Backend Engineer

✅Min 10 years of strong experience as a C++ Developer, demonstrating a strong track record in designing and developing complex software systems.

✅ Experience developing Windows applications, specifically using COM for desktop applications with the MFC and DLL Frameworks.

✅ Extensive experience in SQL Server, Oracle, or other relational databases, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, and performance optimization.

✅ Experience working in Agile development environments and familiarity with Scrum

✅ Strong understanding of software architecture and comprehensive knowledge of object-oriented design principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.

✅ Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze and debug complex issues.

Job Title: Software Engineer (Node.js)

Experience: 4+ Years

Location:Pune

About the Role:

We are looking for a talented and experienced Node.js Developer with a minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance applications. You should be passionate about writing clean, efficient, and scalable code.

Key Responsbilities:

• Develop and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performance server-side applications.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and data protection measures across the backend.
• Follow backend best practices in code structure, error handling, and system design.
• Stay up to date with backend security trends and evolving best practices.

Mandatory skills:

• Strong hands-on experience in Node.js development (4+ years).
• Knowledge of security best practices in backend development (e.g., input validation and sanitize, secure data storage).
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization methods such as JWT, OAuth2, or session-based auth.

Good to Have Skills:

• Experience with React.js for building dynamic user interfaces.
• Working knowledge of Python for scripting or backend tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Required Soft Skills:

• Verbal Communication

• Written Communication

• Cooperation, Teamwork & Interpersonal Skills

• Customer Focus & Business Acumen

• Critical Thinking

• Initiative, Accountability & Result Orientation

• Learning and Continuous Improvement

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Remote

Company Description

The Blue Owls Solutions specializes in delivering cutting-edge Generative AI Solutions, AI-Powered Software Development, and comprehensive Data Analytics and Engineering services. Our expertise in End-To-End ML/AI Development ensures that clients benefit from scalable and efficient AI-driven solutions tailored to their unique business needs. We create intelligent voice and text agents, chatbots, and process automation solutions, and our data analytics services provide actionable insights for strategic decision-making. Our mission is to bridge the gap between AI innovation and adoption, delivering value-driven, outcome-based solutions that empower our clients to achieve their business goals.

Role Description

We're seeking an enthusiastic Backend Developer who thrives on solving interesting challenges and building reliable, efficient applications. While basic competency in frontend (React) is sufficient, strong backend skills (Python, FastAPI, SQL, pandas) and cloud-native awareness are essential. The ideal candidate enjoys learning new tech stacks, and enjoys solving problems independently.

Required Skills (In order of importance)

• Strong proficiency in Python backend development with FastAPI.
• Familiarity with data analysis using pandas, numpy, and SQL.
• Familiarity with cloud-native concepts and containerization (Docker).
• Basic React skills for frontend integration.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, adaptability, and quick learning abilities.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ Years of experience as Backend Engineer
• Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
• Azure Cloud Experience.
• Experience writing clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Experience in AI/ML development is a plus

Why Join Us?

• Collaborative, remote-first environment.
• Opportunities for rapid career growth and learning.
• Competitive Pay.
• Engaging projects focused on practical problem-solving.

Kognitos is a cutting-edge automation platform that combines the power of Generative AI and Natural

Language Processing (NLP) to provide a conversational and intuitive experience for business users. As a

fully serverless, SaaS automation platform, Kognitos enables users to build, manage, and execute

automations in natural language, with the ability to process and understand domain-specific language.

Kognitos provides a detailed auditable view of its runs, allowing users to gain insights into why an action

happened or what might have gone wrong in case of an exceptional situation. Additionally, Kognitos's

conversational exception handling, powered by Generative AI, allows for quick and easy resolution of

unexpected system errors or business exceptions.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain the backend infrastructure for our applications using Python and AWS Serverless

technologies.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable and robust systems, including

microservices and cloud-based architectures.

- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the backend systems through monitoring and

optimization.

- Create and maintain database schema and queries to support the application features.

- Write unit and integration tests for the backend code and ensure code quality through code reviews.

- Continuously improve the software development process by incorporating best practices and modern

software development methodologies, such as Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD.

- Investigate and troubleshoot production issues and provide timely solutions to minimize downtime and

ensure smooth operations.

- Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the development of technical solutions and best

practices.

- Stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in software development and recommend

improvements to the technology stack to increase efficiency and scalability.

- Work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a focus on delivering high-quality software that

meets customer needs.

Required Experience/Skills:

- B.S. or higher degree in Computer Science/Engineering or similar field or equivalent work experience

- 4-20 years of industry experience (or equivalent)

- Proficient in Python programming language

- Experience with modern software development practices and methodologies, including Agile, DevOps,

and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).

- Experience with large-scale distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-based architectures.

- Strong understanding of software design patterns, algorithms, data structures, and database technologies.

- A natural problem solver, with the ability to identify problems and lead the development of a solution.

• gathering and analyzing user/business system requirements, Participate in design meetings and consult with clients to refine, test and debug programs to meet business.
• Develop, test and implement new software programs
• Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications
• Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues
• Design and Applications, Web Sites, Data Communication Processes and User Interfaces
• Writing and implementing efficient code
• Determining operational practicality
• Test, maintain and recommend software improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimization
• Working closely with other developers, UX designers, business and systems analysts
• Analyze user requirements , Make good technical decisions that provide solutions to business challenges
• achieve resolution to outstanding problems or issues
• Communicate effectively and professionally in all forms of communication with internal and external customers
• Possess strong problem solving and decision making skills while using good judgment

• Architect new and optimize existing software codebases and systems used to crawl, launch, run, and monitor the Anakin family of app crawlers
• Deeply own the lifecycle of software, including rolling out to operations, managing configurations, maintaining and upgrading, and supporting end-users
• Configure and optimize the automated testing and deployment systems used to maintain over 1000+ crawlers across the company
• Analyze data and bugs that require in-depth investigations
• Interface directly with external customers including managing relationships and steering requirements

• Extremely effective, self-driven builder
• 2+ years of experience as a backend software engineer
• 2+ years of experience with Python
• 2+ years of experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.
• Should have managed a team of software engineers
• Deep experience with network debugging across all OSI layers (Wireshark)
• Knowledge of networks or/and cybersecurity

• Broad understanding of the landscape of software engineering design patterns and principles
• Ability to work quickly and accurately in a highly stressful environment during removing bugs in run-time within minutes
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
• Must have an aversion to politics and BS. Should let his/her work speak for him/her.
• Must be comfortable with uncertainty. In almost all the cases, your job will be to figure it out.
• Must not be bounded to comfort zone. Often, you will need to challenge yourself to go above and beyond.

We are actively seeking software development engineers who are interested in designing robust trading systems and refining programs to efficiently manage various types of financial market data that facilitate our quantitative investment research. By designing and improving the firm's internal applications, the SDE will play a key role in expanding the firm's trading capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Management & scaling up existing infrastructure for high-frequency market data capture.
• Develop a scalable and consistent data handling infrastructure for the above data to facilitate efficient backtesting of quantitative investment strategies.
• Perform R& D; to build a software platform in Python for backtesting various kind of investment strategies using the above databases.
• This will involve studying the strategy development process and performance evaluation metrics.
• Develop autopilot risk-management systems to monitor live performance of the Portfolio.
• Improve the existing algorithms to achieve better execution price and reduce the latency.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate would have graduated with a degree in computer science from a top university with 1-3 years industry experience, along with:

• High Level of proficiency in Python and good knowledge of Matlab/C++/C#.
• Past experience in dealing with large datasets and Knowledge of database administration and network programming will be a plus.
• Well-versed in software engineering principles, frameworks and technologies.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities.
• A keen interest in learning about the financial markets.