5 days ago
Houston, TX, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Partner with business and technology teams to advance development initiatives.
- Support the rollout of agentic developer tools, including advising on skill and MCP design.
- Serve as a local point of contact for Python technical challenges.
- Maintain and expand Vitol’s central Python package ecosystem and shared libraries.
- Provide day-to-day application support, user training, and onboarding.
- Collaborate with Helpdesk, Infrastructure, Security, business, and support teams to improve systems, user experience, and risk management.
- Promote Python development standards and support the migration from Miniconda to Astral’s uv across end-user Windows environments.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of enterprise experience using Python web development frameworks such as Streamlit or FastAPI.
- Proven ability to engage and collaborate within developer communities.
- Enterprise experience with Anaconda and Astral’s uv.
- Experience promoting software development best practices.
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills for working with stakeholders and business users.
- Experience with React, CSS, and HTML is a plus.
- Commodities or energy industry experience is desirable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid vacation.
- 401k with company contributions.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Required to work in the office five days per week.
About Vitol
Vitol trades, transports, and distributes energy and commodities—from crude and refined products to gas, power, renewables and carbon credits—for refineries, utilities, airlines, retailers and other traders. It also operates and invests in supporting infrastructure, including shipping, terminals and storage, and power assets. Founded in 1966 and privately held, Vitol is headquartered in Rotterdam and runs a global business from 40+ offices.