Senior Python Engineer - Pre-trade (Gas & Power Industry)

Location: Houston (Hybrid – at least 3 days onsite/week) Visa Sponsorship: We offer sponsorship under specific treaty-based U.S. work visas, including TN and E-2 (for eligible Canadian, Mexican, and French citizens). We do not support or transfer other visa types (e.g., H-1B). Talan is looking for a Senior Software Engineer -  AWS / Python to support a key client in the energy trading industry. The role focuses on designing, developing, deploying, and supporting secure, scalable cloud applications and data services supporting pre-trade, market data, pricing, and analytics. AWS is the primary cloud platform and Python the main development language. Key Responsibilities • Build and support cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions on AWS. • Develop backend services and automation in Python. • Design services handling market data, pricing, analytics, and pre-trade workflows. • Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation. • Build and maintain CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and observability. • Apply cloud security and secure software-development best practices. • Optimize application performance, reliability, scalability, and AWS costs. • Lead technical discussions, code reviews, and architecture reviews. • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers. • 10+ years of strong hands on, backend OOP development experience in event-driven and distributed backend services • 5+ years of developing complex Python applications involving high volume data processing, designing and developing APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures • 5+ years of experience deploying Python application in AWS cloud environment (i.e. Kafka, Redis/ElastiCache, RDS/Aurora/S3) • Bachelor degree in Computer science, Engineering, Finance or Quantitative finance Nice to Have • Experience in energy trading, commodities, market data, pricing, or financial markets • Microsoft Azure experience • Athena, or Redshift • C#/.NET or React or Angular • AWS or Azure certifications Company’s Benefits At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including: • 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching • 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out) • 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year • ❤️‍🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA • 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD • 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.