Python Developer Job Vacancy at StartCredits

StartCredits is a dynamic, high-growth financial technology organization. Our commitment to quality continues to propel our growth and success.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Python Developer
Location: Lagos

Details

This is a unique opportunity to join a new, multidisciplinary team of creative and passionate individuals destined to change the face of lending in Nigeria.
We are focused on the company’s agenda, and work on high-impact projects utilizing big data analytics and machine learning to improve credit decisions in Nigeria.

What you’ll be doing

You will work with cross-functional team members to identify and prioritize actionable, high-impact insights across a variety of core business areas.
You will research, design, implement and validate cutting-edge algorithms to analyze diverse sources of data to achieve targeted outcomes.
Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code to implement our credit risk models.
Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performance applications.
Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.
Implementation of security and data protection on our credit risk models that help our customers reduce their loan impairments.

Who we’re looking for

Good understanding of server-side templating languages {{such as Jinja 2, Mako, etc depending on your technology stack}}
Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
You are able to analyze large, complex, multi-dimensional datasets with a variety of tools.
Great communication skills (written and verbal), an analytical results orientated mentality and the ability to work with others as part of a team are expected.
Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework {{such as Django, Flask, etc depending on your technology stack}}
Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.
You have a deep understanding of statistical and predictive modeling concepts, clustering and classification techniques, and recommendation and optimization algorithms.
Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture