ years backend development Compensation: $1,000–$1,500/month
We're building a new Portfolio Management System for a hedge fund and are looking for a senior backend engineer to own the backend architecture and development.
This is a greenfield project involving trade processing, position management, real-time market data, and integrations with Bloomberg.
What you'll work on:
- Build backend services and REST APIs with Python and FastAPI
- Integrate with Bloomberg APIs, including subscriptions and market data feeds
- Build real-time data pipelines using WebSockets and event-driven architecture
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries
- Work with Snowflake for warehousing and end-of-day data
- Implement caching, rate limiting, retries, and fault-tolerant ingestion
- Deploy and operate services on Microsoft Azure
- Work closely with a small engineering team and help shape the architecture
Required:
- 5+ years of backend development experience
- Strong Python experience
- Production experience with FastAPI or a similar Python API framework
- Hands-on Bloomberg API / BLPAPI experience
- Strong PostgreSQL / SQL skills, including query optimization
- Experience with real-time systems, WebSockets, streaming, or event-driven architectures
- Practical experience with caching, throttling, rate limiting, and retry patterns
- Cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP also considered)
- Git and CI/CD experience
- Ability to work independently in a fast-changing environment
- Availability during US East Coast business hours
Nice to have:
- Snowflake
- Other market data APIs/providers
- Capital markets, trading systems, or hedge fund experience
- Docker
- SQLAlchemy or another ORM
- AI/LLM feature development
- Startup/early-stage experience
- Low-latency or high-throughput distributed systems experience
Interested?
Send me a DM with your resume/LinkedIn and a brief summary of your Bloomberg API experience and any relevant trading/PMS experience.
Feel free to ask questions in the comments.
What you'll do
- Build backend services and REST APIs with Python and FastAPI
- Integrate with Bloomberg APIs, including subscriptions and market data feeds
- Build real-time data pipelines using WebSockets and event-driven architecture
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries
- Work with Snowflake for warehousing and end-of-day data
- Implement caching, rate limiting, retries, and fault-tolerant ingestion
- Deploy and operate services on Microsoft Azure
- Work closely with a small engineering team and help shape the architecture
What they require
- 5+ years of backend development experience
- Production experience with FastAPI or a similar Python API framework
- Hands-on Bloomberg API / BLPAPI experience
- Strong PostgreSQL / SQL skills, including query optimization
- Experience with real-time systems, WebSockets, streaming, or event-driven architectures
- Practical experience with caching, throttling, rate limiting, and retry patterns
- Cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP also considered)
- Git and CI/CD experience
- Ability to work independently in a fast-changing environment
- Availability during US East Coast business hours
- Snowflake
- Other market data APIs/providers
- Capital markets, trading systems, or hedge fund experience
- Docker
- SQLAlchemy or another ORM
- AI/LLM feature development
- Startup/early-stage experience
- Low-latency or high-throughput distributed systems experience