Hedge Fund - Python Developer (Equities) - Trade life cycle - PnL - Kafka - Contract Our Hedge Fund client is looking for a Python Developer/Engineer Contract role This team is responsible for the firms equity transaction data platform, including trade life cycle event processing, enrichment, and PnL calculations. The role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building robust, high-throughput services and data pipelines in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment. Principal Responsibilities Design and develop solutions for trade life cycle event processing, including corporate actions, expiries, and other post-trade events. Build and operate Python-based services that perform large-scale data transformations and calculations. Publish and distribute transaction and PnL data using Kafka, including AVRO-based schemas and streaming patterns. Required Skills Minimum of 6+ years of professional Python development experience, ideally in capital markets or a fintech firm. Experience in finance: understanding of common financial asset classes; knowledge of equities corporate action processing, trade life cycle concepts, and/or Pandamp;L calculations is a strong plus. Experience with Kafka (or equivalent streaming/messaging platforms) and schema-based event publishing (eg, AVRO). Strong experience performing large-scale data calculations in Python using libraries like pandas, polars, and NumPy. Experience building REST services using frameworks such as FastAPI and/or Flask. Strong SQ