[01/10/2025] E T Consultant

Job Description

E T Consultant

Job #: req34208

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Information Technology

Grade: EC1

Term Duration: 1 year 0 months

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Location: Chennai,India

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s)

Closing Date: 9/15/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

ITS Vice Presidency Context

The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watchreload=9&v=VTFGffa1Y7w

WBG Finance ITS Unit Context

WBG Finance (ITSFI) is responsible for providing high quality, streamlined information and technology solutions for the World Bank's Financial services, which include Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Controls, Treasury, Loans, Accounting, and Concessional finance (managing donor contributions from inception to the point of final disbursement, including IDA, Financial Intermediary Funds and Trust Funds). ITSFI is additionally responsible for building its IT services using a shared platform that provides scale, leverage, reliability, and control while at the same time improving responsiveness to emerging business needs. This position is within WBG Risk Management and Analytics (ITSRA), the division of ITSFI responsible for IT services for all World Bank Group Risk Management functions across multiple vice presidencies in IBRD and IFC.

Position Description

The Python/Cloud developer works under limited supervision to design, test, and implement Python applications, using industry standard software development practices, techniques, tools, and frameworks. The incumbent will be expected to design and develop technical and business components in python that align with the Data Management system processes. The developer needs to be able to work on the cloud environment with Python.

Essential Job Functions

- Develop efficient, reusable, testable, and scalable code
- Translate application storyboards, use cases, concept designs into functional and dynamic applications
- Provide estimates of level of work effort and time for completion
- Work on Cloud environments using latest available technologies
- Provide fully documented work, instruction, and training to peers, as required
- Manage daily technical challenges and plan for contingencies.
- Keeping abreast of latest technology/trends to build algorithms based on requirements
- Good understanding of algorithms/logic to develop competent, clear, optimized, quality code.
- Analytical thinking and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong problem solving and project management skills
- Soft Skills- Communication skills effective/amicable communication between groups, developers, testers, designers, and uses Analytical skills
- Production support

Selection Criteria

- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science/information systems
- Role Specific Experience: Experience in building Python based Processes handling huge datasets
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle
- Experience in using Python with different data sources as well as on the cloud.
- Experience in Code control tools
- Experience in traditional waterfall and agile methodologies
- Experience with innovative use of analytical models

Required Skills/Abilities

- Knowledge of Data Management Systems
- Knowledge of data processing
- Advanced understanding of Object-Oriented technology and standard development frameworks
- Advanced knowledge on processing structured and unstructured data on the cloud.
- Functional proficiency in performing business process analysis, development, testing and production support
- Technical proficiency in module development and upgrades based on organizational needs
- Advanced understanding of complex enterprise data
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proven conceptual, analytical, and judgmental skills
- Ability to multitask

WBG Culture Attributes

- Sense of Urgency Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
- Thoughtful Risk Taking Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
- Empowerment and Accountability Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC , including our values and inspiring stories.

Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.