PHP Developer

Lead API Engineer - IND

Engineering - Hyderabad, Telangana

About Gradera

At Gradera, we’re defining a new category of enterprise transformation called Software-Orchestrated Services™ (SoS™) — a governed blend of human expertise and digital intelligence that transforms how enterprises operate.

Our mission is to build intelligent digital workers that augment teams and automate work across the value chain, helping organizations become more efficient, agile, and resilient.

We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Every engagement is tailored to the unique needs of each enterprise — grounded in governance, security, and reliability. By aligning technology with strategy, we empower our clients to achieve measurable outcomes and lead with confidence in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Lead – API Engineer

Overview

Key Responsibilities

•Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the API engineering team

•Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of API architecture and backend services

•Champion API-first development, ensuring clear contracts and comprehensive documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)

•Lead the implementations of APIs conforming to all NFRs including security, scalability, and performance.

•Ensure robust authentication, authorization, and data protection for all endpoints

•Drive adoption of best practices in API design, versioning, and integration

•Optimize API performance for low-latency, high-frequency interactions

•Oversee observability, monitoring, and alerting for all APIs and backend services

•Collaborate closely with product, UI, and runtime teams to deliver integrated solutions

•Collaborate with the SDET to ensure comprehensive test coverage and effective test data creation

•Lead the adoption of modern API tools, frameworks, and best practices

•Ensure engineering rigor, code quality, and documentation standards are met

•Facilitate clear communication, knowledge sharing, and effective documentation within the team

•Support team growth through coaching, feedback, and skills development

Core Qualities & Skills

•Proven experience leading API or backend engineering teams and delivering complex API projects

•Deep expertise in API architecture, design, and implementation (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC etc.)

•Strong programming skills in relevant backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, Go, etc.)

•Experience with API security, authentication, and authorization (OAuth, JWT, RBAC, PKCE, define fine-grained access controls using ReBAC)

•Experience with API documentation and standards (OpenAPI/Swagger, Use Case, JSON Schemas, etc.)

•Familiarity with data serialization with Protofbuf

•Experience with some API gateway is a must

•Strong understanding of performance optimization, scalability, and reliability for APIs

•Experience with observability, monitoring, and troubleshooting for backend services

•Strong collaboration and alignment skills across disciplines

•Willingness to learn, share knowledge, and adapt to evolving technologies

•System design skills and awareness of technical debt and tradeoffs

•Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management abilities

•Comfort with ambiguity, discovery, and rapid change

•Commitment to engineering excellence, security, and responsible practices

Preferred Qualifications

•7+ years of hands-on API or backend engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical leadership role

•Track record of architecting and delivering scalable, reliable API systems

•Experience with modern development practices (CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews)

•Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers

•Experience working in cross-functional, agile teams

Highly Desirable

•Experience with API gateways (e.g., Envoy, Kong, Apigee) and service mesh patterns (e.g., Istio)

•Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures (pub/sub, callbacks, Kafka, etc.)

•Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and automated provisioning (e.g., Terraform)

•Experience building developer portals and self-service onboarding for APIs

•Experience with API Gateways (Apache APISIX, KrakenD, …)

•Ability to perform API Domain Modelling with a strong product orientation, aligning technical design with user and business needs

•Experience thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and balancing rapid delivery with technical excellence

•Experience leading or working with distributed, multidisciplinary teams

Success Metrics

•API response time (median and p95)

•Uptime and reliability of critical services

•Test coverage for API and backend logic

•Developer velocity and time from API design to production

•Time to First Prototype (TTFP)

•Integration lead time for API consumers

•Technical debt reduction and architectural alignment

•Team growth, engagement, and retention

•Stakeholder satisfaction and cross-team collaboration

About Us:

Tradelab Technologies Pvt Ltd is not for those seeking comfort—we are for those hungry to make a mark in the trading and fintech industry. If you are looking for just another backend role, this isn’t it. We want risk-takers, relentless learners, and those who find joy in pushing their limits every day. If you thrive in high-stakes environments and have a deep passion for performance driven backend systems, we want you.

• We’re looking for a Backend Developer (Python) with a strong foundation in backend technologies and a deep interest in scalable, low-latency systems.

• You should have 3–4 years of experience in Python-based development and be eager to solve complex performance and scalability challenges in trading and fintech applications.

• You measure success by your own growth, not external validation.

• You thrive on challenges, not on perks or financial rewards.

• Taking calculated risks excites you—you’re here to build, break, and learn.

• You don’t clock in for a paycheck; you clock in to outperform yourself in a high-frequency trading

environment.

• You understand the stakes—milliseconds can make or break trades, and precision is everything.

• Develop and maintain scalable backend systems using Python.

• Design and implement REST APIs and socket-based communication.

• Optimize code for speed, performance, and reliability.

• Collaborate with frontend teams to integrate server-side logic.

• Work with RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, and Elasticsearch for robust backend design.

• Build fault-tolerant, multi-producer/consumer systems.

What We Expect:

• 3–4 years of experience in Python and backend development.

• Strong understanding of REST APIs, sockets, and network protocols (TCP/UDP/HTTP).

• Experience with RabbitMQ/Kafka, SQL & NoSQL databases, Redis, and Elasticsearch.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Experience in designing & developing systems/software for large business environments (Java, J2EE).
• Strong design and coding skills in Enterprise Java, REST & SOAP web services, ORM (JPA/Hibernate), Spring, Maven, JMS (ActiveMQ), Caching, XML, JSON.
• Experience with multiple integration technologies / frameworks.
• Must have good experience in Unix/Oracle/SQL.
• Experience in Agile Development, Scrum, and Iterative approaches.
• Experience and exposure to AWS Cloud Services and DevOps mindset and expertise is a plus Experience with Mule or any ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Develop features and modules independently based on the overall product architecture provided.
• Research and find solutions to challenging new problems; align with technology needs of the future.
• Fully grasp the product concept and think through challenging customer variations and use cases.
• Proactively seek to identify issues and resolve them at the stages of design, deployment and QA.
• Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of milestone-based performance and adherence to overall development timelines.

Requirements:

Experience - 2 to 5 years experience in Java Tech stack

• Strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices and Rest API.
• Good understanding of general data privacy and information security.
• Exposure to cloud securities for SAAS application development would be an added advantage.
• A good understanding of all facets of building and delivering data-centric products is desirable.
• Knowledge of code versioning tools.

Job Summary

• Must be proficient in PHP, MySQL, Laravel, Codeigniter, Core PHP
• Min 4 yr exp.
• Should have knowledge with PHP, laraval, MySQL, CSS, HTML, Javascript, AJAX. Core PHP, WordPress etc
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Must have the capacity to work independently and also as a part of a team.
• Must have dedication and commitment towards work and time.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Able to grasp requirements quickly.
• Understand requirements and drive projects with high-quality output.
• Should be a team player and bring positive influence within the team
• Ensuring high-performance and availability and managing all technical aspects of the project
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Qualifications and Skills

• Educational Qualification: Bachelor's (Preferred)
• Good communication
• Team work understanding

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Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Professional experience on a software development team as a developer.
• Strong software documentation skills.
• Ability to comprehend and implement detailed project specifications as well as the ability to adapt to various technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Able to work well in a team setting.

The candidate must be proficient at:

• Socket programming
• Async await and promises
• Databases such as mongo, MySQL
• Passport JS for Google and Facebook integration
• Working on APIs with authentication and authorization
• Building frontend for mobile applications
• MVC architecture

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the development team to deliver code as required for the applications and their updates.
• Ensure the design and development of the application fulfil our requirements and achieve desired objectives.
• Ensure company standards are followed; Project schedules and issues are effectively managed, and the same is effectively communicated.
• Ensure documentation, knowledge sharing, and training in new software.
• Create technical specifications and test plans.
• Monitor the functioning of the application and provide suggestions and support to maintain the same.

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