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Senior Python Developer

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Sep 30, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Apply by: Oct 28, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Own delivery timelines, scope, dependencies, and risks while independently designing and building backend services, RESTful APIs, cloud-native applications, workflow automation, and data pipelines. Contribute across the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, documentation, handover, and proactive stakeholder communication.

Job details

Project description We are seeking a hands-on contractor to support delivery within the Total Fund Management Portfolio Management Technology team. This role is suited for an experienced, self-directed software engineer who can operate with a high degree of autonomy, take ownership of outcomes, solve ambiguous problems, and deliver working solutions with minimal day-to-day oversight. This is not a role for someone who requires detailed task breakdowns or constant direction. Once objectives and constraints are clear, you are expected to independently drive work to completion, proactively manage risks, communicate progress and trade-offs effectively, and manage stakeholder expectations. Responsibilities · Own timelines and deliverables, proactively managing scope, dependencies, and execution risks · Independently frame, design, and deliver software solutions by engaging stakeholders, clarifying ambiguous requirements, and challenging assumptions · Build backend services and RESTful APIs aligned to those designs · Develop cloud-native applications (AWS preferred) · Implement workflow automation and data pipelines where needed · Contribute across the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD · Ensure solutions are production-ready, including testing, documentation, and handover · Act as a reliable execution partner, proactively communicating progress, trade-offs, risks, and changes in expectations Skills Must have · Prior consulting, advisory, or client-facing delivery experience · Proven ownership and independent delivery without close supervision · Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to frame and solve · · · problems in ambiguous situations · Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including proactive expectation management · Demonstrated adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools and practices as part of day-to-day software delivery · Strong Python experience in enterprise environments · Experience building RESTful services / APIs · Strong cloud experience (AWS preferred) · Experience with CI/CD pipelines · Strong unit and integration testing practices Nice to have · Workflow automation experience · CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions) · Workflow orchestration experience · Terraform (infrastructure as code) · Capital markets experience

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires strong enterprise Python experience, experience building RESTful APIs, cloud experience (AWS preferred), CI/CD, and robust unit and integration testing practices. Candidates must demonstrate independent delivery, client-facing experience, strong problem-solving and stakeholder communication, and adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools; workflow automation, orchestration, Terraform, and capital markets experience are advantageous.