Lead Engineering / Engineering Manager

Shortened version:

• 5+ years experience in Python with strong core concepts (OOP, data structures, exception handling, problem-solving)
• Experience with FastAPI (preferred) or Flask/Django
• Strong REST API development & authentication (JWT/OAuth)
• SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) & NoSQL (MongoDB/Firestore) experience
• Basic cloud knowledge (GCP or AWS)
• Git, code reviews, clean coding & performance optimization
• Good communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain scalable backend apps and REST APIs
• Work with databases, third-party integrations, and cloud deployments
• Write clean, testable, optimized code
• Debug, troubleshoot, and improve performance
• Collaborate with team on technical solutions

Good to have:

• GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Functions)
• Microservices, Redis/Kafka/RabbitMQ
• Docker, CI/CD
• Basic Pandas/Numpy for data handling

Perks & Benefits

• 5 Days Working
• Family Health Insurance
• Relaxation Area
• Affordable Lunch
• Free Snacks & Drinks
• Open Work Culture
• Competitive Salary & Benefits
• Festival Celebrations
• International Exposure Opportunities
• 20 Paid Leaves per Year
• Marriage Leave & Parental Leave Policy

Python Developer (Performance Optimization Focus)

Experience: 3–5 Years

Location: Remote (India-based candidates only)

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are seeking a Python Developer with a strong focus on performance optimization and system efficiency. In this role, you will identify bottlenecks, enhance system performance, and contribute to building scalable, high-performance applications in a Linux-based environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in applications and systems
• Optimize code, database queries, and architecture for scalability and speed
• Design, develop, test, and maintain robust Python applications
• Work with large datasets and improve data processing efficiency
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system reliability and performance
• Monitor system performance and implement proactive improvements
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in Python development
• Strong expertise in performance tuning and optimization techniques
• Experience with debugging and profiling tools
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Experience with REST APIs and backend development
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Linux & System Knowledge (Must-Have)

• Comfortable working in Linux/Unix environments
• Command-line proficiency, including:
• File editing (vi, nano)
• File permissions (chmod, chown)
• File downloads (wget, curl)
• Basic file and directory operations

Basic Python Knowledge (Interview Scope)

• Writing simple scripts and reusable functions
• String manipulation and data handling
• Example task: Count words in a file/string efficiently

Good to Have

• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts or tools
• Experience optimizing data-intensive or distributed systems
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Why Join Us

• Work on performance-critical systems with real-world impact
• Fully remote work environment
• Opportunity to work with modern, scalable technologies
• Collaborative, growth-focused team culture

About Monarch: 

At Monarch, we’re leading the digital transformation of farming. Monarch Tractor augments both muscle and mind with fully loaded hardware, software, and service machinery that will spur future generations of farming technologies. 

With our farmer-first mentality, we are building a smart tractor that will enhance (not replace) the existing farm ecosystem, alleviate labor availability, and cost issues, and provide an avenue for competitive organic and beyond farming by providing mechanical solutions to replace harmful chemical solutions. Despite all the cutting-edge technology we will incorporate, our tractor will still plow, till, and haul better than any other tractor in its class. We have all the necessary ingredients to develop, build and scale the Monarch Tractor and digitally transform farming around the world. 

What you will do: 

1. Design, implement and deliver custom solutions using the existing robotics framework. 

2. Debug issues, do root-cause analysis and apply fixes. 

3. Design and implement tools to facilitate application development and testing. 

4. Participate in architectural improvements. 

5. Work with team members in deployment and field testing. 

Qualifications: 

1. Bachelor’s degree / Masters in Engineering (ECE or CSE preferred) 

2. Work experience of 3+ years in software programming. 

3. Proficiency in Python programming for Linux based systems. 

4. Full understanding of software engineering. 

5. Basic Knowledge of Robot Operating System (ROS) is a plus. 

6. Good understanding of the algorithms and control loops. 

7. Working knowledge of Git: creating, merging branches, cherry-picking commits, examining the diff between two hashes. Advanced Git usage is a plus.  

8. Knowledge of video streaming from edge devices is a plus. 

9. Thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to own the project’s tasks end-to-end with minimum hand-holding  

10. Learn and adapt new technologies & skills. Work on projects independently with timely delivery & defect free approach. 

What you will get: 

At Monarch Tractor, you’ll play a key role on a capable, dedicated, high-performing team of rock stars. Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, excellent health, dental and vision benefits, and company equity commensurate with the role you’ll play in our success.  

Backend Developer (Python)

Company and Founders
Egregore Labs (http://www.egregorelabs.com/">www.egregorelabs.com) is a financial software company founded in 2017 by Prashant Vijay (ISB, Tulane) & Hari Balaji (IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Madras) both of whom have spent over a decade each in Financial Services, with a majority of their experience at Goldman Sachs across New York, Hong Kong & Singapore in roles across Trading, Quant & Technology. More about the founders is available here and here

We operate at the intersection of Unstructured Data and Finance. We run multiple products, including Romulus (http://www.romulus.co/">www.romulus.co) and Robana (http://www.robana.ai/">www.robana.ai) - all our products work on the same underlying principles and set of technologies.

Ideal Background

• At least 2 years experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python
• Deep understanding of technologies used in web-deployed SaaS products, including Rest APIs
• Exposure to AWS, Azure or other cloud providers
• Sound understanding of computer science principles
• Exposure to any of the following
• Financial services
• Natural Language Processing
• Robotic Process Automation
• Intelligent Document Processing
• Document Management and Repositories

Opportunity
We will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks. Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product
• Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs
• Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product
• Build POCs for client deployments
• Integrate our products with 3rd party products/tools/services
• Document your code, write test cases, etc.

Skills

• Hands-on experience with Python (2+ years)
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps
• Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms
• A computer science education would be great, but other engineering disciplines are ok as well

Desirables
We are looking for a person who has :

• Resourcefulness- - we're looking for versatile developers who are good at figuring out what they need to use, learn, build, re-purpose to get the job done quickly and efficiently.
• Ownership- - We like to be directive and not prescriptive in our management. We- d love for you to take ownership of what you work on, and tell us what to do, rather than the other way round.
• Work Ethic- - We- ve grown up on Wall Street. We work hard, and have aggressive goals. We want our team-mates to be focused, goal-oriented and consistent high achievers.
• Execution Focus- - Our business is about getting things done, and getting things done right. We want outcome focused colleagues who can multi-task, and execute quickly and elegantly.

Work From Home

Package: 7-12 LPA

This person MUST have:

• B.E Computer Science or equivalent
• 5 years experience with the Django framework
• Experience with building APIs (REST or GraphQL) 
• Strong Troubleshooting and debugging skills
• React.js knowledge would be an added bonus 
• Understanding on how to use a database like Postgres (prefered choice), SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL.
• Sound knowledge of object-oriented design and analysis.
• A strong passion for writing simple, clean and efficient code.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git.
• Strong communication skills.

Experience:

• Min 5 year experience
• Startup experience is a must. 

Location:

• Remote developer

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST 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.