
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Requirements
- You need to be excited about the problem that we are trying to solve
- Should have excellent command over designing systems with a minimum experience of 4 years.
- Should have experience with various database flavors and writing complex queries. We work with Postgres, Redshift, ElasticSearch, TimescaleDB, and Redis.
- Additional knowledge in Golang will be an advantage
- Strong Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge
- Should have created APIs from scratch which is being used in Production
- Should be comfortable with creating systems handling up to 100k requests per minute, and have a mindset that understands scale
- Ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team, including Product, Backend and Dev-Ops (if and when needed)
- Ability to use profiling tools well, getting to root causes of bugs fast
- Ability to pick and work on adjacent technologies if and when required (Eg: If the best performance monitoring solution needs a basic firebase setup, that should not be a blocker for you to go ahead and do so)
- Knowledge of how to set up relevant test cases
- You need to be comfortable working in a remote environment (Good internet connection and availability on phone is required)
- App Development experience
- Experience in Test Driven Development
- Ability to tell Product what creates better User Experience, ability to tell frontend what API responses will help the user get a faster load time
- Inquisitiveness to understand the system as a whole, and not only be stuck to your domain of expertise (Eg: Figure out why excessive APIs calls are being made, brainstorm with Product and Frontend team to reduce the same without harming the UX )
- Experience in working on a Social Media Product
- Good knowledge of Graphs, and their applications
- Data-Driven Approach to monitoring
Benefits
- Work timings - You are the master of your time. However, with great freedom comes great responsibility. If you have committed something to the team, we expect that you will give it your best to make sure that commitment is done and is done on time.
- Leave policy - Take a leave whenever for whatever reason you want. You don't need to explain yourself to us
- Health insurance for you and your family

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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 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 3–4 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:
• 3–4 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.
What’s the opportunity?
Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world-class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?
We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser-focused on delivering a world-class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers.
If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with DevOps initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.
Some of the tech problems you get to work on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault-tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization.
About you:
● 3- 5 years of experience
● Expertise in the following areas ○ Java ○ HTTP Protocol
● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks/products ○ Spring ○ PostgreSQL ○ Redis ○ Docker ○ Message brokers ○ GitHub
● These non-functional areas are familiar to you ○ Performance ○ Debugging ○ Log management
Nice to have:
● Familiarity with AWS
What’s in it for me?
● Great opportunity: We genuinely care about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.
● Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.
● Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.
● Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other roles you might like.
● Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.
● Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more
About the role
As a core team member in our growing startup, we're looking for an exceptionally hard working candidate who is full of ideas, accountable and has self-learning abilities and make a significant contribution to our growth journey.
Requirement:
The candidate must have at least 2 years and ideally up to 8 years of experience in an IT Product company / Startup. Must have expertise in
MUST HAVE SKILLS
Back-end development using Laravel, Lumen, MySQL / PGSQL
- RESTful API development & integration of 3rd party services (like payment gateways, Email marketing tools, SMS/ Whatsapp, etc.)
- High quality coding which can be replicated and used to scale.
- Prompt to troubleshoot and fix bugs and use of GIT
PREFERRED SKILLS (Not Mandatory)
- Experience in React.JS, AWS, DevOps
- Experience in a Product based SaaS Startup.
- Passionate about building products and features and building a product from scratch with thrust on DevOps, Web security, TLS/SSL, web sockets, etc.
- Have a good understanding of setting up & managing cloud servers like AWS, Google cloud, etc.
- Manage Key-value based databases like Redis
Additional Information
- Immediate / Early joiners preferred.
- This is a Work from Office / Hybrid role.
- Office is in Green Park, New Delhi 110016 (5 min walk from Metro station)
- BYOD - Bring your own device (Laptop)
- Candidate must be willing to work in a high exposure - high accountability Startup environment and grow significantly with the company.
About the Company
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- https://blog.hiringplug.com
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- “Top HR & Work Tech Startup” – by People Matters both in 2019 & 2020
- “10 Best HR Tech startups 2019” – by Silicon India in Oct 2019
- “Best resourcing software 2019” – by HR Association of India in Jan 2019
Talk to you soon!
The ideal candidate is a highly resourceful and innovative developer with extensive experience in the Laravel framework. We use GIT for version control and the candidate must have experience in working in a team environment using tools like Github, Gitlab, etc.
- Perform a mix of maintenance, enhancements, and new development as required.
- Work cross-functionally to convert business needs into technical specifications.
- Help with database and backend architecture.
- Create API endpoints
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in web development and software design
- Expertise in Laravel Framework, and MySQL databases.
- Working knowledge of GIT and Github.
- Experience with creating REST-based API endpoints
Founder’s LinkedIn profile
Dheeraj Pandey
(Founder, Investor, & Then-CEO of Nutanix / One of the Indian origin guy out of 10 Board Member of- Adobe / Alumni- IIT, Kanpur & University of Texas, Austin)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpandey/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpandey/
&
Chandra Nath
(Vice President- Nutanix/ Vice President, Head of International- Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd) – Alumni- IIT, Kanpur, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandranath/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandranath/
&
Manoj Agarwal
(Co-Founder at Stealth Startup, Previously SVP Engineering & GM Hybrid Cloud at Nutanix/ Alumni- IIT, Kanpur)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devreveler/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/devreveler/
- Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
- Year founded: 2020.
- Work Location: Bangalore
- Team size: 35-40 (In US from companies like Google, Airbnb, Blizzard, Facebook, Palantir, Microsoft, CapitalOne, Nutanix and Confluent)
- Funding: 50 M USD (raised the largest seed round in the history of Silicon Valley)
Note:
We already have a team of 30-35 people in San Jose, California, United States, now we are building a new team in india and they are hiring 0-5 years of rock stars from top notch colleges (Top 5 ranked IIT’s only & BITS) & companies only.
Note:
Basically, I did not have the exact JD with myself, but I can arrange an Exploratory call for you with above senior and core members of a company (Dheeraj/Chandra/Manoj).
Job Role – Backend developer.
If you think, you are one of them then please reply with your interest and we will take your candidature ahead for next level of evaluation. (No Bar of budget for strong candidate).
Looking forward to taking you to the next level of technology.
Warm Regards,
Rahul Rajput
Senior talent acquisition
Manage team of 15+ developers and growing
Ensure end to end software lifecycle operations and delivery
Build a healthy learning based dev culture encouraging individual technological growth
Deliver on the company's technological goals
Must have:
Technical Competency: Must have in-depth knowledge of core computer science concepts with
practical experience of building large scale applications. Having experience of developing, deploying
and maintaining product level Web Applications is a must
Tools and Frameworks: ROR or similar web application development frameworks knowledge is a
must. Understanding of the entire production deployment cycle including Hosting, Load balancing,
CDN etc. Would be great to have Client and server side performance optimization techniques. Also
abreast of latest developments in this space
Management: Must be capable hands on technological leader. Shouldn't shy away from writing code
and getting involved in the project. Must be able to foster a healthy learning based dev culture
where each developer feels motivated to learn and code. Should aim to build the best dev team in
the neighborhood
Interpersonal Relationships: Must be skilled enough to be part of the Senior Management team,
ideating and working closely with Managers from other departments. Building trust based
relationships with the other managers by adding value to their processes
Visionary: Being aware of industry trends and constantly moving the company in the right
technological direction. Knowing the difference between a fad and a valuable technological addition
is key to choosing the right things to work upon
Please find below the required skill set
Skillsets:
- Strong Experience in Ruby on Rails
- Solid understanding of Ruby principles and core concepts.
- Good understanding of Object Oriented Concepts and principles.
- Understanding of RESTful/ SOAP APIs.
- Good understanding of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, ReactJS and Bootstrap framework.
- Knowledge/ Experience in SQL and PL/SQL programming.
- Excellent communication Skill.
Job requirements
- A strong engineer with excellent Ruby experience working with Ruby on Rails
- Experience with Node.js
- Experience with SQL/nosql databases(Postgresql, cassandra, MongoDB)
- Experience with REST services and API design
- Experience with building the system for scale
- Experience with version control systems (bitbucket, git etc.)
- Experience working with AWS
- Experience with docker/microservices will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of unit & integration testing
- Knowledge of agile development process, jira
- Strong knowledge of algorithms and Data structures
- Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol
- Demonstrated experience working on application development projects and test-driven development. Experience in writing high quality code
- Knowledge of blockchain technology, smart contracts and cryptocurrency will be an added advantage
- Experience in fintech domain will be another added advantage
- Bachelor’s degree in computer programming, computer science, or a related field.
- Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, PHP, or Python, and operating systems may be required.
- 3+ years of experience with Ruby On Rails.
- Strong Project & Time Management Skills, along with the ability to apply these skills while working independently, or as part of a team.







