Senior Software Engineer [Backend - GoLang/Python] [India]

Responsibilities

Work with the research team to understand, refine, and prioritize requirements.

Take ownership of the data infrastructure, data pipelines and production processes.

Improve and implement simple, powerful APIs in python for the strategy simulation, data and position monitoring with a focus on speed to execution and code efficiency.

Take ownership of coding quality, test cases and design patterns.

Create a machine learning model pipelines and simulation setup.

Optimise, automate and carry out continuous improvements to the workflow whenever necessary.

2+ years of industry experience in python-based software development, financial experience is a plus.

Strong coding skills in Python including the data science stack - pandas, numpy, sklearn and an understanding of databases.

Knowledge of libraries and data frameworks to optimize strategy simulation flow if a plus.

Solid understanding of engineering and infrastructure best practices (Tests, Version Controlling, Documentation).

Basic understanding of equity markets, CFA or equivalent certifications is appreciated.

Job description:

• Develop, implement, and maintain Java application phases, code, and software
• Work as part of a software development team
• Contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code per specifications and test to ensure designs are in compliance with the specifications
• Analyze user requirements to determine how to translate into Java
• Debug and resolve technical issues
• Develop documentation to track

Technical Skill (Must have)

• Java, JSP-Servlets, Spring MVC, Sprint REST, Spring Boot
• Hibernate, Unit testing framework i.e., JUnit
• SQL, Database i.e MySQL, Oracle
• Cloud computing platform understanding i.e., AWS
• Project Management tools like Jira, Mantis
• Source-Code Control System (GIT, SVN)
• Web services
• Agile Methodology
• Web/Application Servers i.e., Tomcat
  
  

Employee perks & benefits:

• 5 days a week work culture 
• Health insurance (for employees and family) 
• Performance awards and rewards 
• Flexible work hours

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required:

• At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

Job Description:  

Responsibilities: 

• Completing all tasks set by the supervisor and assisting wherever possible.  
• Observing existing strategies, techniques of coding, debugging, testing and adopting to the same 
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure 
• Ability to work in a team. 
• Good observation skills and a willingness to learn. 

Skills: 

• Proficiency in data structures and algorithms 
• Good problem solving and analytical thinking skills 
• Knowledge of Linux systems 
• Python coding knowledge 
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming 
• Good verbal and written communication skills.  

Requisition Raised by:  

Engineering Director 

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 5-8 years of experience with software development, preferably in Agile environment.
• Advanced knowledge of in software development tools, programming languages, databases, and environments, including but not limited to:
  • Python 3.x, Django, functional Python, procedural Python, object oriented Python, Asynchronous Design, Micro Services, memcache, REDIS, Celery, ElastiSearch, RESTful web services, Relational (Oracle & MySQL) and Non-Relational (NOSQL & DynamoDB) databases, AWS.

Eximius is a micro-VC fund which invests into early-stage startups. One of our portfolio startup iTribe is looking for "Hustlers", "First Principle Thinkers", "Crazy and trips on creating products out of the box from scratch", "Outspoken", "unafraid of users ripping your product".

About iTribe: 
iTribe is on a mission to make discussing finance from being a taboo topic to a dinner table topic, which means making "Bharat" financially literate and independent. iTribe is a social network which allows anyone to discover, discuss, vet ideas and seek advice from like-minded iTribe aims at making Finance simple, witty and fun for everyone

Founded in 2021 by IIT Kharagpur alumni to convert their own journey of becoming investors into a product to help billion users. An emerging startup backed by some of the most respected investors around the world.

Responsibilities

• Craft clean, manageable code, maintain proper documentation and code integrity
• Maintain quality and ensure 100% uptime
• Create, test and deploy the applications on production servers
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies and frameworks to maximize development efficiency
• Responsible for security and data protection.

• Working alongside Product managers to architect and design new features.
• Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to launch new features.
• Unblock peers and keep all the internal and external teams informed about the progress of development

Requirements

• 2 - 5 years of experience in designing and developing Server side component (REST APIs, Micro service Architecture)
• Good understanding and strong in data structures and algorithms (Degree in computer science is an added advantage)
• OOP implementation experience with back-end programming languages (Ex: JavaScript, Python, Java, etc).
• Good to have experience with event driven architecture.
• Good understanding of databases such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• Well-versed with Software Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrate the ability to be a self-starter, learn and implement new technologies/ frameworks
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Why you should join iTribe? 

• Building a product which is not done in decades.
• Be a part of the founding team and work directly with the founders.
• Competitive Salary
• ESOPs - ownership in the company
• Medical Insurances
• Subscriptions to premium platforms for learning
• Books that you ask for
• Friendly leave policy