Backend Engineer

About Us: Hey there! We’re Cambridge Wealth, part of Baker Street Fintech Pvt Ltd, and we’re shaking things up in the wealth and mutual fund distribution world. We've got some cool awards from BSE Star and top mutual fund houses, and we work with UHNI/HNI/NRI clients, including top-notch professionals. We're a fintech startup building a platform that blends cutting-edge tech with a personal touch. Our culture is all about ownership and excellence, led by a team with a history of delivering award-winning digital experiences.

What You’ll Do:

As a Back End Developer Trainee, you’ll be a part of the backbone of our tech team, making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. You’ll be working with Python, Hasura, Jenkins, Rest APIs, Zoho CRM, and AWS services including RDS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateways, SNS, and EC2 to build and maintain the core functionalities of our platform.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and Maintain: Write clean, scalable code using Python and ensure our systems run efficiently.
• Integrate Systems: Use Hasura and Rest APIs to integrate various services and ensure seamless data flow.
• Automation: Implement Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment, making our development process as smooth as possible.
• AWS Services: Utilize AWS services like RDS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateways, SNS, and EC2 to enhance our platform’s capabilities.
• CRM Management: Work with Zoho CRM to streamline our customer relationship management processes.
• Collaborate: Team up with front-end developers, designers, and product managers to create a cohesive product.
• Troubleshoot: Identify and fix bugs or performance issues, ensuring a smooth user experience.
• Documentation: Keep comprehensive records of your code, integrations, and processes.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience with Hasura and building/integrating Rest APIs.
• Familiarity with Jenkins for CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience with Zoho CRM.
• Proficiency with AWS services (RDS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateways, SNS, EC2).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Great communication skills and a team player mindset.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in the fintech industry.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of financial regulations.

Is This You?

• You have 0-1.5 years of experience or a keen interest in fintech startups.
• You’re excited about building from the ground up in a startup environment.
• You thrive in an unstructured, small-team setting where you take the initiative.
• You’re aiming for a role with growth potential to a founding team position.
• You’re a self-starter who takes ownership of tasks and drives them to completion.

Compensation: Competitive

Location: Full-time, on-site at our Prabhat Road, Pune HQ.

Our Hiring Process:

1. Apply and answer a few quick questions (5 min).
2. Online Assessment Test (1.2 hour).
3. Recruiter screening phone interview (20 min).
4. Skills assessment take-home challenge.
5. Technical interview (30 min, discuss submitted assignment).
6. Founder’s interview (30 min).
7. Offer and reference/background check.

Ready to shape the future of fintech with us? Apply now and be part of our exciting journey!

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Ability to create solution prototype and conduct proof of concept of new tools.

• Work in research and understanding of new tools and areas.

• Clearly articulate pros and cons of various technologies/platforms and perform

detailed analysis of business problems and technical environments to derive a

solution.

• Optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability.

• Work on feature development and bug fixing.

Technical skills

• Must have knowledge of the networking in Linux, and basics of computer networks in

general.

• Must have intermediate/advanced knowledge of one programming language,

preferably Python.

• Must have experience of writing shell scripts and configuration files.

• Should be proficient in bash.

• Should have excellent Linux administration capabilities.

• Working experience of SCM. Git is preferred.

• Knowledge of build and CI-CD tools, like Jenkins, Bamboo etc is a plus.

• Understanding of Architecture of OpenStack/Kubernetes is a plus.

• Code contributed to OpenStack/Kubernetes community will be a plus.

• Data Center network troubleshooting will be a plus.

• Understanding of NFV and SDN domain will be a plus.

Soft skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Highly driven, positive attitude, team player, self-learning, self motivating and flexibility

• Strong customer focus - Decent Networking and relationship management

• Flair for creativity and innovation

• Strategic thinking This is an individual contributor role and will need client interaction on technical side.

Must have Skill - Linux, Networking, Python, Cloud

Additional Skills-OpenStack, Kubernetes, Shell, Java, Development

Key Skills required (Items in Bold are mandatory keywords) :

1. Proficiency in Python  & Django

2. Solid understanding of Python concepts

3. Experience with some form of Machine Learning (ML)

4. Experience in using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas

5. Some form of experience with NLP and Deep Learning using any of Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Scikit-learn or similar

6. Hands on experience with RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL

7. Experience building REST APIs using DRF or Flask

8. Comfort with Git repositories, branching and deployment using Git

9. Working experience with Docker

10. Experience in deploying Django applications to AWS,Digital Ocean or Heroku

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the Software Team. Ensure consistent deliveries of planned features while ensuring code quality, testing standards, and processes are maintained.

• Work with the leadership team to cultivate and grow the Internal Software Team Culture at

• Work across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth

• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design.

• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity.

• Exert influence on the overall objectives and long-range goals of your team.

• Experience with performance and optimization problems, particularly at a large scale, and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.

• Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE

• Experienced in designing and integrating RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of Python

• Excellent debugging and optimization skills

DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years of experience building large-scale software applications and working with large software teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or engineering • Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of Python and Backend Development

• Experience building Web/Mobile applications

• Excellent debugging and optimization skills

• Unit and Integration testing experience

• Being knowledgeable about engineering processes and good practices

• Passionate about learning new tools. Ability to continuously learn and acquire knowledge.

• Able to adapt to changing complexity of tasks.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: 

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement. 
• Collaborate with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience. 

• Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends. 
• Record data and report it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership. 
• Participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. 
• Take the lead on projects, as needed. 
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle. 

• Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future. 
• Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes. 
• Conduct UI tests and optimize performance. 
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming or relevant field. Master’s Degree in a related field is preferred. 
• 5-7 years of relevant experience 
• Must be an expert programmer, skilled at computer languages such as HTML, C+++, C#, PHP, Python and Java. 
• Must understand Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, JMS, Mysql, Redis, CouchDb, Micro Services, Docker, Kubernetes 
• Must be able to interpret and follow instructions related to the ultimate functionality of our IT-based product 

• Familiarity with front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS 
• Must be comfortable with technology architecture and how a computer and its software functions. 
• Deadline driven, organized and understand how people view and understand content on the front-end 
• Proven experience in highly complex environments 
• Strong technical documentation skills 

• An ability to solve multifaceted technical issues in a fast-paced environment 
• Self-motivated and accountable for your work 
• Passionate about learning and continuous improvement 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work overtime