Backend Engineer

We are looking to recruit an expert for backend software development at Webnyay. We are an enterprise SaaS startup catering to India and international markets. We are now growing fast and need a rockstar senior software developer who is an expert in Python/Django and GCP.

What we are looking for:

• At least 6 years of professional software development experience.
• At least 4 years of experience with Python & Django.
• Proficiency in Natural Language Processing (tokenization, stopword removal, lemmatization, embeddings, etc.)
• Experience in computer vision fundamentals, particularly object detection concepts and architectures (e.g., YOLO, Faster R-CNN)
• Experience in search and retrieval systems and related concepts like ranking models, vector search, or semantic search techniques
• Experience with multiple databases (relational and non-relational).
• Experience with hosting on GCP and other cloud services.
• Familiar with continuous integration and other automation.
• Focus on code quality and writing scalable code.
• Ability to learn and adopt new technologies depending on business requirements.
• Prior startup experience will be a plus!

Some of your responsibilities would include:

• Work closely in a highly AGILE environment with a team of engineers.
• Create and maintain technical documentation of technical design and solution.
• Build products/features that are highly scalable, secure, highly available, high performing and cost-effective.
• Help team in debugging.
• Perform code reviews.
• Understand the full feature set/ implementation and architecture of the applications.
• Analyze business goals and product requirements and contribute to application architecture design, development and delivery.
• Provide technical expertise for every phase of the project lifecycle; from concept development to solution design, implementation, optimization and support.
• Act as an Interface with business teams to understand and create technical specifications for workable solutions within the project.
• Explore and work with LLM APIs and Generative AI.
• Make performance-related recommendations, identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks (hardware, software, configuration); drive performance tuning, re-design and re-factoring.
• Participate in the software development lifecycle, which includes research, new development, modification, security, reuse, re-engineering and maintenance of common component libraries.
• Participate in product definition and feature prioritization.
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders across business verticals.

Title: Quantitative Developer

Location : Mumbai

Candidates preferred with Master's

Who We Are

At Dolat Capital, we are a collective of traders, puzzle solvers, and tech enthusiasts passionate about decoding the intricacies of financial markets. From navigating volatile trading conditions with precision to continuously refining cutting-edge technologies and quantitative strategies, our work thrives at the intersection of finance and engineering.

We operate a robust, ultra-low latency infrastructure built for market-making and active trading across Equities, Futures, and Options—with some of the highest fill rates in the industry. If you're excited by technology, trading, and critical thinking, this is the place to evolve your skills into world class capabilities.

What You Will Do

This role offers a unique opportunity to work across both quantitative development and high frequency trading. You'll engineer trading systems, design and implement algorithmic strategies, and directly participate in live trading execution and strategy enhancement.

1. Quantitative Strategy & Trading Execution

• Design, implement, and optimize quantitative strategies for trading derivatives, index options, and ETFs
• Trade across options, equities, and futures, using proprietary HFT platforms
• Monitor and manage PnL performance, targeting Sharpe ratios of 6+
• Stay proactive in identifying market opportunities and inefficiencies in real-time HFT environments
• Analyze market behavior, particularly in APAC indices, to adjust models and positions dynamically

2. Trading Systems Development

• Build and enhance low-latency, high-throughput trading systems
• Develop tools to simulate trading strategies and access historical market data
• Design performance-optimized data structures and algorithms for fast execution
• Implement real-time risk management and performance tracking systems

3. Algorithmic and Quantitative Analysis

• Collaborate with researchers and traders to integrate strategies into live environments
• Use statistical methods and data-driven analysis to validate and refine models
• Work with large-scale HFT tick data using Python / C++

4. AI/ML Integration

• Develop and train AI/ML models for market prediction, signal detection, and strategy enhancement
• Analyze large datasets to detect patterns and alpha signals

5. System & Network Optimization

• Optimize distributed and concurrent systems for high-transaction throughput
• Enhance platform performance through network and systems programming
• Utilize deep knowledge of TCP/UDP and network protocols

6. Collaboration & Mentorship

• Collaborate cross-functionally with traders, engineers, and data scientists
• Represent Dolat in campus recruitment and industry events as a technical mentor

What We Are Looking For:

• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming (C++).
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
• Hands-on experience in systems programming within a Linux environment.
• Proficient and Hands on programming using python/ C++
• Familiarity with distributed computing and high-concurrency systems.
• Knowledge of network programming, including TCP/UDP protocols.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

A passion for technology-driven solutions in the financial markets.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong experience in Python (5+ years).
• Hands-on experience with any database (SQL or NoSQL).
• Experience with frameworks like Flask, FastAPI, or Django.
• Knowledge of ORMs, API development, and unit testing.
• Familiarity with Git and Agile methodologies.
• Familiarity with the Kafka tool (Added Advantage)

Pixuate is a deep-tech AI start-up enabling businesses to make smarter decisions with our edge-based video analytics platform and offer innovative solutions across traffic management, industrial digital transformation, and smart surveillance. We aim to serve enterprises globally as a preferred partner for digitization of visual information.

We are looking for a backend developer to join our core product development team having hands-on experience in web development using Python. An ideal candidate will be innovative, have strong coding and unit testing skills, has a passion for developing great software, proactively grasps the problem and enjoys solving problems in a challenging environment, and has the desire to take their career to the next level. In this role, you will work on multiple projects which are critical to Pixuate’s growth. If any of these opportunities excite you, we would love to talk. 

• Participate in requirements analysis
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
• Write clean, scalable code using Python programming language
• Design features, user interactions on web pages, develop APIs
• Create servers and databases for functionality
• Develop front-end website architecture & back-end web applications
• Lead implementation, troubleshoot issues, ensure responsiveness of applications and see through a project from conception to finished product
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Serve as an expert on applications and provide technical support
• Develop technical interfaces, specifications and architecture

You would be great at this job, if you have below mentioned competencies

• Minimum 3 years of Professional Web development experience using Python
• Designing and developing Odoo apps (eg. new module development, customization).
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Hands-On Experience with server-side technologies like Python, server-side Javascript,
• Understand REST APIs and have built them on at least one web framework. Bonus points if you understand GraphQL too.
• Tech /M.Tech preferably in Computer Science
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• An open mind to learn new concepts and implement them to solve real-world problems

Pixuate, owned by Cocoslabs Innovative Solutions Pvt. Ltd., is a leading AI startup building the most advanced Edge-based video analytics products. We are recognized for our cutting-edge R&D in deep learning, computer vision and AI and we are solving some of the most challenging problems faced by enterprises. Pixuate’s plug-and-play platform revolutionizes monitoring, compliance to safety, and efficiency improvement for Industries, Banks & Enterprises by providing actionable real-time insights leveraging CCTV cameras.

We have enabled our customers such as Hindustan Unilever, Godrej, Secuira, L&T, Bigbasket, Microlabs, Karnataka Bank etc and rapidly expanding our business to cater to the needs of Manufacturing & Logistics, Oil and Gas sector.

Rewards & Recognitions:

• Winner of Elevate by Startup Karnataka (https://pixuate.ai/thermal-analytics/">https://pixuate.ai/thermal-analytics/).
• Winner of Manufacturing Innovation Challenge in the 2nd edition of Fusion 4.0’s MIC2020 organized by the NASSCOM Centre of Excellence in IoT & AI in 2021
• Winner of SASACT program organized by MEITY in 2021

You will get an opportunity to work with the founders and be part of 0 to 1 journey, get coached and guided. You will also get an opportunity to excel your skills by being innovative and contributing to the area of your personal interest. Our culture encourages innovation, freedom and rewards high performers with faster growth and recognition.   

Website: http://pixuate.com/">http://pixuate.com/                            

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pixuate-ai     

• Working with the product team to develop new features focused on improving the user experience
• Improving existing features and working on streamlining client implementations through improved tools
• Improving our technical architecture and building out a continuous integration pipeline
• Modernizing our front-end in new frameworks
• Everything else - our team is small and you'll likely be involved in almost every tech-related thing going on
  
  

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience building consumer-facing web apps
• You are interested in the full-stack opportunity and love building a feature from start to finish
• Self-starter with a deep interest in tech - we want someone who will come in with opinions, and shape our engineering practices and decisions for the better
• An eye for design - you'll have an important role in making the product look great
• Believe in our mission and love the idea of working in education to help students succeed
  
  

Technologies you'll work with:

• NodeJS, http://sails.js/">Sails.JS
• http://react.js/">React.js, Redux, Redux-Saga
• Kubernetes, Postgres, ElasticSearch, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Whatever else you decide - we're constantly re-evaluating our stack and tools
• Having prior experience with the technologies is a plus, but not mandatory for skilled candidates.

Benefits

• Remote Option - You can work from any location of your choice
• Reimbursement of Home Office Setup
• Competitive Salary
• Friendly atmosphere
• Flexible paid vacation policy

Must have skills :

JAVA 8, Apache Camel, Design Patterns, Web Services (REST), RabbitMQ, Build Tool (Maven or Gradle), Version Control (SVN or Git), SQL/PLSQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS, JQuery, Application Server (Websphere/JBoss/Weblogic etc.), JUnit.

Preferred skills :

- Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate/Spring Data JPA, .

- Experience working on Node JS/Angular JS/React JS

- Working experience on Docker

- Experience working on Agile methodologies

 B.E/B.Tech/M.C.A/M.Sc(Computer science ) with first division.

- AWS Cloud exposure.

- Basic skills in using the Unix operating system logging on, sudo to another ID, navigating directory structures, debugging simple problems.

- Hands-on experience with building enterprise applications.

- Excellent trouble-shooting skills.

- Thoroughly understanding business problems and the business domain, and how potential solutions may address problems and enhance business capabilities.

- Experience in designing/development (design patterns) and testing of enterprise class systems.

- Good written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to adapt to changing requirements.

- Ability to take direction and work with minimal supervision.

- Ability to work in deadline driven environment, and respond creatively to pressure.

- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.