Senior Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

● Architect and build end-to-end backend services and APIs.

● Integrate with external systems such as insurers, payment gateways, and other

partners.

● Ensure high observability, performance, and reliability across systems.

● Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code with a focus on scalability.

● Implement comprehensive test coverage and maintain code quality.

● Manage database design, migrations, scripting, and administration.

Experience & Skills

● 2-8 years of experience in backend development.

● Hands-on experience with low-level & high-level system design.

● Proven experience building scalable, secure backend systems (APIs, middleware, caching).

● Proficiency in Python, Django, Django REST Framework (DRF), PostgreSQL, Redis,

Celery, and basic HTML/CSS.

● Experience developing RESTful APIs.

● Familiarity with AWS or other major cloud platforms is a plus.

● Strong sense of ownership, problem-solving ability, and leadership qualities.

About the company

The company delivers the power of technology and intelligence to investors and companies and enables growth and value creation in the private unlisted markets. We make it easier for investors to know everything about a company, and a company to know everything about an investor. Our intelligence is used by more than 400+ customers across Venture Capital, Private Equity, Investment Bankers, and Corporates. Our intelligence covers the entire universe of Indian private companies and investors. We are gearing to power growth and transactions in private markets in India and around the world. We want our solutions to be reliable, timely and trustworthy to make investment and business decisions.

Founded in 2015 by IIT Madras Alumni Mr. Krishna Saraswati and Mr. Avinash Loganathan, as a fintech startup we have 3 products in the market. 1. PrivateCircle Research: Private Market Intelligence product. 2. PrivateCircle Connect: Intelligent Prospecting tool for Sales teams. 3. PrivateCircle Markets: Investment opportunities discovery platform.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior backend engineer with 4+ years of experience building large scale web applications. A highly skilled Python Developer with advanced coding abilities in Python.

Responsibilities:

• Design, Develop and maintain products using bleeding-edge technologies on Python
• Collaborating with the rest of the engineering team to design and deploy the code to test/production and implement new features.
• Debug, validate, review and test new and existing code.
• Act as a mentor to junior developers, providing guidance and support on technical issues.
• Write clean, efficient and well documented code
• As a Senior, you are required to regularly interact with their peers, managers and PMs (product/program managers).

Requirements:

• Advanced knowledge of Python (4+ years) with strong OOPs fundamentals.
• Version Control using git.
• Experience with web frameworks and MVC/ MVT architecture.
• Experience with Django framework and its ORM.
• Experience with REST API's and microservices architecture.
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).
• Knowledge of distributed systems is a plus.
• Experience with Elasticsearch is a plus.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or any other container technologies is a plus.
• Experience with Celery or other asynchronous task queues.
• Experience using system monitoring tools, automated testing frameworks and implementing server-side security.

We offer a dynamic and fast-paced work environment with ample opportunities for growth and advancement. If you're a highly motivated individual with a passion for coding and a desire to work with cutting-edge technologies, please apply today!

Python Software Engineer (3–5 Years Experience)

Location: [Pune]

Role Overview

We are seeking skilled Python engineers to join our core product team. You will work on backend services, API development, and system integrations, contributing to a codebase of over 250,000 Python lines and collaborating with frontend, DevOps, and native code teams.

Key Responsibilities

·    Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python backend services and APIs

·    Optimize performance and reliability of large, distributed systems

·    Collaborate with frontend (JS/HTML/CSS) and native (C/C++/C#) teams

·    Write unit/integration tests and participate in code reviews

·    Troubleshoot production issues and implement robust solutions

Required Skills

·    3–5 years of professional Python development experience

·    Strong understanding of OOP, design patterns, and modular code structure

·    Experience with MongoDB (PyMongo), Mako, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous programming

·    Familiarity with code quality tools (flake8, pylint) and test frameworks (pytest, unittest)

·    Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows

·    Ability to read and refactor large, multi-module codebases

Nice to Have

·    Experience with web frameworks (web.py, Flask, Django)

·    Knowledge of C/C++ or C# for cross-platform integrations

·    Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, and cloud deployment

·    Exposure to security, encryption, or enterprise SaaS products

What We Offer

·    Opportunity to work on a mission-critical, enterprise-scale product

·    Collaborative, growth-oriented engineering culture

·    Flexible work arrangements (remote/hybrid)

·    Competitive compensation and benefits

We are seeking talented software developers who are passionate about coding and building & scaling

products. If you love taking on new challenges and have a problem solving mindset to solve problems through

code, you will be a perfect fit for our rockstar engineering team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Design and develop backend architectures to support robust, scalable, and secure web applications and

systems with a focus on backend development using Django.

● Design, implement and maintain high quality RESTful APIs to support seamless communication between

frontend, backend and other services.

● Design, implement, and maintain database schemas. Ensure the integrity, performance, and security of

data.

● Ensure the scalability and reliability of our backend infrastructure on AWS. Ensure reliable management of

infrastructure on cloud aiming for 0 downtime of systems.

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, while adhering to best practices and industry standards.

Develop and maintain documentation for our backend systems, APIs, and data models.

● Conduct high quality code reviews and provide feedback to other team members to ensure best practices

are adhered to.

● Take ownership of the development, testing, and deployment of web applications. Break down high-level

business problems into smaller chunks and build systems.

● Work closely with the frontend development team, product managers, and designers to plan new features

and optimize existing ones.

● Constantly aim to improve performance and optimize systems by identifying bottlenecks and resolving

them for increased efficiency.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies such as LLMs, and implement them as and when required

Skills and Qualifications:

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.

● 4+ years of experience in full-stack web development, with a focus on backend development.

● Strong proficiency in Python and Django, including experience with Django Rest Framework.

● Experience working with SQL/PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, querying, and

optimization.

● Proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda.

● Familiarity of integrations with third party services and open source frameworks

● Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.

● Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

● Familiarity with LLM frameworks such as Langchain, OpenAI, Anthropic, LLaMa is a plus.

● Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

● Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Python Backend Developer with strong hands-on programming experience and a good understanding of SQL, databases, REST APIs, and backend development. The ideal candidate should have experience developing, maintaining, and optimizing backend applications, along with strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance backend applications using Python.
• Write, optimize, and manage SQL queries, including joins, subqueries, and complex queries.
• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs for backend services.
• Perform debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Write unit tests and ensure code quality and application reliability.
• Use Git for version control and collaborative development.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, QA teams, and other stakeholders.
• Support data processing and ETL-related activities.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Python programming.
• Good knowledge of SQL, joins, subqueries, and query optimization.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.
• Knowledge of REST APIs and backend development concepts.
• Understanding of debugging, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with Git and version control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Knowledge of data processing and ETL pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• Understanding of application deployment and backend architecture.

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Primary Skills:

Python / Golang, RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux

Core Responsibilities:

• Design & Development: Architect and implement scalable backend services and APIs using Python or Golang, ensuring high performance, resilience, and extensibility.
• System Ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of critical modules, from design and development to deployment and support.
• Technical Leadership: Conduct design and code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers to raise the team’s technical bar.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, architects, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Performance & Reliability: Troubleshoot complex issues in production systems, identify root causes, and design sustainable long-term solutions.
• Innovation: Evaluate new technologies, contribute to proof-of-concepts, and recommend tools that can improve developer productivity.
• Process Improvement: Drive initiatives to improve coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.
• Knowledge Sharing: Document designs, create technical guides, and share insights with the broader engineering team.

Experience and Expertise:

• 4–7 years of backend development experience with Python or Golang.
• Strong expertise in designing, developing, and scaling microservices and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of concurrency, multi-threading, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency with databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Linux development, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and related services.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and optimization skills for production-grade systems.
• Experience with AI-powered development tools is a strong plus; familiarity with concepts like 'agentic coding' for workflow automation or 'context engineering' for leveraging LLMs in system design is highly desirable.

Skills:

• Strong problem-solving ability, with experience handling complex technical challenges.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate trade-offs.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to operate independently while aligning with team goals.
• Passionate about engineering culture, quality, and developer productivity.

About the role

You'll take technical ownership of our Backend, Data & ML team and lead the backend development team. You'll design and scale our backend services, APIs and data systems, and bring data science and ML models into production. You'll also be the main technical link to the React Native and Next.js teams.

What you'll do

• Own backend architecture, API design, databases and data infrastructure.
• Design and build data pipelines and data models for analytics and ML.
• Lead the implementation, deployment and monitoring of ML models and data science algorithms in production.
• Work closely with the React Native and Next.js teams on API contracts, data flows and ML/DS integrations.
• Mentor the backend and data team, review code, and set engineering standards along with the TPM.
• Ensure system reliability, security, scalability and observability.
• Take part in the senior on-call rotation, including international paging.

What we're looking for

• 6+ years of backend development, with significant experience in data engineering.
• Strong expertise in Django, relational databases, and API design (REST/GraphQL).
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines.
• Some practical experience deploying ML models to production, including serving, versioning, monitoring and retraining (MLOps).
• Some understanding of common data science algorithms and ML techniques.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP or Azure), containers and CI/CD.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers.
• Excellent communication skills. You should be able to explain backend and data decisions clearly to mobile and web teams.

Note: Full-stack experience is valuable but not mandatory. A strong backend and data specialist who works well with the frontend and mobile teams is a great fit.

Nice to have

• Python ML ecosystem experience (for example scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow or pandas).
• Experience with LLMs, recommendation systems or real-time data processing.
• Experience with unstructured data
• Familiarity with Next.js or React Native.
• Familiarity with US data protection requirements and compliance laws, such as FERPA or COPPA

About the role

You'll work alongside a Senior Backend, Data & ML Developer and our existing backend team to build backend systems, process data, and integrate ML and data science models into our platform.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Develop data processing workflows and pipelines.
• Implement, integrate and maintain ML models and data science algorithms in production.
• Optimise database queries, data models and system performance.
• Work with the frontend and mobile teams on API integrations.
• Write tests and documentation, and take part in code reviews.

What we're looking for

• 3–5 years of backend development experience.
• Strong skills in Django and working knowledge of SQL databases.
• Practical experience with ML models and data science algorithms, from training or integration through to deployment.
• Experience handling and transforming data at scale.
• Experience with cloud platforms, Git and CI/CD.
• Clear communication with backend, web and mobile teammates.
• Experience working with AI tools for development such as Claude and Cursor

Note: Full-stack experience isn't required. Strong backend and data skills plus good cross-team communication matter most.

Nice to have

• Python data and ML tools (for example pandas, scikit-learn or PyTorch).
• Experience with model serving or MLOps tools.

Backend Developers

• Contract To Hire (Initial Engagement: 6 months)

Experience: 5+ years

Mandatory Skills:

● Node.js

● Python

● MongoDB

● PostgreSQL

● REST API design and development

● Backend architecture and service design

● Database design, indexing and query optimisation

● Performance tuning

● Authentication/authorisation

● Third-party integrations

● Asynchronous processing and background jobs

● Logging, monitoring and debugging

● Git and collaborative development

● Scalable, maintainable and testable backend services

● Architecture discussions, code reviews, debugging and production support

Good to have:

● Microservices

● Docker

● Cloud platforms

● Redis

● Message queues

● CI/CD

● Observability

Location: Bangalore

Department: Engineering

Reports to: SVP

Experience required: 6+ years

About Tracxn:

Tracxn (Tracxn.com) is a Bangalore-based product company providing a research and deal sourcing platform for Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corp Dev, and professionals working around the startup ecosystem.

We are a team of 600+ working professionals serving customers across the globe. Our clients include Funds like Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, GGV Capital, and Large Corporations such as Citi, Embraer & Ferrero.

Founders

• Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia, BCG | MBA - Stanford GSB)
• Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners, Amazon | BTech - IIT Kanpur)

About Technology Team: 

Tracxn's Technology team is 60+ members strong and growing. The technology team is subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management structure where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or module lie with a team compared to an individual.

We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.

Our Tech Stacks:

We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions; modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.

Job Overview:

We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
• Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders
• Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
• Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers

Job Requirements :

Professional Experience

•  Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
• Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

Technical Leadership & Management

•  Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
• Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
• Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
• Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management

Backend & System Architecture Expertise

• Strong proficiency in modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Java, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of API design principles and implementation
• Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases and knowledge of data pipelines and data warehousing concepts.

Technical Competencies

• Strong system design and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability
• Understanding of data modeling and query optimization
• Familiarity with search and indexing technologies
• Understanding of security best practices in backend systems

Culture:

• Work with performance-oriented teams driven by ownership and passion.
• Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• No strict deadlines, focus on delivering quality work.
• Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
• Very high visibility regarding which startups and markets are exciting globally.