Senior Software Engineer

About Us

We are a company where the ‘HOW’ of building software is just as important as the ‘WHAT.’ We partner with large organizations to modernize legacy codebases and collaborate with startups to launch MVPs, scale, or act as extensions of their teams. Guided by Software Craftsmanship values and eXtreme Programming Practices, we deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions tailored to our clients' needs.

We thrive to: 

• Bring our clients' dreams to life by being their trusted engineering partners, crafting innovative software solutions.
• Challenge offshore development stereotypes by delivering exceptional quality, and proving the value of craftsmanship.
• Empower clients to deliver value quickly and frequently to their end users.
• Ensure long-term success for our clients by building reliable, sustainable, and impactful solutions.
• Raise the bar of software craft by setting a new standard for the community.

Our Core Values

• Quality with Pragmatism: We aim for excellence with a focus on practical solutions. 
• Extreme Ownership: We own our work and its outcomes, fully. 
• Proactive Collaboration: Teamwork elevates us all. 
• Pursuit of Mastery: Continuous growth drives us. 
• Effective Feedback: Honest, constructive feedback fosters improvement. 
• Client Success: Our clients’ success is our success.  

Experience Level

This role is ideal for engineers with 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, particularly in Java and a good to have in Reactjs at scale. 

Role Overview

If you’re a Software Craftsperson who takes pride in clean, test-driven code and believes in Extreme Programming principles, we’d love to meet you. At Incubyte, we’re a DevOps organization where developers own the entire release cycle, meaning you’ll get hands-on experience across programming, cloud infrastructure, client communication, and everything in between. Ready to level up your craft and join a team that’s as quality-obsessed as you are? Read on!

What You'll Do

• Write Tests First: Start by writing tests to ensure code quality 
• Clean Code: Produce self-explanatory, clean code with predictable results 
• Frequent Releases: Make frequent, small releases 
• Pair Programming: Work in pairs for better results 
• Peer Reviews: Conduct peer code reviews for continuous improvement
• Product Team: Collaborate in a product team to build and rapidly roll out new features and fixes 
• Full Stack Ownership: Handle everything from the front end to the back end, including infrastructure and DevOps pipelines 
• Never Stop Learning: Commit to continuous learning and improvement

Requirements

• 4+ years of expertise in Java and good to have in React, JavaScript, Object Oriented Programming in JS 
• Expertise in object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering methodologies 
• Experience working in Agile and eXtreme Programming methodologies in a continuous deployment environment 
• Interest in mastering technologies like web server ecosystems, relational DBMS, TDD, CI tools like Jenkins, Hudson, and Bamboo, web frameworks and front-end technologies, complexity analysis, and performance optimization 
• Working knowledge of server configuration/deployment infrastructure 
• Experience using source control and bug tracking systems, writing user stories, and technical documentation

Benefits

What We Offer

• Dedicated Learning & Development Budget: Fuel your growth with a budget dedicated solely to learning.  
• Conference Talks Sponsorship: Amplify your voice! If you’re speaking at a conference, we’ll fully sponsor and support your talk. 
• Cutting-Edge Projects: Work on exciting projects with the latest AI technologies   
• Employee-Friendly Leave Policy: Recharge with ample leave options designed for a healthy work-life balance. 
• Comprehensive Medical & Term Insurance: Full coverage for you and your family’s peace of mind. 
• And More: Extra perks to support your well-being and professional growth. 

• Ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production.
• Ensuring the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns.
• Work closely with senior engineers for refining the design and implementation.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
• Assist directly and indirectly in the continual hiring and development of technical talent.
• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.
• Contribute intellectual property through patents.

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of Software Development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms and CS fundamentals.
• Strong coding and problem solving skills.

• Experience working with service oriented architectures and web-based solutions.
• Experience in eCommerce and deep hands-on technical expertise
• Experience working on the AWS technologies.
• Experience with NoSQL and relational databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working on Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban).

About SteelEye

SteelEye is a fast growing FinTech company based in London and has offices in Bangalore and Paris, that offers a data platform to help financial institutions such as Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Brokerage Firms, Asset Management Firms to comply with financial regulations in the European Union. Our clients can aggregate, search, surveillance and report on trade, communications and market data. SteelEye also enables customers to gain powerful insights from their data, helping them to trade with greater efficiency and profitability. The company has a highly experienced management team and a strong board, who have decades of technology and management experience and worked in senior positions at many leading international financial businesses. We are looking to hire a seasoned SRE to join us as we start on our next phase of growth. We have a culture of openness, collaboration, and the passion to get things done whilst appreciating the importance of a good work life balance.

Being part of a start-up can be equally exciting as it is challenging. You will be part of the SteelEye team not just because of your talent but also because of your entrepreneurial flare which we thrive on at SteelEye. This means we want you to be curious, contribute, ask questions and share ideas. We encourage you to get involved in helping shape our business.

What you’ll do

• Deliver plugins for our Python-based ETL pipelines.
• Deliver Python microservices for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Implement algorithms to analyse large data sets.
• Draft design documents that translate requirements into code.
• Deal with challenges associated with handling large volumes of data.
• Assume responsibilities from technical design through technical client support.
• Manage expectations with internal stakeholders and context-switch in a fast paced environment.
• Thrive in an environment that uses AWS and Elasticsearch extensively.
• Keep abreast of technology and contribute to the engineering strategy.
• Champion best development practices and provide mentorship.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in o Python 3.
• o Python libraries used for data (such as pandas, numpy).
• o AWS.
• o Elasticsearch.
• o Performance tuning.
• o Object Oriented Design and Modelling.
• o Delivering complex software, ideally in a FinTech setting.
• o CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of design patterns.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Demonstrable desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mature collaboration and mentoring abilities.

About SteelEye Culture

• Work from home until you are vaccinated against COVID-19
• Top of the line health insurance • Order discounted meals every day from a dedicated portal
• Fair and simple salary structure
• 30+ holidays in a year
• Fresh fruits every day
• Centrally located. 5 mins to the nearest metro station (MG Road)
• Measured on output and not input

Responsibilities:

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code

• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic

• Implementation of security and data protection

• Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.)

• Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework (such as Django, Flask, etc depending on your technology stack)

• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries

• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture

• Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Jinja 2, Mako, etc depending on your technology stack)

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3

• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance (depending on the specific project)

• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python

• Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform

• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes

• Strong unit test and debugging skills

• Basic knowledge of machine learning algorithm and libraries like keras, tensorflow, sklearn.

What will you do?

• You will be responsible for the design and development of large-scale, multi-tenant, distributed systems using scalable, fault-tolerant architecture with distributed queues (kafka), distributed caches (redis), high volume data stores (MongoDB, Cassandra, elasticsearch), container-centric deployments (kubernetes).
• Write Java codes using best practices with high quality standards.
• Participate in code reviews and deep dive into design discussions.