Senior Python Engineer - Build an investment platform from the ground up

Investment Platform | Python | FinTech | Data-Driven Decisioning📍 Amsterdam💼 Full-time, Hybrid🌍 EU work authorisation required💰 Competitive salaryThis is a role for someone who likes the messy, exciting bit before everything is perfectly defined.The company is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage digital businesses across Europe and beyond. They are building an internal platform that helps the investment team analyse opportunities faster, interpret data clearly, and decide whether something is investable or not.They already have strong product and commercial knowledge in the team, but now they need someone who can really own the development side.You’ll be building a Python-based platform that works with financial, company and market data, helping the team make quicker and better investment decisions. The product also touches on liquidity, trading, stocks and shares, so experience in fintech, banking, investments or capital markets would be very relevant.You’ll be:Building the platform from the ground up in PythonTurning investment and product ideas into working softwareWorking with financial and market dataCreating tools that help users quickly understand whether an opportunity is investableDeveloping backend services, APIs and platform logicSupporting frontend development where neededWorking directly with commercial, product and investment stakeholdersTaking ownership of architecture, development and technical directionYou’ll bring:Expert Python development experienceExperience building platforms, tools or products from scratchSome frontend experienceA fintech, banking, investment, trading or capital markets backgroundStrong backend and data-handling skillsA product-minded approach to engineeringThe ability to work independently in a small, fast-moving environmentBonus points for:Investment, buyout, VC or private equity exposureExperience with trading, stocks, shares or liquidity platformsExperience building dashboards or decision-support toolsPrevious zero-to-one product experience