
Role: Backend Tech Lead
Experience range: Min 8 to 13 Years
Relevant Experience: 8+ years and at least 2 + in leadership
Location: Bangalore
Work Mode: 5 days WFO
Role context: Strong expertise in Node.js, AWS (must have).
Must: Candidates with leadership experience in managing a cross-functional team of front-end and back-end developers
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Technical Lead to oversee both front-end and back-end development teams. This role requires a strong understanding of full-stack development with Node.js and AWS, as well as familiarity with mobile platforms (Android/iOS). Experience in the travel domain and AI/ML technologies would be a strong plus.
As a Technical Lead, you will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and developers to drive the design, development, and delivery of high-quality solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a cross-functional team of front-end and back-end developers.
- Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.
- Architect, design, and guide implementation for scalable web and mobile solutions.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor team members.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Drive improvements in engineering processes, tools, and standards.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, especially in mobile, AI/ML, and travel tech.
- Oversee the integration of AI/ML tools and components into existing systems when applicable.
Technical Skills and Experience:
- Back-end: Expertise in Node.js (Express, NestJS, or related frameworks).
- Database: Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
- Cloud: Experience with cloud services (AWS) is a must.
- Travel Tech: Prior experience working on travel domain products (booking systems, travel APIs, etc.) is highly desirable.
- AI/ML: Exposure to AI/ML concepts, tools, and integration into applications is an advantage.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8-13 years of overall software development experience.
- 2+ years leading technical teams.
- Proven track record of delivering complex web and mobile applications.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
- Hands-on experience in microservices architecture.
- Mobile: Exposure to mobile application development (Android/iOS) or managing mobile teams.
- Familiarity with travel technology standards (e.g., GDS systems, NDC APIs, OTA standards).
- Exposure to AI/ML platforms

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Location: Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore
Mode of Work : 3 days from Office
* Python : Strong expertise in data workflows and automation
* Pandas: For detailed data analysis and validation
* SQL: Querying and performing operations on Delta tables
* AWS Cloud: Compute and storage services
* OOPS concepts
*Job description:*
*Company:* Innovative Fintech Start-up
*Location:* On-site in Gurgaon, India
*Job Type:* Full-Time
*Pay:* ₹100,000.00 - ₹150,000.00 per month
*Experience Level:* Senior (7+ years required)
*About Us*
We are a dynamic Fintech company revolutionizing the financial services landscape through cutting-edge technology. We're building innovative solutions to empower users in trading, market analysis, and financial compliance. As we expand, we're seeking a visionary Senior Developer to pioneer and lead our brand-new tech team from the ground up. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our technology stack and drive mission-critical initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
*Role Overview*
As the Senior Developer and founding Tech Team Lead, you will architect, develop, and scale our core systems while assembling and mentoring a high-performing team. You'll work on generative AI-driven applications, integrate with financial APIs, and ensure robust, secure platforms for trading and market data. This role demands hands-on coding expertise combined with strategic leadership to deliver under tight deadlines and high-stakes conditions.
*Key Responsibilities*
Design, develop, and deploy scalable backend systems using Python as the primary language.
Lead the creation of a new tech team: recruit, mentor, and guide junior developers to foster a collaborative, innovative culture.
Integrate generative AI technologies (e.g., Claude from Anthropic, OpenAI models) to enhance features like intelligent coding assistants, predictive analytics, and automated workflows.
Solve complex problems in real-time, optimizing for performance in mission-critical financial systems.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align tech strategies with business goals, including relocation planning to Dubai.
Ensure code quality, security, and compliance in all developments.
Thrive in a high-pressure environment, managing priorities independently while driving projects to completion.
*Required Qualifications:*
7+ years of software development experience; 5+ years in Python.
Proven hands-on experience with OpenAI and Anthropic (Claude) APIs in production systems.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently in ambiguous situations.
Experience leading projects, mentoring developers, or building teams.
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience with financial markets, trading systems, or market data platforms.
Familiarity with Meta Trader integrations.
Cloud experience, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Knowledge of fintech compliance and trade reporting standards.
*What We Offer:*
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Opportunity to build and lead a team in a high-growth Fintech space.
A collaborative, innovative work culture with room for professional growth.
*Job Types:* Full-time, Permanent
*Work Location:* In person
Required Skills:
- 3+ years of experience in the Development of JAVA technology.
- Strong Java Basics
- SpringBoot or Spring MVC
- Hands-on experience in Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
- Proficient in REST API development
- Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
- Microservices
- Any Caching Mechanism
- Good at problem-solving
Good to Have Skills:
- 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced internet start-up environment.
- Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
- Understanding AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
- You have 2-5 years of experience using two or more development languages (ASP.NET, JavaScript, Scala, C#, etc.) with experience in Object-Oriented programming and full-stack web application development
- You can write clean, high-quality code in a variety of languages and are also able to spot and improve bad code
- You have experience with Agile and/or Continuous Delivery approaches such as Continuous Integration, TDD, Infrastructure as Code, etc.
- Experience with developing web applications based on ReactJS
- Hands on experience in setting up automated build pipelines based on Jenkins, Gradle, MSBuild, Maven etc.
- Bonus points if you have knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with atleast one RDBMS sql-server or postgress having good sql skills
- You will champion best practices like writing clean and reusable code using practices like Test Driven Development, SOLID principles, OO design, and pair programming
- You will partner with developers from other cross-functional teams advocating devops culture
- Experience with building REST APIs and asynchronous messaging systems
- You will work in collaborative, product-focused teams to build innovative customer experiences
- Take ownership and accountability beyond individual deliverables, always pushing the envelope in order to deliver awesome results for our clients
Requirement:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent degree in computer science.
- Min 1 year of experience in Backend Development.
- Experience in Golang is a must.
- Experience in creating and dealing with REST API and socket technology.
- Working Knowledge of RabbitMQ and Kafka.
- Knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL databases, along with Redis and elastic search.
- Working knowledge of network communication, TCP, UDP, HTTP, etc
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging.
- Write clean code to develop functional web applications.
- Troubleshoot and debug applications.
- Perform UI tests to optimize performance.
- Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications.
- Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
- Gather and address technical and design requirements.
- Provide training and support to internal teams.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Liaise with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify new features.
- Follow emerging technologies.
- Optimizing multiple producers and multiple consumer systems.
- Develop a Fault-tolerant application design.
- 3 years experience working on Python, Django and DRF (must have projects)
- Back-end Development, Third Party SDK Implementation, CI/CD
- Pipeline with AWS, Containerization of Server, Caching, Micro-service Implementation
- Architecture design of the web applications.
- Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs to power the web application.
- Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
- Implementation of security and data protection.
- Translation of UI/UX wireframes to visual elements
Technical Skills
- PHP 5.X/7.X, MySQL, Stored Procedures, Ajax, GIT, SVN, Doctrine 2, JSON, jQuery, JavaScript,HTML5, CSS, XML
- PHP Framework: CodeIgniter/Zend Framework/Yii/Symfony
- JS Framework: AngularJs
- Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu)/ Windows
- WEB Server: XAMPP, LAMP
- Payment Gateways Integration: Knowledge of Multiple Gateway
- 3rd Party API Integration
Role & Responsibilities Shall Include
- Solid OOP & design patterns background
- Strong database skills, proficient in SQL, RDBMS concepts such as indexing, transactions,concurrency, locking, performance tuning
- Solid understanding of security concepts when developing and deploying modern web applications
- Service Oriented Architecture, designing, developing, and using RESTful APIs
- Experience with server-side and client-side application frameworks like CodeIgniter, Angular etc.
- Experience with advanced JavaScript concepts, libraries and frameworks, e.g. asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
- Experience with all aspects of product development lifecycle.
- Familiarity with Scrum & Agile project methodologies.
- Excellent written, oral, and visual communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or industry equivalent.
- Experience writing semantic, modular interfaces with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery that meet W3C standards, experience with responsive CSS











