Software Developer

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Experience: 4 - 12 yr

Department: Software

Reports To: Senior Software Engineer / Software Architect

Purpose of the Role

The incumbent will be responsible for designing and developing robust software solutions for products in the domains of Warehouse Automation, Industrial Automation, Robotics, and IoT. The role includes defining software architecture, ensuring scalability and performance, and mentoring the development team to drive technical excellence and innovation.

Technical Skills Required

• Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying high-volume, scalable applications.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and central system architectures.
• Programming & Frameworks: Proficiency in Java 17+.
• Experience with frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, Kubernetes, and RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of JPA, MS SQL, and database modelling/design.
• Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure for cloud architecture.
• Familiarity with virtualization and containerization technologies.
• Strong skills in data modelling and database design.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices.
• Tech stack: Java, MSSQL, MySQL, Spring Boot, Redis, Data Structures, Linux, basics of Kubernetes.

Behavioural Skills Required

• Attention to Detail (Proficient)
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Collaborative approach
• Adaptability to a volatile environment
• Accountability
• Good Leadership skills

Job Responsibilities

• Understand requirements and define database and application structure under guidance of Software Architect.
• Write high-quality, scalable, and efficient code.
• Prepare Functional Requirement Documents (FRD) based on inputs from BA team.
• Guide junior and mid-level developers and provide technical support.
• Collaborate to identify and fix technical issues in UAT/Production.
• Work closely to meet project deadlines.
• Take ownership of product implementations at customer sites.
• Hands-on development for assigned modules/products.
• Handle application performance in production.
• Work with customers to understand automation requirements.
• Review and merge code changes from the team.
• Conduct sprint meetings, demos, and resolve development roadblocks.
• Optimize code for performance and efficiency.

Job description:

Roles & Responsibilities

At Dolat, code is our business, so naturally, the Core Engineering and Systems team is at the centre of what we do. Our community of developers has designed and continues to enhance one of the fastest trading platforms using the latest tools and technologies. As a Software Developer, you’ll draw upon your computer science, mathematical, and analytical abilities to develop complex and nimble code used to grow our business and increase the efficiency of the global financial markets. Your responsibilities may include any of the following, which will require you to exercise discretion and independent judgment:

 Augmenting, improving, redesigning, and/or re-implementing Dolat's low-latency/high throughput production trading environment, which collects data from and disseminates orders to exchanges around the world

 Optimizing this platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques

 Developing systems that provide easy access to historical market data and trading simulations

 Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools

 Shaping the future of Dolat through regular interviewing and infrequent campus recruiting trips

 Implementing domain-optimized data structures

 Learn and internalize the theories behind current trading system

 Participate in the design, architecture and implementation of automated trading systems while taking ownership of system from design through implementation

Skills & Experience

 A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming in C++

 Exchange Connectivity experience a plus

 Familiarity with Linux environments; Windows a plus

 High level knowledge & competencies in one or more of the following areas: TCP stack optimization Multi-core 1 machine parallelism Low level performance / cache optimization / profiling

Additional requirements include:

 Experience in distributed and/or highly concurrent systems is a plus

 Experience in low-latency systems and/or high transaction environments is a plus

 A passion for new technologies and ideas

 The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

 Experience in network topologies and protocols like TCP and UDP

About the Role

At Ceryneian, we’re building a next-generation, research-driven algorithmic trading platform aimed at democratizing access to hedge fund-grade financial analytics. Headquartered in California, Ceryneian is a fintech innovation company dedicated to empowering traders with sophisticated yet accessible tools for quantitative research, strategy development, and execution.

Our flagship platform is currently under development. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a foundational role in designing and building the core trading engine and research infrastructure from the ground up. Your work will focus on developing performance-critical components that power backtesting, real-time strategy execution, and seamless integration with brokers and data providers. You’ll be responsible for bridging core engine logic with Python-based strategy interfaces, supporting a modular system architecture for isolated and scalable strategy execution, and building robust abstractions for data handling and API interactions. This role is central to delivering the reliability, flexibility, and performance that our users will rely on in fast-moving financial markets.

We are a remote-first team and are open to hiring exceptional candidates globally.

Core Tasks

·      Build and maintain the trading engine core for execution, backtesting, and event logging.

·      Develop isolated strategy execution runners to support multi-user, multi-strategy environments.

·      Implement abstraction layers for brokers and market data feeds to offer a unified API experience.

·      Bridge the core engine language with Python strategies using gRPC, ZeroMQ, or similar interop technologies.

·      Implement logic to parse and execute JSON-based strategy DSL from the strategy builder.

·      Design compute-optimized components for multi-asset workflows and scalable backtesting.

·      Capture real-time state, performance metrics, and slippage for both live and simulated runs.

·      Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to support high-availability deployments.

Top Technical Competencies

·      Proficiency in distributed systems, concurrency, and system design.

·      Strong backend/server-side development skills using C++, Rust, C#, Erlang, or Python.

·      Deep understanding of data structures and algorithms with a focus on low-latency performance.

·      Experience with event-driven and messaging-based architectures (e.g., ZeroMQ, Redis Streams).

·      Familiarity with Linux-based environments and system-level performance tuning.

Bonus Competencies

·      Understanding of financial markets, asset classes, and algorithmic trading strategies.

·      3–5 years of prior Backend experience.

·      Hands-on experience with backtesting frameworks or financial market simulators.

·      Experience with sandboxed execution environments or paper trading platforms.

·      Advanced knowledge of multithreading, memory optimization, or compiler construction.

·      Educational background from Tier-I or Tier-II institutions with strong computer science fundamentals, a passion for scalable system design, and a drive to build cutting-edge fintech infrastructure.

What We Offer

·      Opportunity to shape the backend architecture of a next-gen fintech startup.

·      A collaborative, technically driven culture.

·      Competitive compensation with performance-based bonuses.

·      Flexible working hours and a remote-friendly environment for candidates across the globe.

·      Exposure to financial modeling, trading infrastructure, and real-time applications.

·      Collaboration with a world-class team from Pomona, UCLA, Harvey Mudd, and Claremont McKenna.

Ideal Candidate

You’re a backend-first thinker who’s obsessed with reliability, latency, and architectural flexibility. You enjoy building scalable systems that transform complex strategy logic into high-performance, real-time trading actions. You think in microseconds, architect for fault tolerance, and build APIs designed for developer extensibility.

• Proficient experience of minimum 3 years into C++ & experience using MFC library.
• Good experience into C# programming.
• Working experience into COM.
• Good Communication skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and clarify the requirements and technical issues (including client interaction)
• Support creation of high and low level design
• Development and maintenance of automation code
• Build reusable Business objects as required
• Review the automation implemented code
• Deploy the code to multiple environments phase wise
• Provides regular status updates to clients and management
• Participates in research/design/implementation of appropriate automation tools
• Develop .net libraries using C# /.Net
• Design and develop SQL scripts – Stored procedures, queries, and functions
• Perform unit testing, support systems integration testing and UAT testing
• Raise ticket and co-ordinate with IT team and CS team
• Analyze, estimate and implement special projects
• Effectively manage multiple priorities / assist with various projects as they arise.
• Accurately track, monitor, and report progress and obstacles
• Travel requirements will be modest, working hours must be flexible to deal with international time zone and key process owners located throughout the world.

Education, Experience, & Required Skills:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent is required
• 7+ years of overall IT experience
• 2+ years of overall development experience with leading RPA tool.
• Certified RPA Tool (UiPath, UiPath X, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere) as developer
• Programming experience in Java, .Net, C, C#, .Net, Python
• Sufficient knowledge of RDBMS like ORACLE / MS SQL Server and SQL tools
• Knowledge in developing & understanding excel macros codes.
• Knowledge in Power BI, Excel Macro, web forms, mobile applications are preferable.
• Knowledge of service oriented architecture is preferable.
• Knowledge in Finance & Accounting domain is preferable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Effectively interact with various levels of management.
• Ability to multitask.

Role- Software Development Engineer-2

As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, you have industry-leading technical abilities and demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge. You build software to deliver business impact, making smart technology choices. You work in a team and drive things forward.

Top Skills

You write high quality, maintainable, and robust code, often in Java or C++ or C#

You recognize and adopt best practices in software engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.

You have experience building scalable software systems that are high-performance, highly-available, highly transactional, low latency and massively distributed.

Roles & Responsibilities

You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.

You develop pragmatic solutions and build flexible systems that balance engineering complexity and timely delivery, creating business impact.

You understand a broad range of data structures and algorithms and apply them to deliver high-performing applications.

You recognize and use design patterns to solve business problems.

You understand how operating systems work, perform and scale.

You continually align your work with Amazon’s business objectives and seek to deliver business value.

You collaborate to ensure that decisions are based on the merit of the proposal, not the proposer.

You proactively support knowledge-sharing and build good working relationships within the team and with others in Amazon.

You communicate clearly with your team and with other groups and listen effectively.

Skills & Experience

Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or relevant technical field.

Experience in software development and full product life-cycle.

Excellent programming skills in any object-oriented programming languages - preferably Java, C/C++/C#, Perl, Python, or Ruby.

Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability.

Proficiency in SQL and data modeling.