Senior Software Engineer - Python / AWS

Senior Software Engineer – Python / AWS

12 month daily rate contract.

Our multinational financial services client, based in Galway are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for an initial 12 month daily rate contract position.The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with large structured and unstructured datasets, and a desire to unlock the potential of data using cutting-edge tools and cloud technologies. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to transition from traditional enterprise environments into a more innovative, exploratory, and impactful role.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable applications to process and analyze large datasets.
• Rapidly prototype and deploy solutions that support investment research and data analysis.
• Build custom data pipelines for extracting, transforming, and loading data from diverse sources such as REST APIs, RDBMS, Oracle, and cloud storage (e.g., S3).
• Leverage Python (and libraries like Pandas, Numpy, or Spark) to handle data processing and analytics tasks.
• Develop and maintain web applications using Angular or React, focusing on single-page application (SPA) architecture.
• Utilize object-oriented programming principles to build robust and maintainable codebases.
• Contribute to cloud migration efforts and participate in application deployment in AWS.
• Write and maintain scripts in both Linux and Windows environments.
• Participate in on-call rotations, ensuring system reliability and quick resolution of issues.

Requirements

LI-NC1