Senior Python Developer

Íslandsbanki is currently looking for a Senior Python Developer for a new Risk Digital Product team. 

The primary responsibility of the role is to design, develop and operate data science solutions and core frameworks related to risk modelling on top of the bank’s Risk Data Domain. The domain is used to create measurements, insights and cross domain derived data items to support analysis, reporting, monitoring and risk modelling as well as redistribution of results to internal consumers.

The team also builds and operates additional digital products and the core frameworks required to support reporting, monitoring and risk modelling across Risk Management.

Responsibilities and duties

• Participate in product development through cross team collaboration to manage Risk Management’s data analytics and modelling.
• Designing software for automatic testability, recoverability from failures, built in privacy and security.
• Development of intuitive software that meets and exceeds the needs of our internal users and customers.
• Continuous improvements of operational software, automation, testing, monitoring, performance and overall quality.

Qualifications

• Significant experience with Python development and operations
• Experience contributing to data modelling lifecycle operating models
• Experience using ETL tooling and relational databases.
• Experience with relational databases (Oracle preferred, MSSQL Server a plus).
• Experience modelling and analysing data for storage, usage and presentation.
• Working knowledge of software version control concepts and change management processes
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.

Advantageous but not a requirement:

• Experience with different data modelling structures.
• Experience with business intelligence tooling.
• Experience with C# and/or R
• Experience with Azure data solutions or other cloud data solutions.
• Experience with the following: Azure DevOps CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, dbt, Liquibase, SAP Business Objects Data Services and/or Dollar Universe.
• Experience working in banking or Fintech.

Futher information:

Hans Róbert Hlynsson hans.robert.hlynsson@islandsbanki.is and Guðlaugur Örn Hauksson, gudlaugurh@islandsbanki.is provide futher information regarding this role.

At Íslandsbanki we have around 700 employees, who share a passion for success and together work on solutions for our customers with professionalism as our guide and to be able to provide the best banking service.

We are proud to have been certified several times for the equal pay standard ÍST85:2012. The certification confirms that systematic work is being done to prevent gender wage gaps and thus promoting gender equality in the labor market. This certification is a natural continuation of the work that has been done within the bank in recent years, as we received the Equality Promotion Award 2016 and PwC’s Gold Medal 2015 and FKA’s Balance Scale (Jafnvægisvog FKA) several years in a row.

At the same time, Íslandsbanki places great emphasis on sustainability issues and supports UN´s Sustainable Development Goal.