Job Description

We are looking for a talented and motivated Python Data Engineer to help us expand our data assets in support of our analytical capabilities in a full-time role. This role will have the opportunity to interface directly with our traders, analysts, researchers and data scientists to drive out requirements and deliver a wide range of data related needs.

What you will do:

• Write modular, reusable components to liaise between external sources of data, internal tools and databases
• Work with our business sponsors to drive out requirements for data ingestion and access
• Translate business requirements into technical deliveries
• Maintain the cleanliness and centrality of the Vitol Python codebase, while adhering to existing designs and coding conventions as much as possible
• Contribute to our developer tools and Python ETL toolkit, including standardization and consolidation of core functionality
• Efficiently coordinate with the rest of our global team
• Participate in Vitol’s Python development community and act as a liaison for our growing business development efforts

Qualifications

• 6+ years of enterprise-level coding experience with Python
• Computer Science, MIS or related degree
• Experience with Data Engineering and building data pipelines
• Experience scraping websites with Requests, Beautiful Soup, Selenium, etc.
• Oracle / PL SQL development experience including stored procedures
• Strong understating of object-oriented design, design patterns, SOA architectures
• Past experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Proficient understanding of peer-reviewing, code versioning, and bug/issue tracking tools.
• Familiarity with Pandas and NumPy packages
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Commodities/Energy Industry experience desired
• Familiarity with containerization solutions like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus

Additional Information

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. Because of the collaborative, fast-paced, and high energy nature of our business, Vitol requires team members to work from our fully-equipped office.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.