Senior Software Engineer

Title: Senior Software Engineer – Python (Remote: Africa, India, Portugal)

Experience: 9 to 12 Years

INR : 40 LPA - 50 LPA

Location Requirement: Candidates must be based in Africa, India, or Portugal. Applicants outside these regions will not be considered.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 8+ years in software development with expertise in Python
• kubernetes is important
• Strong understanding of async frameworks (e.g., asyncio)
• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or Django for microservices
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes/AWS ECS
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP and IaC tools (CDK, Terraform)
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
• Exposure to GenAI tools and LLM APIs (e.g., LangChain)
• CI/CD and DevOps best practices
• Strong communication and mentorship skills

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 We Expect:

• You should already be exceptional at Golang. If you need hand-holding, this isn’t the place for you.

• You thrive on challenges, not on perks or financial rewards.

• You measure success by your own growth, not external validation.

• 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 You Will Do:

• Develop and optimize high-performance backend systems in Golang for trading platforms and financial

services.

• Architect low-latency, high-throughput microservices that push the boundaries of speed and efficiency.

• Build event-driven, fault-tolerant systems that can handle massive real-time data streams.

• Own your work—no babysitting, no micromanagement.

• Work alongside equally driven engineers who expect nothing less than brilliance.

• Learn faster than you ever thought possible.

Must-Have Skills:

• Proven expertise in Golang (if you need to prove yourself, this isn’t the role for you).

• Deep understanding of concurrency, memory management, and system design.• Experience with Trading, market data processing, or low-latency systems.

• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and real-time

processing.

• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

• A portfolio of work that speaks louder than a resume.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

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

• Contributions to open-source Golang projects.

• A history of building something impactful from scratch.

• Understanding of FIX protocol, WebSockets, and streaming APIs.

Why Join Us?

• Work with a team that expects and delivers excellence.

• A culture where risk-taking is rewarded, and complacency is not.

• Limitless opportunities for growth—if you can handle the pace.

• A place where learning is currency, and outperformance is the only metric that matters.

• The opportunity to build systems that move markets, execute trades in microseconds, and redefine

fintech.

This isn’t just a job—it’s a proving ground. Ready to take the leap? Apply now.

Job Title: Lead Java Developer

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 8-12 years (only)

Job Overview:

We are looking for a highly experienced Java / Backend Developer with a strong background in investment banking/trading/brokerages to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing front office and middle office systems which require high availability, high reliability and low latency/high throughput performance profiles.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 8 to 12 years of experience in Java development, with at least 4 years in the investment banking/financial services domain.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Framework, RESTful web services.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud and related services. Knowledge of Kubernetes is a plus.
• Solid experience with Kafka and/or messaging protocols.
• Familiarity with SQL databases (e.g., Postgres/Oracle).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a team.
• Ability to understand and work with distributed systems / microservices architecture.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills to interface with other technology and business stakeholders.

• Preferred Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Mathematics, Statistics or related technical field or equivalent practical experience. Relevant experience of at least 3 years in lieu of above if from a different stream of education.

• Well-versed in and 5+ years of hands-on demonstrable experience with:
  ▪ Object Oriented Modeling, Design, & Programming
  ▪ Microservices Architecture, API Design, & Implementation
  ▪ Relational, Document, & Graph Data Modeling, Design, & Implementation

• Well-versed in and hands-on demonstrable experience with:
  ▪ Stream & Batch Big Data Pipeline Processing
  ▪ Distributed Cloud Native Computing
  ▪ Serverless Computing & Cloud Functions

• 5+ years of hands-on development experience in Java programming.

• 3+ years of hands-on development experience in one or more libraries & frameworks such as Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Akka, etc.;
  extra points if you can demonstrate your knowledge with working examples.
  2+ years of hands-on development experience in one or more Relational and NoSQL datastores such as Amazon S3, Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon Aurora, AWS DynamoDB, Amazon Athena, etc.

• 2+ years of hands-on development experience in one or more technologies such as Amazon Simple Queue Service, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka, AWS Lambda, AWS Batch, AWS Glue, AWS Step Functions, Amazon API Gateway, etc.

• 2+ years of hands-on development experience in one or more technologies such as AWS Developer Tools, AWS Management & Governance, AWS Networking and Content Delivery, AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance, etc.

• Well-versed in Virtualization & Containerization; must demonstrate experience in technologies such as Kubernetes, Istio, Docker, OpenShift, Anthos, Oracle VirtualBox, Vagrant, etc.

• Well-versed with demonstrable working experience with API Management, API Gateway, Service Mesh, Identity & Access Management, Data Protection & Encryption.

• Hands-on experience with demonstrable working experience with DevOps tools and platforms viz., Jira, GIT, Jenkins, Code Quality & Security Plugins, Maven, Artifactory, Terraform, Ansible/Chef/Puppet, Spinnaker, etc.

• Well-versed with Storage, Networks and Storage Networking basics which will enable you to work in a Cloud environment.

•  Experience : 5+Years

• Job Location : Remote/Pune

7+ years of experience with Design, development & architecture.

• Experience in software development with minimum 3 plus years of architecture experience.
• Experience in Core JAVA 8
• Experience in Java J2EE, Microservices
• Experience in Java - Spring, Java - SpringBoot, GCP , Hibernate,JDBC
• Experience in Multi-threading, Performance and Scaling is a plus
• Have used the RDBMS and NoSQL databases like MySQL/Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J Risk for production ready software’s
• Cloud Native application design experience is a plus
• CICD – Release Pipeline experience
• Experience in application of principles of Architecture Design
• Experience building large scale, high performance distributed systems
• Strong understanding of modern development techniques and processes such as Dev Ops /Cloud
• Promoter of Agile/Scrum, TDD and CI/CD best practices
• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or Internet-related computer programs. (Code must be used in core version of applications available for sale commercially.)
• Interacts with Delivery managers and/or users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.
• Participates in software design meetings and analyzes user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Writes code, completes programming and performs testing and debugging of applications using current programming languages and technologies.
• Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance.
• Trains and communicates with internal Client Training, Client Relationship and Sales teams on systems application.
• May be responsible for developing or executing project plans, budgets and schedules and for documenting work and results.
• May deliver informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups to internal and/or external audiences.

• Candidates with good experience with SDLC
• Minimum 3+ years of hard core coding experience is mandatory
• Excellent hands on coding in Java, J2EE, Spring, Struts

Responsibilities

Understand systems enabling third party integration 

Translate business requirements to the APIs and SDKs exposed by these systems. Figure out the optimum interfaces to interact with these. 

Build generic connectors to interact with these technologies. 

Design, implement, deploy and maintain the connectors. 

Minimum Qualifications 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields. 

Experience needs to be around 8+ years 

Strong problem-solving skills. 

Ability to understand the technology and its APIs in quick time. 

Strong design pattern fundamentals. 

Good core java skills like Multi-threading, collection framework. 

Good communication and mentorship skills 

Ability to put together architecture diagrams and designs 

• Required 4+ years of experience in Java.
• Hands on professional experience using Core Java, Java Restful APIs, Gradle, Spring, Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Hands on experience creating/consuming web services and data Data queries in SQL
• 2+ years’ experience of working with geographically dispersed teams, that fall across different time zones
• Experience with distributed architecture including web services and technologies
• Developing POCs
• Working knowledge of JIRA or other ALM tools to create a productive, high quality development environment