Manager Mercuria Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
RIT Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Lead Python Developer with extensive experience in the Power & Gas Commodity markets of North America. The role involves designing, developing, and operating mission-critical Front Office trading applications while collaborating closely with various teams to deliver high-performance solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Own the design, development, and operation of mission-critical Front Office trading applications, including cloud-native data platforms hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Architect and deliver high-performance, low-latency, and scalable solutions that directly support trading, risk management, P&L, and market analytics.
• Partner closely with Front Office, Trading, Risk, and Quant teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery lifecycle: requirements analysis, solution design, prioritization, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Drive operational excellence through advanced monitoring, alerting, observability, automation, and predictive operations for 24x7 trading systems.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across globally distributed internal teams and third-party delivery partners.
• Ensure solutions adhere to security, performance, resiliency, and compliance standards expected in a regulated trading environment.
• Act as a technology ambassador for Mercuria IT, representing the organization internally and externally with credibility at senior business and technical levels.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 10–15 years engineering experience
• Heavy Python development
• Deep AWS (production architecture level)
• Built distributed, scalable enterprise systems
• Trading / commodities / energy / financial markets systems
• Strong communication (works directly with traders daily)
• Good tenure/stability
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 10 years of experience designing and building enterprise-grade, distributed systems
• Strong experience in commodities trading, energy trading, financial markets, or risk management systems is mandatory (Front Office, Risk, P&L, Trade Capture, Market Data)
• Proven expertise in Python with strong experience in Dash or modern UI/data visualization frameworks used in trading environments
• Strong UI and data-driven application development experience for trader- and risk-facing tools
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS, including (but not limited to): EKS, RDS, EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, SageMaker, ECR, API Gateway, CloudFormation/ Terraform, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SQS, SNS
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling expertise with databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake, MySQL
• Experience with FIX 4.2 / 4.4 in electronic trading environments, covering order/execution workflows, market data, trade lifecycle management, and technical aspects such as session handling, validation, performance, and resiliency across financial instruments
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and JSON-based services
• Strong DevOps and platform engineering mindset, with hands-on experience using: Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix environments
• Strong ability to lead complex initiatives, influence stakeholders, and deliver under time-critical trading deadlines
Preferred:
• AWS Certified / Solutions Architect
• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering
• FIX protocol exposure
Company:
Jobdiva Job Portal: https://www1.jobdiva.com/candidates/myjobs/searchjobsdone.jsp?a=xbjdnwgjodtga1y1im2g881fkkeiwd0775lbvq8yqgps8vb2q36w2vj1ga6xxork&compid=-1 Recruitment (contingency search and campus selection). Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Arlington, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.