Backend Developer - Python and Django Rest Framework

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Python Developer to build, optimize, and scale applications that power our trading systems. You’ll work on automation, server clusters, and high-performance infrastructure in a fast-paced, tech-driven environment.

What you’ll do:

• Build and test applications end-to-end.
• Automate workflows with scripts.
• Optimize system performance and reliability.
• Manage code versions and collaborate with peers.
• Work with clusters of 100+ servers.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong Python fundamentals (OOP, data structures, algorithms).
• Experience with Linux commands, Bash scripting.
• Basics of Numpy, Matplotlib, and PostgreSQL.
• Hands-on with automation and scripting tools.
• Problem solver with a focus on scalability & optimization.

Why Dolat?

• Work at the intersection of finance & tech.
• Opportunity to solve complex engineering problems.
• Learn and grow with a team of smart, collaborative engineers.

Technical Skill Set:

1. ASP. NET Development – Strong expertise in C#, ASP.NET, WPF, and solid understanding of SOLID principles, API development, and databases.

2. Cloud Technologies – Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

3. Software Development & Architecture – Proficiency in SDLC, Agile, Scrum, and DevOps frameworks.

4. Project Planning & Management – Experience in task allocation, tracking, estimations, and deliverables management.

5. Repository & Version Control – Familiarity with Git, SVN, or similar tools, along with basic networking concepts.

6. Product Lifecycle Management – Knowledge of requirement analysis, documentation, testing, and release management.

7. Project Planning Tools – Experience with tools like Microsoft Project Plan, JIRA, Redmine, or HP ALM/Quality Centre.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

1. Team Leadership – Ability to guide, mentor, and manage a team while ensuring high-quality deliverables within tight deadlines.

2. Client Engagement & Requirement Gathering – Skilled in collaborating with stakeholders to enhance and refine project requirements.

3. Strong Communication & Problem-Solving – Effective at handling challenges, making decisions, and ensuring smooth project execution.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Node.js and AWS to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have solid backend development experience, with additional working knowledge of PHP and Python. Exposure to frontend frameworks like React.js and Angular will be considered a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js.

• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, QA) to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following industry best practices.

• Work with databases (SQL/NoSQL) to design efficient data models and queries.

• Integrate third-party services and APIs when required.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring of junior developers.

• Support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend development experience.

• Strong expertise in Node.js and hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.).

• Good working knowledge of PHP and Python.

• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB).

• Working knowledge of React.js and Angular is preferred.

A tick against the following skill sets would surely strengthen the candidature

• Strong PHP, JS fundamentals
• PHP frameworks: PHP Laravel
• JS frameworks: Vue.JS
• RDBMS: MySQL, Mongo DB

About Monarch: 

At Monarch, we’re leading the digital transformation of farming. Monarch Tractor augments both muscle and mind with fully loaded hardware, software, and service machinery that will spur future generations of farming technologies. 

With our farmer-first mentality, we are building a smart tractor that will enhance (not replace) the existing farm ecosystem, alleviate labor availability, and cost issues, and provide an avenue for competitive organic and beyond farming by providing mechanical solutions to replace harmful chemical solutions. Despite all the cutting-edge technology we will incorporate, our tractor will still plow, till, and haul better than any other tractor in its class. We have all the necessary ingredients to develop, build and scale the Monarch Tractor and digitally transform farming around the world. 

What you will do: 

1. Design, implement and deliver custom solutions using the existing robotics framework. 

2. Debug issues, do root-cause analysis and apply fixes. 

3. Design and implement tools to facilitate application development and testing. 

4. Participate in architectural improvements. 

5. Work with team members in deployment and field testing. 

Qualifications: 

1. Bachelor’s degree / Masters in Engineering (ECE or CSE preferred) 

2. Work experience of 3+ years in software programming. 

3. Proficiency in Python programming for Linux based systems. 

4. Full understanding of software engineering. 

5. Basic Knowledge of Robot Operating System (ROS) is a plus. 

6. Good understanding of the algorithms and control loops. 

7. Working knowledge of Git: creating, merging branches, cherry-picking commits, examining the diff between two hashes. Advanced Git usage is a plus.  

8. Knowledge of video streaming from edge devices is a plus. 

9. Thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to own the project’s tasks end-to-end with minimum hand-holding  

10. Learn and adapt new technologies & skills. Work on projects independently with timely delivery & defect free approach. 

What you will get: 

At Monarch Tractor, you’ll play a key role on a capable, dedicated, high-performing team of rock stars. Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, excellent health, dental and vision benefits, and company equity commensurate with the role you’ll play in our success.  

• Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions
• Consistently delivers complex, well backed and bug-free products in time
• Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions
• Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. able to mentor/train in areas which are new to them.
• Drives people to solve engineering challenges
• Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams
• Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and

internal/external clients as necessary.

• Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them
• Champion for SDLC best practices and high quality standards

• Expert at in RoR, Golang, NodeJS or Python. Good to have exposure to ML.
• Must have experience in cloud computing
• Operates independently with almost no oversight
• Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the

team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints.

• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks
• Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership
• Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary
• 7+ years of experience in product driven organization
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably

Postgress developer cum database architect

5-7 years experience

Knowledge and experience, specifically PostGre

-           SQL

-           Query Optimization / Optimization strategies (in PostGre)

-           AWS - RDS Relational Databse Service

-           Optional: AWS – RDS API / PostGre API