Senior Back-End Python Developer

Role Description

You will be collaborating with our CEO, CTO, other developers and our analytics team to develop and implement the vision of the overall platform. The role will primarily focus on extracting structured and unstructured data from complex finance documents using a proprietary extraction framework utilizing proprietary NLP techniques.

In addition, the role also includes the following responsibilities:

• Development of proprietary NLP algorithms utilizing, in part, spacy, nltk and others
• Development of reusable code and libraries
• Development of additional tools and interfaces to create further efficiencies and precision in our data extraction methodology
• Traditional backend work involving anything from REST APIs to database queries

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years’ experience in a start-up environment or a financial institution with strong computer science fundamentals and a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. In particular, the candidate will have:

• Strong Python experience
• Experience with regular expression and various NLP libraries
• Experience with the one or more of the following python libraries; PDFLib, ply.lex and/or ply.yacc
• Experience with parsing PDF/DocX document types
• Data Warehouse understanding
• Experience with DevOps
• Experience with Databases
• Proficiency with code versioning tools, such as Git, Github, Bitbucket
• Experience working with common project management tools and Agile development workflow
• Ingenuity, creativity, drive and determination
• Clear communication skills
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to respond quickly in a fast-paced
environment
• Preferrable but not required, experience with GraphQL

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all roles are currently remote. We anticipate returning to an office space in NYC at a date TBD. Potential for Equity allocation.

We Offer:
Paid vacation + sick time
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
FSA + HSA options
Additional perks such as commuter benefits and access to discount programs