Junior Python Developer (Trading Automation & Excel)

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python scripts to automate complex data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) tasks into highly formatted Excel sheets (xlwings, openpyxl).
• Integrate, test, and maintain REST APIs and WebSockets from brokerages and market data providers to fetch real-time and historical pricing data.
• Build and maintain local data stores (SQL or lightweight NoSQL/file-based) for historical market data analysis.
• Develop basic alert systems, data validation scripts, and rule-based execution tools to assist daily trading operations.

Required Technical Skills

• **1–2 years of professional experience** writing clean, readable Python code.
• Strong proficiency in **Pandas** and **NumPy** for manipulating financial datasets and time-series data.
• Hands-on experience with **Excel automation libraries** (specifically xlwings or openpyxl).
• Solid understanding of handling **REST APIs, JSON parsing**, and **WebSockets** for streaming live data.
• Basic knowledge of relational databases (**SQL**) for storing historical data.
• Familiarity with version control (**Git**).
• Understanding of Claude is required.

Preferred / Plus Skills

• **Knowledge of C++ (CPP):** Understanding of object-oriented programming in C++, memory management, or experience interfacing C++ code with Python (e.g., via pybind11 or ctypes) for performance-critical tasks.
• Personal or professional experience working with programmatic broker APIs for order placement and data retrieval.
• Basic understanding of technical analysis concepts (order types, candlestick data, and financial indicators).
• Fluency in Hindi is a must.
• Pay: AED5,000.00 - AED7,000.00 per month

Language

• Hindi (Required)

Location

• Dubai (Required)