

- 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.

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About Us
Binocs.co empowers institutional lenders with next-generation loan management software, streamlining the entire loan lifecycle and facilitating seamless interaction among stakeholders.
Team: Binocs.co is led by a passionate team with extensive experience in financial technology, lending, AI, and software development.
Investors: Our journey is backed by renowned investors who share our vision for transforming the loan management landscape: Beenext, Arkam Ventures, Accel, Saison Capital, Blume Ventures, Premji Invest, and Better Capital.
What we're looking for
We seek a motivated, talented, and intelligent individual who shares our vision of being a changemaker. We value individuals dissatisfied with the status quo, strive to make improvements, and envision making significant contributions. We look for those who embrace challenges and dedicate themselves to solutions. We seek individuals who push for data-driven decisions, are unconstrained by titles, and value collaboration. We are building a fast-paced team to shape various business and technology aspects.
Responsibilities
- Be a part of the initial team to define and set up a best-in-class digital platform for the Private Credit industry, and take full ownership of the components of the digital platform
- You will build robust and scalable web-based applications and need to think of platforms & reuse
- Driving and active contribution to High-Level Designs(HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
- Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Mentor team members in adopting effective coding practices. Conduct comprehensive code reviews, focusing on both functional and non-functional aspects.
- Ensure the security, performance, and reliability of backend systems through proper testing, monitoring, and optimization.
- Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and agile development processes to maintain code quality and project timelines.
- Simply, be an owner of the platform and do whatever it takes to get the required output for customers
- Be curious about product problems and have an open mind to dive into new domains eg: gen-AI.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest development trends, tools, and technologies.
Qualifications
- experience in backend development
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g.,Python, Golang, Node.js, Java) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
- Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc)
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices.
- Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming
- Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces.
- Experience of cloud computing platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- Knowledge of Test Driven Development
Good to have
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Knowledge of serverless computing and event-driven architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
- Understanding of DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
- Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in developer communities.
- Experience working LLMs and AI technologies


About the Role
We are hiring a Senior Backend Developer for our client, a US-based tech company, to take ownership of backend architecture, scalability, and infrastructure. This is a critical engineering role where you'll lead feature development and ensure high system performance as the company grows rapidly.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable backend systems using Python (Django, Flask, or FastAPI)
- Optimize and manage relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Design and implement asynchronous processing using Redis and RabbitMQ
- Architect and deploy containerized microservices with a focus on performance and scalability
- Provision and monitor infrastructure on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
- Diagnose system performance issues and implement robust solutions
Minimum Requirements
- 3+ years of backend development experience
- Proficient in Python and at least one framework (Django, Flask, or FastAPI)
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with Redis and RabbitMQ
- Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and backend system design
Good to Have
- Familiarity with JavaScript and frontend frameworks like React.js or Vue.js
- Experience with WebSockets for real-time features
- Exposure to VoIP/WebRTC/SIP/IP PBX technologies
Key Traits We Value
- Smart, logical, and curious problem-solvers
- Self-driven individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments
- Passion for learning and adapting to new technologies
What We Offer
- Competitive Compensation
- 100% remote work
- A collaborative, growth-focused environment
- Challenging projects with real impact

What would make you a good fit?
- You’re both relentless and kind, and don’t see these as being mutually exclusive
- You have a self-directed learning style, an insatiable curiosity, and a hands-on execution mindset
- You have deep experience working with product and engineering teams to launch backend services that power end-user applications
- You have deep experience in Python and the related tools and frameworks
- You have deep experience working with large datasets and relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL
- You have experience with microservices architecture, Docker, and Kubernetes
- You continuously raise the bar on development practices such as code quality tools, unit testing coverage, build tools, etc.
- You obsess about correctness, DRY development, reducing cognitive complexity, and performance
- You have excellent writing and speaking skills with a talent for applying technical solutions to customer problem statements
Must-Have Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience building RESTful services
- 2+ years of experience in Django Rest Framework, Flask, and/or FastAPI
- 3+ years of experience with SQL and Postgres to manage and analyze data
- Expert level skills using a debugging tool and developing unit tests
- Experience in Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture
- Prior startup experience and enjoy taking on difficult challenges and broad responsibilities
- Track-record of delivering reliable and scalable RESTful services from requirements to production
- You’ve partnered with devops to deliver high-performant backend solutions to production
- You naturally think quantitatively about problems and work backward from a customer outcome
What’ll make you stand out (but not required)
- Terraform and AWS experience
- Experience creating technical design documents
- You have a strong connection to finance teams or closely related domains, the challenges they face, and deep appreciation for their aspirations


What we are looking
- You must have experience in Python, including development of microservices using flask/fastapi/sanic.
- You hold knowledge of at least one Python web frameworks
- You have experience in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- You are familiar with relational databases and unstructured data.
- You are familiar with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.
- You have prior exposure to code versioning tools such as Git.
- You understand fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
Good to have
- Experience in cloud services such as AWS
- Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Understanding of the threading concepts in Python and multi-process architecture
What you'll do
- Create database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and services for business use cases
- Perform unit and integration tests on developed modules

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We’re a small team looking for passionate, execution-focused, self-starters to help us build the next generation eCommerce platform and equal the playing field for all. Our success depends on building teams who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh perspectives. To that end, we don’t just accept differences – we celebrate them. If that sounds exciting to you, let’s talk!
We are expanding our Engineering team to India and building a stellar and diverse team composed of owners. We are looking for a backend engineer with a demonstrated track record of developing and maintaining production services, innovative thinking, and technical excellence. As a backend engineer, you will be responsible for building out the service layer that powers our frontend applications. You should have a solid understanding of software development lifecycle and software design principles. This is a great opportunity if you are looking for a huge impact at a small start-up with immense growth potential
What you will do?
Create technical plans of projects assigned to you.
Come up with well-structured solutions to ambiguous problems and implement them.
Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable backend code.
Provide technical direction on our various products and upcoming projects.
Champion reliability and quality by using best practices in software engineering and modular design.
Ensure all components are scalable, maintainable, and have in-built metrics instrumentation and monitoring
Deliver an exceptional user experience to our customers. Put the customer first and have quality in mind.
Own the full release cycle from development to deployment
What you will need?
3+ Years of experience as a software engineer working on backend applications.
Advanced knowledge of Python (preferably, the Django framework) and relational databases.
Experience with agile, test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing.
Experience with building, modifying, and extending API endpoints (REST or GraphQL) for data retrieval and persistence.
Experience with the full software development life cycle, including requirements collection, design, implementation, testing, and operational support.
Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork, decision making and influencing skills.
Experience with scrum or other agile software development methodology.
Hustle. Thrives in an evolving, fast paced, ambiguous work environment
Bonus if you have
Experience working in the eCommerce domain.
Experience with AWS technologies like Elastic Beanstalk, Amplify, etc.


The Role:
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Python Developer, who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.
Responsibilities:
- Own the product development from scratch.
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
- Contribute to discussion on software architecture while mentoring a team of developers.
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshoot to ensure uptime for live systems etc.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier college.
- Prior 3+ years of experience in back-end development (Python/ Golang) in a start-up or a dynamic work environment.
- Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance systems.
- Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is preferred.
- Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
- Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores etc.
- Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.




● work directly with the product team to understand requirements, help formulate aggressive growth plans, and then translate that into an effective technical solution
● design and create services and system architecture for your projects
● participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms
and products
● dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule
What will your day look like?
1. Own all services and tools
2. Develop and deploy required services responsible for the evolution of the overall product
3. Do server-side development in golang/python preferably (or any other language)
4. Deploying stuff in production in docker containers
5. Write tests
6. Invent awesome stuff to make your job easier
What are we looking for?
1. Motivation to design and build reliable, elegant backend services
2. Energy to build smart internal tools quickly
3. At least 1-2 years of backend development experience
4. Proficiency in golang is desired. We are open to you learning on the job.
5. Familiarity with SQL. Experience with Postgres, Redis is preferred.
6. Familiarity with message-oriented middleware like rabbitmq, google pubsub is preferred.

Strong understanding of software development cycle
-Hands on experience in Python and familiarity with at least one framework, preferably Django
-Experience in third party integrations.
-Strong understanding of relational databases (MySql, Postgresql etc.)
-Comfortable with search engines like ElasticSearch.
-Hands on experience of AWS services.
-Knowledge of version control tools like Git/SVN.
-Strong unit testing and debugging skills.
-Good understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns.
-Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
Fluency or understanding of specific languages such Java, PHP, HTML or Python .and Operating System.
Good to have:
-Hands on experience of AWS services.
-Good exposure in writing and optimising SQL(such as PostgreSQL) for high-performance systems with large databases.
-Exposure at handling server side issues and quick resolution.
-Experience working on scalable, high availability applications/services.



