
Backend SDE 1 - Python & Go
at Leading provider of Capital Market solutions in India
Core Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python or Golang.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices.
- Build and consume RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and product teams for smooth feature delivery.
- Participate in peer code reviews and technical discussions.
- Debug and fix issues, ensuring system stability and performance.
- Continuously learn and apply new technologies and tools in backend development.
Experience and Expertise:
- 0–2 years of software development experience (internships or projects acceptable).
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (Python or Golang).
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and software fundamentals.
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and database concepts.
- Familiarity with Linux-based development environments.
- Exposure to Git and version control workflows.
Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Willingness to learn, adapt, and take ownership.
- Effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Curiosity for emerging technologies, including AI-driven development, backend technologies, distributed systems, and modern engineering practices.

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Job Description: Python Engineer
Role Summary
We are looking for a talented Python Engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend applications and automation solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills, familiarity with modern development practices, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Python Development & Automation
- Design, develop, and maintain Python scripts, tools, and automation frameworks.
- Build automation for operational tasks such as deployment, monitoring, system checks, and maintenance.
- Write clean, modular, and well-documented Python code following best practices.
- Develop APIs, CLI tools, or microservices when required.
Linux Systems Engineering
- Manage, configure, and troubleshoot Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
- Perform system performance tuning, log analysis, and root-cause diagnostics.
- Work with system services, processes, networking, file systems, and security controls.
- Implement shell scripting (bash) alongside Python for system-level automation.
CI/CD & Infrastructure Support
- Support integration of Python automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).
- Participate in build and release processes for infrastructure components.
- Ensure automation aligns with established infrastructure standards and governance.
- Use Bash scripting together with Python to improve automation efficiency.
Cloud & DevOps Collaboration (if applicable)
- Collaborate with Cloud/DevOps engineers on automation for AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Integrate Python tools with configuration management tools such as Chef or Ansible, or with Terraform modules.
- Contribute to containerization efforts (Docker, Kubernetes) leveraging Python automation.
- Providing technical guidance as well hands on management for all product development within the company.
- Identifying frameworks/ technologies/ languages/ libraries to be used to achieve desired goals.
- Underscores pros and cons of various technologies available and presenting arguments to management and technical team.
- Taking responsibility for refactoring existing code.
- Leading, managing and mentoring a team of 5+ engineers.
- Serving as a key member of the management team that sets the company's strategic direction.
- Defining standards & best practices to support agile development processes.
- Planning, tracking and estimating product development activities.
- Ensuring the optimal application of technology and engineering resources to meet product development and/ or customer requirements as per the product and/ or marketing requirements document.
- Ensuring that the product quality is world class at all times.
- Growing the internal information technology development organisation; managing and recruiting a multidisciplinary high-performance technology team.
- Developing RESTful backend services if needed
- Ensuring implementation of formal processes to support the product development process.
- Passionate about automated testing: Managing / driving testing - unit tests, system tests, regression.
- Performance Tuning/ Profiling: In-depth understanding of popular architectures SOA, RESTful, Microservices, Messaging Bus.
What you need to have:
- B.E / B.Tech or similar qualification from a premier institute.
- Good communication skills.
- Self-starter, Highly motivated.
- People Management skills.
- Go-getter attitude.
- 3 - 7 years of hands-on development experience in backend development with a track record of solid technical accomplishments. Node.js experience will be preferred.
- Knowledge of multiple programming languages will be preferred.
- Knowledge of Caching solutions Redis, Memcache
- Databases experience - MySQL/NoSQL, RabbitMQ, Kafka.
- Capability to present different architecture for the same problem.
- Knowledge of popular front end MVC technologies.
- Understanding of production level problems and their possible solutions
This person MUST have:
- BE Computer Science, MCA or equivalent
- Cloud app development experience
- Strong knowledge of Go programming language, paradigms, constructs, and idioms
- Knowledge of common Goroutine and channel patterns
- Experience with the fullsite of Go frameworks and tools, including:
- Dependency management tools such as Godep, Sltr, etc.
- Go’s templating language
- Go’s code generation tools,such as Stringer
- Ability to write clean and effective Godoc comments
- Familiarity with code versioning tools(such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
Experience:
- Min 3 year experience
- Not more than 15 year experience.
- Startup experience is a must.
Location
- Remotely, anywhere in India
Timings:
- 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone. .
Position:
- Full time/Direct
- We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
- We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period.
To be the right fit, you'll need:
Minimum 3+ Years of hands-on experience in developing Python Applications.
Excellent knowledge of Python and experience in or in-depth understanding of core Python
Knowledge in Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries
Excellent knowledge of Python Constructor- Parameterized and Non-Parameterized
Must have experience in core python concepts about data structure, OOPS concepts, XML parsing, XML to JSON, optimizations
Developers should have developed Web Based applications., back end, SQL
Agile and scrum methodology
Should not be test automation, Application development frame work
Excellent Communication Skill
Good to Have
Django/ Flask
Strong Hands-on experience in HTML, CSS, DTL(Django Template Language), SASS.
knowledge of SQL









