ACQA Software Engineer | Kraków / Wrocław

ACQA Software Engineer (Python / Java / Scala)

Location: Kraków or Wrocław, Poland
Work mode: hybrid 3 days/week from the office

Join a next-generation Analytics & Risk platform

We are hiring ACQA Software Engineers to join a strategic engineering program building a cloud-native Analytics and Risk platform for a leading global investment bank.

ACQA (Advanced Cloud Quantitative Analytics) is the bank’s next-generation platform built on Microsoft Azure, supporting Front Office, Risk, and Finance with high-performance analytics, pricing, and risk management capabilities. You'll work on production-grade distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and quantitative applications that directly impact trading and risk decisions.

What you'll do

As an ACQA Software Engineer, you'll be part of a highly skilled agile engineering team designing and delivering scalable cloud-native solutions. Depending on your strengths, you'll contribute across backend engineering, big data, quantitative analytics, or platform development.

Your responsibilities include:

• Design and develop robust, scalable software using Python, Java, or Scala

• Build cloud-native services and analytics applications on Microsoft Azure

• Develop and optimize Spark/PySpark pipelines for large and complex datasets

• Collaborate with traders, risk managers, and finance stakeholders to deliver risk and PnL solutions

• Write clean, well-tested, production-quality code using modern testing practices and CI/CD

• Contribute to developer experience, DevOps culture, and platform engineering initiatives

• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot) while maintaining high engineering standards

What we're looking for

We're looking for strong software engineers - not one specific profile. Whether you're a Python expert, a JVM engineer interested in Python, or a big data specialist, we'd like to hear from you!

Required

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production-grade systems

• Professional experience in Python, Java, or Scala

• Knowledge of software design principles, testing frameworks, and clean coding practices

• Experience working in agile, collaborative development environments

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Strong expertise in Python and its ecosystem

• Experience with Apache Spark / PySpark and large-scale data processing

• Cloud experience, ideally Microsoft Azure

• Knowledge of financial derivatives, pricing, risk, or investment banking

• CI/CD, DevOps, and developer tooling experience

• Exposure to AI-assisted software development (GitHub Copilot, spec-driven or data-driven development)

• Experience with web-based UI technologies
  
  Tech Stack

  Languages: Python, Java, Scala, SQL
  Cloud & Data: Microsoft Azure, Apache Spark, PySpark, Big Data
  Finance: Derivatives, Pricing, Risk & PnL Analytics
  Engineering: CI/CD, DevOps, Automated Testing, Agile, Design Patterns
  AI: GitHub Copilot, AI-Assisted Development