SQL DBA - Trainee analyst/engineer

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.

What You Will Do:

• 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.

What We Expect:

• 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.

Must-Have Skills:

• 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.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Past experience in fintech, trading systems, or algorithmic trading.

• Experience with GoLang, C/C++, Erlang, or Elixir.

• Exposure to trading, fintech, or low-latency systems.

• Familiarity with microservices and CI/CD pipelines.

• responsible for building .NET applications.
• WEB-API OR MVC with C# is a must.
• Hands-on SQL Server with Expertise in complex Procedures and SQL Performance Optimizations.
• Being good with Front End, React or Angular will be a plus but not Mandatory.
• Knowledge of Javascript, Jquery Ajax.
• In-depth understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban

Founded in 2012,leader in high-assurance digital identity verification technology.  Named to Forbes’ 2019 AI 50 list as one of America’s most promising AI companies, and a recent winner of API World’s Best Data API, technology applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, address, phone, IP, social media and the broader Internet to verify identities in real-time. Customers include three of the top five U.S. banks, seven of the top 10 U.S. card issuers, as well as the majority of leading digital banks, lenders and insurers across the U.S. We are funded by some of the world's best investors and entrepreneurs including Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Work-Bench, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures.

The only way we can further our mission of becoming the single, trusted source of identity verification and eliminating identity fraud is by building the best team on the planet. This is where you come in!

We are hiring Software Engineers across all levels in Chennai!

What You'll Be Doing:

• You will partner with our globally distributed cross-functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, Data Science) to conceptualize and develop new features and products in an Agile environment. 
• You will own end-to-end delivery of software components all the way to production, owning team features or systems. 
• You will be building web services and REST APIs at scale, and producing high-quality results with direct business impact. 
• You will be monitoring and improving existing deployments, ensuring that we are continuously improving our product. 
• You will be assisting our QA and support team in triaging and resolving production issues and addressing bugs.

What You'll Bring:

• You are interested in our tech stack (Java or Scala, SQL Databases, NoSQL, Microservices, and AWS)
• You will have strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, various programming languages, distributed systems, etc. 
• You understand engineering best practices and seek to improve engineering standards, tooling and processes. 
• You write “good code” - easily understandable, secure and testable! 
• You are comfortable helping drive technical decisions within our Engineering team. 
• You have experience building applications at scale.

Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Equity - every employee is a stakeholder in our enormous upside
• A tech-first company culture driven by entrepreneurial thinking and talent
• A great team working in unison towards the same mission
• Transparency is what our product is built on—and so is our culture
• Daily catered lunch and snacks
• Generous health insurance for employees and dependents
• Flexible work schedule and work-from-home options
• Flexible PTO

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

• Java
• Springboot
• REST API
• Microservices

As an SDE, you will develop a deep understanding of our business, work closely with development teams and own the architecture and end-to-end delivery of software components.

Requirements:

• Exp: 3 - 8 years.
• 4 + years' experience building successful production software systems.
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field).
• The ability to take convert raw requirements into good design while exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs.
• Expertise in System design (design patterns, LLD, HLD, Solid principle, OOAD, Distributed systems etc. ), Architecture (MVC/Micro services).
• Excellence in technical communication.
• Has experience in mentoring other software developers.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience developing service oriented architectures and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
• Expertise in delivering high-quality, innovative application.
• Strong desire to build, sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Strong organisational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to triage issues, react well to changes, work with teams and ability to multi-task on multiple products and projects.
• Experience building highly scalable, high availability services.
• The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader, builder and operator.
• He/she should have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous product development efforts and initiatives.
• He/she needs to balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
• He/she needs to be constantly striving for simplicity, and at the same time demonstrate significant creativity, innovation and judgme.
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language.
• Experience in SQL or Non-SQL database.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good understanding of at least some of the modern programming languages (Java) and open-source technologies

Job Description

• Design & implement backend APIs 
• Mentor junior developers technically.
• Actively work to reduce tech debt in the backend
• Work towards more stability & scalability of the backend
• Tech stack - Java, AWS, Aurora etc. 

Eligibility

• 4-8 years of product company experience
• OOP implementation experience. Programming language does not matter. We use Java internally but have hired folks from non Java background.
• Hands on experience in SQL, Dynamo DB, Postgres etc preferred. 
• Prior experience building REST APIs
• Advanced understanding of AWS stack
• Prior knowledge of solving problems at scale.

• Expertise in Database Administration on Production Servers with server configuration, performance tuning, and maintenance with outstanding troubleshooting capabilities in Cloud – AWS / Azure.
• Efficient in Architecting, Configuring, Maintaining, Monitoring, Troubleshooting SQL Servers.
• Strong understanding of SQL database structures, principles, and practice
• Strong experience handling Backups, Restores, Corruption, and Disaster Recovery scenarios.
• Experience in installing and configuring SQL Server databases of different versions.
• Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization, backups, restores, recovery models. Writing & optimizing SQL statements, partitioning, clustering, HA, DR. Experience in DMV & DDL queries.
• Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real-time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Skilled in working with large volumes of data and loading data from multiple sources.
• Knowledge of reporting and query tools and practices.
• Knowledge of indexes, index management, and statistics.
• Skilled in deploying database change scripts
• Scheduling database backups, taking full and Transaction log backups.
• Automate SQL server tasks (SQL jobs, Windows scripts, etc.)
• Exposure to MySQL will be an added advantage.

Soft skills:

• Mission led. Someone who buys into the mission of a company and the problem they are solving. The company is growing fast and have a tonne of things they need to achieve; they want people that are bought in for the long term and believe in what they’re doing. 
• Pragmatic thinker. You have a structured approach to situations, if you do not know the answer, you’ll know how to find it out. 
• Open to change. You are able to work in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change instantly, and you are able to adjust. 
• Technologist. Someone that is passionate about what they do and experienced in server operating systems and application deployment, configuration, and maintenance. 
• Communication and Presentations skills.

What you bring to the table

• Education: Bachelor's degree in IT, computer science or related
• Experience: 5-9 years of relevant experience for SSE role
• Exposure to microservices, API management tools like Swagger
• Must have experience in working on Agile Scrum teams in the past and exposure to any of the Agile project management tools like Jira, Mingle, RTC, TFS etc.
• Proficient in application log analysis.
• Experience Java/JEE Development - especially EJB 2.1 / 3.0, JDBC
• Experience with application servers such as JBoss AS or IBM WAS is an advantage
• Experience in SQL programing using PostgreSQL / MySQL /Maria DB and JPA (Annotation Based)
• Knowledge of build tools such as Maven or Gradle and of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Nexus
• Basic knowledge of web services (SOAP or REST) and web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS)
• Basic knowledge of containers like Dockers, basic knowledge of cloud infrastructure
• Ability to interact and coordinate with employees at different levels, different groups, and different geographical locations within the company
• Ability to support multiple existing applications as well as work on building new ones
• Ability to provide accurate project estimates and make recommendations on specific technologies to use based on business requirements
• Good verbal and written Communication.
• Readiness for short term Domestic and International Travels

Preferred

• Industry knowledge with respect to payments systems and processing in the Debit/Credit and Account based payments (EFT Switching) from different channels like POS, ATM or ecommerce, Card Management System and Real Time Payment Systems.
• Exposure to the Interchange Interfaces like Visa Net, MasterCard, BankNet
• Exposure to Interchange Simulators and Mandates Management.