Member of Technical Staff

Key Responsibilities

·      Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python automation scripts.

·      Consume, integrate, and manage external services using APIs (CRUD operations, JSON parsing).

·      Read, comprehend, and debug existing code to identify bottlenecks and fix bugs.

·      Interact with databases using SQL to extract and manipulate required data.

·      Maintain source code quality through Git version control and participate in code review workflows.

·      Clearly communicate logic, architectural choices, and technical roadblocks to the team.

Skill Requirements & Competencies

Non-Negotiable Skills

·      Aptitude & Logical Problem Solving: Exceptional ability to break down complex problems. The ability to explain the logic behind your code is strictly required.

·      Core Python Mastery: Deep understanding of decorators (e.g., writing execution time loggers), list/dictionary comprehensions, and advanced string operations. (would be good to know packages such as heapq or equivalent which aids problem solving using pre implemented data structures).

·      Concurrency & Parallelism: Practical experience with asyncio, multithreading, and multiprocessing, including knowing exactly when and why to use each.

·      APIs & Data Handling: Proven experience calling endpoints, parsing JSON data, and working with any standard API framework (e.g., FastAPI, Flask, Django REST).

·      SQL Database Skills: Intermediate ability to write SQL queries to fetch, filter, and manipulate data. NoSQL exposure is a good to have.

·      Code Comprehension & Debugging: Ability to jump into an existing codebase, understand its flow, and efficiently troubleshoot bugs.

·      Strong Communication: Must be able to articulate technical concepts, code, approach etc. clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Intermediate Skills

·      Version Control (Git): Competent in creating/modifying repositories, branching, committing, pushing, and managing Pull Requests.

·      Command Line / Scripting: Intermediate proficiency in Bash/Shell scripting for environment navigation and basic OS-level automation.

Must have exp in Django. [ Mandatory]

• The ability to problem-solve and critically think.
• High level of knowledge of Python and the Django framework.
• Familiarity with event driven programming as well as the MVC.
• Good understanding of SQL databases.
• Good understanding of REST APIs.

Strong Full stack/Backend engineer profile

Mandatory (Experience): Must have 2+ years of hands-on experience as a full stack developer (backend-heavy)

Mandatory (Backend Skills): Must have 1.5+ strong experience in Python, building REST APIs, and microservices-based architectures

Mandatory (Frontend Skills): Must have hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React or Vue) and JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Mandatory (AI): Must have hands on experience with using AI tools (eg: Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codeium, Deepdcode) for coding.

Mandatory (Database Skills): Must have solid experience working with relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis

Mandatory (Cloud & Infra): Must have hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ELB, AutoScaling, S3, RDS, CloudFront, and SNS

Mandatory (DevOps & Infra): Must have working experience with Linux environments, Apache, CI/CD pipelines, and application monitoring

Mandatory (CS Fundamentals): Must have strong fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms, OS concepts, and system design

Mandatory (Company) : Product companies (Preferably Top product companies, AI native companies, B2B SaaS)

Mandatory (Stability): Must have atleast 2 years of experience in each of the previous companies (if less exp, then proper reason)

Mandatory (Note): Candidates who have owned end-to-end product development or worked on app development projects during their graduation will be highly preferred.

Mandatory (Note 2): The role offers a mix of work setups, including remote, Mumbai (in-office), and Bangalore (in-office) opportunities

Title: Senior Software Engineer – Python (Remote: Africa, India, Portugal)

Experience: 9 to 12 Years

INR : 40 LPA - 50 LPA

Location Requirement: Candidates must be based in Africa, India, or Portugal. Applicants outside these regions will not be considered.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 8+ years in software development with expertise in Python
• kubernetes is important
• Strong understanding of async frameworks (e.g., asyncio)
• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or Django for microservices
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes/AWS ECS
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP and IaC tools (CDK, Terraform)
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
• Exposure to GenAI tools and LLM APIs (e.g., LangChain)
• CI/CD and DevOps best practices
• Strong communication and mentorship skills

• Strong knowledge of Ruby on rails framework.
• Strong Knowledge of coding languages, like PERL, Python and Ruby.
• Good knowledge of Relation and NoSQL databases. like MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL etc.
• Knowledge of Microservices development and AWS concept will be an added advantage.
• Ready to adopt new technologies and implement them in project.

Backend/Fullstack Developer

About the Company:

Company is India’s largest and best-established digital wealth management service that helps its customers create wealth for their long-and-short-term goals. Founded in 2012, Company is a pioneer in the digital financial services category and is recognised for creating simple and elegant user experiences in a complex domain. We do this by simplifying complex investing concepts and automating best practices, so our customers can grow their wealth without worry. We achieve this by combining cutting-edge technology, data-driven algorithms, awesome UX and friendly customer support. Our task is ambitious and we like to work hard as well as smart. We want to build a team that relishes challenges and contributes to a new way of thinking and investing in India. We are also invested in the growth of our colleagues and providing a supportive and thriving working environment for everyone. We have been recognised by Great Place To Work® as one of India’s best companies to work for.

Role specific info:

• 4-12 years of experience building good quality production software
• Excellent knowledge of at least one ecosystem based on Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Go/Scala/Clojure
• Good OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge
• Familiar with datastores like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Redshift etc.
• Familiarity with react.js/react-native, vue.js etc. • Knowledge of deploying software to AWS, GCP, Azure
• Knowledge of software best practices, like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)

What would you do here:

• Writing quality code using language best practices.
• Working in a highly collaborative team.
• Building good software using the latest tools and techniques.
• Participating in design reviews, coding modules, code reviews and unit testing.
• Taking ownership of quality and usability of your code.
• Mentoring co-workers.
• Leading efforts in improving technology architecture.

Who are we?

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India

The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!

As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will

● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance

Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036

Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

• You will design and develop large scale distributed services.
• You will analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of the platform as a whole.
• You will act as the primary owner of one or more components while driving innovation in your area of ownership.
• You will proactively research & evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system.
• You will work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex development issues.
• You will work independently and handle dependencies with very minimal oversight.
• You will take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the back-end.
• You will help identify systemic issues, performance bottlenecks and work on design/architect improvements.

• You have 2+ years of experience in product software development.
• You have designed and scaled up the system.
• You have a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• You are an incessant problem solver and tougher the problem gets, more fun you have.
• You have strong command in any one or more of the following languages: Python.
• You understand the business impact of your decisions.

About SteelEye

SteelEye is a fast growing FinTech company based in London and has offices in Bangalore and Paris, that offers a data platform to help financial institutions such as Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Brokerage Firms, Asset Management Firms to comply with financial regulations in the European Union. Our clients can aggregate, search, surveillance and report on trade, communications and market data. SteelEye also enables customers to gain powerful insights from their data, helping them to trade with greater efficiency and profitability. The company has a highly experienced management team and a strong board, who have decades of technology and management experience and worked in senior positions at many leading international financial businesses. We are looking to hire a seasoned SRE to join us as we start on our next phase of growth. We have a culture of openness, collaboration, and the passion to get things done whilst appreciating the importance of a good work life balance.

Being part of a start-up can be equally exciting as it is challenging. You will be part of the SteelEye team not just because of your talent but also because of your entrepreneurial flare which we thrive on at SteelEye. This means we want you to be curious, contribute, ask questions and share ideas. We encourage you to get involved in helping shape our business.

What you’ll do

• Deliver plugins for our Python-based ETL pipelines.
• Deliver Python microservices for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Implement algorithms to analyse large data sets.
• Draft design documents that translate requirements into code.
• Deal with challenges associated with handling large volumes of data.
• Assume responsibilities from technical design through technical client support.
• Manage expectations with internal stakeholders and context-switch in a fast paced environment.
• Thrive in an environment that uses AWS and Elasticsearch extensively.
• Keep abreast of technology and contribute to the engineering strategy.
• Champion best development practices and provide mentorship.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in o Python 3.
• o Python libraries used for data (such as pandas, numpy).
• o AWS.
• o Elasticsearch.
• o Performance tuning.
• o Object Oriented Design and Modelling.
• o Delivering complex software, ideally in a FinTech setting.
• o CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of design patterns.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Demonstrable desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mature collaboration and mentoring abilities.

About SteelEye Culture

• Work from home until you are vaccinated against COVID-19
• Top of the line health insurance • Order discounted meals every day from a dedicated portal
• Fair and simple salary structure
• 30+ holidays in a year
• Fresh fruits every day
• Centrally located. 5 mins to the nearest metro station (MG Road)
• Measured on output and not input