Researcher

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

WHO WE ARE

We are a team of digital practitioners with roots stretching back to the earliest days of online commerce, who dedicate themselves to serving our client companies.

We’ve seen the advancements first-hand over the last 25 years and believe our experiences allow us to innovate. Utilizing cutting-edge technology and providing bespoke, innovative services, we believe we can help you stay ahead of the curve.

We take a holistic view of digital strategy. Our approach to transformation is based on conscious Intent to delight customers through continuous Insight and creative Innovation with an enduring culture of problem-solving.

We bring every element together to create innovative, high-performing commerce experiences for enterprise B2C, B2B, D2C and Marketplace brands across industries. From mapping out business and functional requirements, to developing the infrastructure to optimize traditionally fragmented processes, we help you create integrated, future-proofed commerce solutions.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

As part of our team, you'll play a key role in building and evolving our Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solution. This platform empowers our clients to seamlessly connect systems, automate workflows, and scale integrations with modern cloud-native tools.

Here’s what your day-to-day will look like:

• Designing and Building Integrations
• Collaborate with clients to understand integration needs and build scalable, event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and EventBridge.
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• Cloud-Native Development
• Develop and deploy microservices and serverless functions using TypeScript (Node.js), hosted on Kubernetes (EKS) and fully integrated with core AWS services like S3, SQS, and SNS.
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• Managing Data Pipelines
• Build robust data flows and streaming pipelines using Kafka and NoSQL databases like MongoDB, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
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• Client Collaboration
• Work directly with customers to gather requirements, design integration patterns, and provide guidance on best practices for cloud-native architectures.
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• Driving Platform Evolution
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of our iPaaS platform—enhancing observability, scaling capabilities, and CI/CD processes using modern DevOps practices.

WHAT WE NEED IN YOU

• Solid Experience in Apache Kafka for data streaming and event-driven systems
• Production experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and containerized deployments
• Deep knowledge of AWS, including S3, EC2, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Lambda
• Proficient in TypeScript (Node.js environment)
• Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, async messaging, and DevOps practices
• AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect or Developer Associate) is a plus

Qualification

• Graduate - BE / Btech or equivalent.
• 5 to 8 years of experience
• Self motivated and quick learner with excellent problem solving skills. 
• A good team player with nice communication skills.
• Energy and real passion to work in a startup environment.

Visit our website - https://www.trikatechnologies.com

About the role:

You will own a functional area - from product conception to its delivery to customers. You are expected to design and code independently in multiple tech components related to your functional area. You must also develop a deep understanding of non-functional requirements, such as reliability and availability, scale, horizontal scalability, etc. over time to make tech stack decisions accordingly. You are expected to actively mentor junior engineers. You own

the codebase quality.

We are looking for seasoned engineers who are quality-conscious, product thinkers, business cognizant and smart. Engineers get to significantly amplify the impact of their work or creations with scale. The scale also demands that engineers to produce super-efficient solutions.

What you’ll do

• Strong experience with Java 8, Spring and Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data,
• Working experience in Microservices
• Version Control: Git
• Strong understanding of functional/reactive programming, OOP, design
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• SDLC: Working experience in Agile methodology
• Strong interpersonal skills and time management skills

What you’ll need

• B.Tech or M.Tech equivalent with at least 3 years of experience
• Deep expertise in at least one programming language & tech stack.
• Strong object-oriented design skills, ability to apply design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in building data-driven web application design and development is a plus
• Good understanding of multiple tech solutions and ability to pick the correct one for the given situation
• Prior work experience in an agile environment or continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI or CD)
• Ability and experience in designing high-level software designs of the scalable system, taking NFR (non-functional requirement) into consideration

As a Full Stack Developer; you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility.

Responsibilities:

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions.
• Design client-side and server-side architecture.
• Build the front end of applications through appealing visual design.
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications.
• Write effective APIs.
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software.
• Create security and data protection settings.
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design.
• Write technical documentation.

Requirements:

• Backend: Spring (JAVA), Spring Boot, Laravel (PHP), MySQL, NoSQL, NGINXPlus.
• Frontend: Angular 5+ Ngrx/store5
• Infrastructure: Google cloud platform (App Engine, CloudSQL, BigQuery, PubSub, Firebase Hosting), Pusher.io (WebSockets), Filestack, Postmark app, 4 Tools: Postman app, JIRA.
• Rest APIs, Microservices, Agile, Oauth, Message Queue, Git.
• 6 years proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role.
• Experience working with service-oriented architectures and web-based solutions.
• Familiarity with common stacks.
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e. g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery).
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e. g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e. g. Angular, React, Node.js ).
• Familiarity with databases (e. g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e. g. Apache) and UI/UX design.
• Experience working on Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience working on the AWS technologies.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Great attention to detail.
• Organizational skills.
• An analytical mind.
• Degree in B. tech/BE.

About the company: https://www.hectar.in/

Hectar Global is a financial technology company that provides a disruptive cross-border trading platform for the agricultural commodities market. Our platform utilizes machine learning and data analysis to provide insights and improve the trading experience for farmers, traders, and other stakeholders in the agricultural industry. Our mission is to bring transparency and efficiency to the agricultural commodities market, which has traditionally been fragmented and opaque. We are committed to driving innovation in the industry and providing a user-friendly and accessible platform for our customers.

Job Overview: 

We are seeking a highly skilled Head of Engineering to lead the development of our innovative and disruptive cross-border trading platform at Hectar Global. This person will be responsible for spearheading all technical aspects of the project, from architecture and infrastructure to data and machine learning.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of engineers, including hiring, training, and mentoring
• Design and implement the technical architecture of the cross-border trading platform
• Ensure the platform is scalable, efficient, and secure
• Oversee the development of data models and machine learning algorithms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product and design, to ensure the platform meets user needs and is visually appealing and easy to use
• Work with stakeholders to identify business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system specifications, design documents, and user manuals
• Keep up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software engineering, machine learning, and data science
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Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on web applications and machine learning
• Proven track record of leading and managing a team of engineers
• Expertise in software architecture and design patterns
• Experience with data modeling and machine learning techniques
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Strong knowledge of front-end technologies, such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Familiarity with modern web frameworks, such as React or Angular

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS or Azure
• Familiarity with data visualization tools, such as D3.js or Tableau
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Understanding of financial markets and trading platforms

If you are a passionate leader with a proven track record of building innovative and disruptive products and teams, we would love to hear from you.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and build efficient, scalable systems that are used by millions of people,
• Own what you build as you create, test, and refine what’s under the hood of our pages and services,
• Investigate production issues pertaining to customer features to determine root cause and implement solutions,
• Investigate existing queries and write new queries with performance optimization in mind,
• Build well-designed software in a way that is generic, reusable, and easily extensible, as well as solves the business needs and requirements,
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and software engineers to ensure design vision is maintained, the final markup is standards compliant, and UI deliverables are completed on time,
• Work with the real-time feedback from our users (external and internal) to make the products better,
• Discover, design, develop, deploy, debug. Repeat!

Requirements:

• 1-2 years of experience,
• Proficiency in web scripting programming with PHP,
• Experience with MySQL Databases,
• Top-notch programming skills in JavaScript and a strong understanding of web fundamentals,
• Design, build and maintain high performance, scalable and secure code,
• Experience with cloud services like AWS is plus,
• Experience with MVC architecture is a plus,
• Knowledge / experience in building an API,
• Solid understanding of the foundations of security and best practices,
• Good grasp of data structures and algorithms,
• Excellent problem-solving skills,
• Take ownership of the backend services, ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness, as well as maintaining code quality, organisation and testing/deployment,
• Passionate about technology and willing to develop expertise in an emerging field,
• Strong organisational and communication skills, team player.

Perquisites & Benefits:

• A competitive salary,
• Opportunity to be part of a diverse working environment, valuable social sector work experience,
• Fun, casual, relaxed, and flexible work environment.

• Develop digital marketing strategy by studying economic indicators, tracking changes in supply and demand, identifying customers and their current and future needs, and monitoring the competition.
•  Plan and execute all digital marketing, including SEO/SEM, keywords, marketing database, email, social media and display advertising campaigns.
•  Plan, monitoring & maintaining company online presence on social media.
•  Employing online marketing analytics to gather information from web and social media pages.
•  Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns, and assess against goals.
•  Acquire insight in online marketing trends and keep strategies up-to-date.
• Manage all digital marketing channels - FB, Insta, Marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart.
• Ability to execute campaigns across all online selling platforms. 
• Prepare and manage digital marketing budgets, analytics & reports.