VP, Sr Risk Python Developer

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Role Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Python Full Stack Engineer to join our innovative team in the Senior Risk Developer role. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and deploying scalable, production-grade applications using Python, Django, React and data bricks working in Azure cloud platform. This role is critical to transforming business requirements into actionable insights and solutions.

Role Description

• Develop highly scalable applications using Python/Django and React.

• Optimize and maintain Python web applications and APIs.

• Manage solutions on Microsoft Azure (App Service, Functions, Containers, Storage, SQL, Databricks).

• Design and implement application and infrastructure monitoring (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics).

• Build alerting, dashboards, tracing, and logging for observability (Open Telemetry preferred).

• Diagnose performance, reliability, and security issues across the stack; improve operational maturity and lead incident response and root cause analysis.

• Automate CI/CD and release processes (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps).

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.

• Mentor the junior members of the team.

Qualifications and Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

• Experience: 12+ years of professional Python development.

• Skills:

• Hands-on with core Python and web frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.

• Exposure to Java script technologies (preferably React)

• Exposure to Azure Databricks environment is desirable (PySpark, notebooks, integrate repos, job workflows, delta lake, unity catalog etc)

• Experience working on SQL with ability to run various data analytics tasks and queries.

• Exposure to azure environment and various interconnected azure components (Functions, App Service, Containers etc.).

• Knowledge on Financial domain and mainly Risk management is highly desirable

• Tools/Systems: VS Code, GitHub, AI coding tools

• Other:

• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to document decisions and align stakeholders

• Working experience with AI is nice to have

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at View email address on click.appcast.io.

EOE, including Disability/veterans