Senior Python Backend Engineer: Financial Systems

Senior Python Backend Engineer: Financial Systems

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About BriteCore

BriteCore is a leading cloud-native core insurance software platform for Property & Casualty Insurers. Our software unlocks business growth, delivers greater productivity, and provides an intuitive customer experience to a large and rapidly modernizing industry. With the BriteCore Software Platform, insurers easily administer policies, manage billing and claims, rapidly configure new products, and access detailed reporting and analytics in an all-in-one core system, including agent and policyholder portals.

Trusted by over 100 insurers across North America, BriteCore’s award-winning policy administration solution enables midsize Carriers and MGAs to efficiently manage their insurance operations and effectively compete with the largest insurers. We love great technology and insurance and it shows in every aspect of our solution.

This is a fully remote based role, however candidates must be located in Argentina or Brazil . Note: this is a long-term Independent Contractor position.

Summary

If you love solving complex problems, thrive in tech-driven environments, and have a knack for building secure, precise solutions to manage high-impact transactions, we’d like to chat with you.

What you’ll do

• Lead the development and scaling of financial modules like billing, payments, and commissions, ensuring every calculation is spot-on
• Shape the architecture to deliver lightning-fast performance, seamless scalability, and robust reliability for our financial platform
• Partner with product management to launch secure, user-friendly features that tackle complex models and calculations head-on
• Thrive in an Agile environment with Scrum, automated testing, continuous integration, code reviews, and version control
• Own the creation and maintenance of unit tests, focused on ensuring accuracy in financial formulas and transactions
• Solve performance, scalability, and reliability challenges that keep our systems running at peak efficiency
• Stay sharp on the latest trends in financial app development and share your insights to keep the team at the cutting edge

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Python web development, particularly with financial systems or modules
• 3+ years of SaaS product development experience, including cloud-based solutions
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Django or another Python framework
• 3+ years of experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and solid SQL skills for financial data management
• 2+ years of proven experience building and consuming APIs for financial transactions
• Advanced mathematical skills in financial modeling, algorithms, and data processing
• Hands-on experience with frontend frameworks like Vue.js or React
• Professional experience working with Docker for containerization and AWS services such as EC2, API Gateway, and Lambda
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• 2+ years of experience working at a scaling startup
• Experience working in the fintech or financial services vertical
• Experience in the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance space
• Strong understanding of database design, performance optimization for financial data, and testing techniques for financial modules

Life at BriteCore

We take pride in our dynamic, diverse team, unified by shared values of community, integrity, grit and impact. We love what we do and the people we do it with, which is why we welcome every individual, provide them with equal opportunity irrespective of their race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran, disability or any other legally protected rights that one has.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development and Financial Services

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