Data engineer

Who are we?

Trendlyne is a funded, profitable products startup in the financial markets space. We have cutting-edge analytics products built for Indian and US customers, for stock markets and mutual funds.

Our founders are IIT + IIM graduates, with strong tech and marketing experience. We have top finance and management experts on the Board of Directors.

What do we do?

We build powerful analytics in the US and Indian stock market space that are best in class. Organic growth in B2B and B2C products have already made the company profitable. We deliver 1 billion+ APIs every month to B2B customers, and have a B2C website and app.

Visit us at trendlyne.com, or look for the trendlyne mobile app on the Google Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trendlyne.markets

Tech Stack

• Python (Django)
• PostgreSQL / MySQL
• Redis / caching systems
• REST APIs

Job Responsibilities : 

• Develop and maintain scalable, robust backend systems using Python and Django framework. 
• Work closely with product managers and other cross-functional teams to help define, scope, and deliver world-class products and high-quality features addressing key user needs. 
• Translate requirements into system architecture and implement code while considering performance issues of dealing with billions of rows of data and serving millions of API requests every hour. 
• Ability to take full ownership of the software development lifecycle from requirement to release.
• Writing and maintaining clear technical documentation enabling other engineers to step in and deliver efficiently. 
• Embrace design and code reviews to deliver quality code. 
• Play a key role in taking Trendlyne to the next level as a world-class engineering team 
• Develop and iterate on best practices for the development team, ensuring adherence through code reviews. 
• As part of the core team, you will be working on cutting-edge technologies like AI products, online backtesting, data visualization, and machine learning. 
• Proficient understanding of the performance of web and mobile applications.
• Mentor junior developers and foster skill development within the team.

Job Requirements : 

• 4+ years of experience with Python and Django.
• Good knowledge of APIs, databases, and system performance
• Strong understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL and Redis.
• Ownership mindset: you build, ship, and improve
• (Optional): Experience with web front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS 

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain serverless applications using AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs to support web and mobile applications.
• Implement security best practices for AWS services and manage IAM roles and policies.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability through monitoring and testing.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and design patterns.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications, identifying performance bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends related to serverless architectures and Python development.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience as a Python backend developer, with a strong portfolio of serverless applications.
• Proficiency in AWS services, particularly in serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools (e.g., AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins).
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with frontend technologies (JavaScript, React, Angular) is a plus.
• Knowledge of data storage solutions (SQL and NoSQL databases).
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer Associate) are a plus.

Job Summary
- Expand the product to suit the needs of all kinds of travellers. From family travellers to hardcore backpackers and from free independent travellers to those who need a more guided approach to planning their trip. 
- Launch across more countries. This means adding support for more geographies, things to do, weather, currencies and payments, transport and accommodation. 
- Scale it up to serve millions of users a year, from across the globe. We are seeing decent growth, but it is time to up the game.

Responsibilities and Duties
How you'll add value: 
- Own the architecture and design decisions that go into shaping our backend microservices 
- Build and ship robust features. 
- Work with web and mobile engineers to design and build APIs to power the traveler and influencer applications. 
- Help us scale out to multiple geographies and serve millions of travelers
Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- An innate desire to grow. Both personally and with respect to the value you add to other people's lives. 
- 4+ years industry experience working with golang/Django
- Sound understanding of CS fundamentals. We don't expect you to remember every algorithm by heart. But if you know how to find the most appropriate one for any given problem, let's talk. 
- Personal projects that show an aptitude for technical excellence and product sense. 
- Interest in contributing to open source projects 
- Bonus points if you have an interest in the philosophy behind technologies. - You are intrigued by why did people develop certain technologies the way they did.
Benefits
- Work with a bunch of amazing people on a challenging problem. 
- 1 backpacking trip each year to travel outside India. We don't allow you to travel, we WANT you to travel. 
- Stock. 
- We don't mind work from home/cafe/some random city in the world as long as your work and your team is not disrupted. 
- We don't have a leave policy (there is a guideline for legal reasons) but you are free to take as much personal time as you need as long as you get your job done.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: ₹2,000,000.00 to ₹3,000,000.00 /year