Python Developer - Junior

Job ID: 24-05552 Job Title: Python Developer Location: McLean,VA 22102 OR New York, NY 10166 (Hybrid) Duration: 2 months, possible extension Contract Type: W2 only Pay Rate Range: $50.63/Hour Responsibilities Interact directly with corporate finance and accounting teams to understand, document, and drive solutions to business requirements. Design, develop, test and support our forecasting services within Mercury. Fix defects and address technical debts to ensure best software development practices are met. Write clean, robust, high-quality code following best practices backed by automated unit and integration tests with >80% line coverage. Coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Assist with the infrastructure upgrades and adoption of new technologies. Commit to collaborative problem-solving, sophisticated design, and quality product. Qualifications 2 years of hands-on professional Python development experience. Financial/accounting acumen to understand business requirements and adequately test features that need to be delivered. Working knowledge of design patterns, OOP principles, data structure and algorithm optimization. Strong background in developing scalable applications and services based on Python frameworks such as pandas, pytest, numpy, and flask. Experience with build and integration tools, including knowledge of Python workflow tools, Jenkins, Git and Docker. Familiarity with database technologies such as SQL Server, Sybase, Redis, MongoDB and so on. Financial/technical knowledge may be demonstrated through education, training and/or experience. Preferred Skills Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Experience working with large datasets and optimizing code for high performance. Experience writing automated unit, integration, regression, performance and acceptance tests.