
Role: Senior Software Engineer – Backend Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon / Pune
About the Role
The successful backend engineer will work closely and collaboratively with cross functional teams during all phases of the software development lifecycle.
The incumbent should be competent to provide quick solutions to problems and taking a product or a product’s component through the entire life cycle, optimize the space / time complexity and improve on usability and reliability.
What you’ll be doing:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field from top notch colleges
- 4 + years of software development engineering.
- Understanding of fundamental design principles (including MVC).
- Good hands on in AWS scalable environment.
- Experience with different RDBMS and No SQL databases like MySQL, mongo, etc.
- Experience in designing scalable micro-services required.
- Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysis.
- Proficiency in one language that emphasizes class abstractions (for e.g. Java) and have coded in it for at least 4 years.
- Excellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and work with clients with great efficiency.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills and the ability to express thoughts logically and succinctly.
- Open minded, Team builder, Good communicator and ability to lead and inspire teams.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
- Experience in dealing with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
What are we looking for?
- 4 to 10 years of hands on design / development experience.
- Tech / M.Tech Computer Science or equivalent field from a premier institutes.
- Proficient in Java OR C/C++, data structures, algorithms and OO design / design patterns.
- Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.
- Technical depth in OS, computer architecture and OS internals.
- Ability to write scalable and maintainable code.
- Self-starter and goal-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Must be able to work cooperatively within a strong diverse technical community to expedite development tasks.
- Experience in Machine Learning is a plus
PS: Code review and team leading expereince is a pluys for Tech Lead role
What we offer
- Competitive salary and excellent benefits, in a diverse working environment with inspiring and hardworking colleagues
- A positive, get-things-done workplace.
- An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
- Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale.
- A flexible working environment where you can drive your outcomes.
About us
At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18+ high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell, and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more at www.payu.com
Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce
As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment, for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.

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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 2–5 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:
• 2–5 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.
Job Description:
Look for candidates who are preferably immediate joiners and have stability in career
Skills - DS Algorithms, Oops Concept,
Job Brief-
· Understand product requirements and come up with solution approaches
· Build and enhance large scale domain centric applications
· Deploy high quality deliverables into production adhering to the security, compliance and SDLC guidelines
Experience: 5-10 Years.
Skills: Python, Django, Restfull API.
Passionate coder with 5+ years of application development experience with python based web servers.
Backend & Frontend API creation using Tornado / Django / Flask. Strong experience working with RESTful APIs.
Hands on experience with any SQL database with schema creation and SQL queries
Strong debugging, problem solving and investigative skills.
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology.
Self-starter who can work independently.
Strong consulting and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with various organizations in pursuit of problem solutions. Problem Solving Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in the Development of JAVA technology.
- Strong Java Basics
- Linux
- SpringBoot or Spring MVC
- Hands-on experience in Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
- Proficient in REST API development
- Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
- Microservices
- Java 8
- Any Caching Mechanism
- Good at problem-solving
Good to Have Skills:
- 2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced internet start-up environment.
- Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
- Understanding AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
About Quantela
We are a technology company that offers outcomes business models. We empower our customers with the right digital infrastructure to deliver greater economic, social, and environmental outcomes for their constituents.
When the company was founded in 2015, we specialized in smart cities technology alone. Today, working with cities and towns; utilities, and public venues, our team of 280+ experts offer a vast array of outcomes business models through technologies like digital advertising, smart lighting, smart traffic, and digitized citizen services.
We pride ourselves on our agility, innovation, and passion to use technology for a higher purpose. Unlike other technology companies, we tailor our offerings (what we can digitize) and the business model (how we partner with our customer to deliver that digitization) to drive measurable impact where our customers need it most. Over the last several months alone, we have served customers to deliver outcomes like increased medical response times to save lives; reduced traffic congestion to keep cities moving and created new revenue streams to tackle societal issues like homelessness.
We are headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts in the United States with offices across Europe, and Asia.
The company has been recognized with the World Economic Forum’s ‘Technology Pioneers’ award in 2019 and CRN’s IoT Innovation Award in 2020.
For latest news and updates please visit us at www.quantela.com
Overview of the Role
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code
Must have Skills
- 10+ years of experience in leading teams and delivering product, write unit and integration tests to ensure robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
- Measure and improve performance of microservices.
- Catalyze growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
- Expert level of experience in design and development of Web Applications, highly scalable distributed systems.
- Should have experience in development skills using latest technologies including NodeJS, Microservices, Elastic search, Timescale DB, Kafka, Redis, etc.
- Should have exposure in NoSQL and SQL development.
- Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modelling, performance tuning.
- Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams
- Build high performance teams and Coach team for successful career growth
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema
Desired Background
Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Applications
Experince is 2 to 5 yrs and 5 + yrs (In-depth knowledge and hands on experience on Spring Boot & Java is mandatory
Built on a foundation of AI we are automating enterprise application integration, data integration, data preparation for Analytics and bot automation. We are looking to build our engineering development center in Pune with passionate and entrepreneurial developers at all levels (Interns, Fresh Graduates, Senior Software Engineers and Architects).
Expectations -
- Have at least 3 years work experience in Java 8 or higher / J2EE Java development.
- Have experience of agile systems development methodologies such as SCRUM
- Experience in designing the solution and implementation.
- Is a communicative, positive, outgoing and driven team player.
- Solution-oriented, see opportunities and proactively proposing new solutions, speak and write fluently in English.
- Good to have certifications in Java, Spring etc.
- Experience in Java 8.
- Experience in Spring Boot and other spring framework like Spring data, AOP etc.
- Experience in MongoDB/ Kafka / RabbitMQ etc.
- Experience in REST API
- Have worked on microservices
- Should have worked on minimum 2- 3 projects
- Experience in writing effective Unit test case for better coverage.
- Experience in writing good quality code by following code quality tools likes SonarQube etc.
We are looking for talented engineers who are passionate about using software
engineering to make kids love to learn and redefine learning@home. You will
have an opportunity to work in a highly motivated fast paced environment in a fastest
growing Ed-Tech company. You will be building platforms and services to be used across
various products. You will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our
systems, our business and most importantly on the life of millions of our students as we
take on challenges that will reshape education industry. You will operate at the
intersection of diverse disciplines - Backend, Frontend, Big Data, ML, Computer vision
and various open source tech. You will build solutions for Byju’s learning Apps as well as
few upcoming products with huge market potential and are high on innovation.
We are looking for smart people with excellent coding skills and can-do attitude.
Candidates should be eager to learn, flexible to pivot when needed, savvy enough to
thrive in a dynamic environment and should possess a growth mindset.
Roles & Responsibilities
● Writes high quality code & unit tests, builds, tests as per agreed timelines
● Participates in technical design and provides estimation
● Owns one or more small to medium features
● Becomes a go-to person in at least one area
● Communicates clearly and gets clarification upfront to minimize rework. Knows when
to ask for help to unblock.
● Consistently follows and promotes SDLC best practices: Coding standard, testing,
code reviews, code comments etc.
● Exhibit strong problem solving skills, helps other developers and demonstrates
teamwork
Ideal Candidate Profile
● Understands detailed requirements and demonstrates excellent problem solving skills
● Deep understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data
Structures, Algorithms
● Excellent programming skills in ROR, Golang, NodeJS, Python
● Strong communication skills
● Strong sense of ownership, drive and ability to deliver results
● A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably
IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes)
● Experience in Golang, RoR, Unity, ML or Python will be an added advantage











