Python Developer 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 Position: Python Developer
Job 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


  • 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.
  • 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.

Who we’re looking for

  • 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
  • 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.