Test Engineer

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.

• Core Java: advanced level competency, should have worked on projects with core Java development.

• Linux shell : advanced level competency, work experience with Linux shell scripting, knowledge and experience to use important shell commands

• Rdbms, SQL: advanced level competency, Should have expertise in SQL query language syntax, should be well versed with aggregations, joins of SQL query language.

• Data structures and problem solving: should have ability to use appropriate data structure.

• AWS cloud : Good to have experience with aws serverless toolset along with aws infra

• Data Engineering ecosystem : Good to have experience and knowledge of data engineering, ETL, data warehouse (any toolset)

• Hadoop, HDFS, YARN : Should have introduction to internal working of these toolsets

• HIVE, MapReduce, Spark: Good to have experience developing transformations using hive queries, MapReduce job implementation and Spark Job Implementation. Spark implementation in Scala will be plus point.

• Airflow, Oozie, Sqoop, Zookeeper, Kafka: Good to have knowledge about purpose and working of these technology toolsets. Working experience will be a plus point here.

Hardware person need to know

1. Latest and old Windows Operating System
2. Linux(ubuntu, centos, others) Operating System
3. Installation of windows and Linux operating system
4. Networking knowledge
5. LAN, Router, Switch configuration and installation
6. Knowledge of computer hardware as like RAM, HardDisk, Motherboard, SMPS, and other parts
7. Knowledge of repairing and replacing of hardware of both desktop and laptop
8. knowledge of installation of different software for both Linux and Windows operating system

Summary:

The Learner Company is an education start-up that designs personalized learning experiences by integrating them with the best of what technology offers. We are currently building an online learning engine to host adaptive online courses, simulations, and multiplayer games for institutional partners. We are now in the software development stage of the project.

We are looking for a full-stack developer to join our development team. The developer will be responsible for the overall development and implementation of front and back-end software applications. Their responsibilities will extend from designing system architecture to high-level programming, performance testing, and systems integration.

We are looking for an individual who is optimistic about technology and people, is open to and excited by new ideas, and considers themselves a life-long learner.

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects.
• Designing software system architecture.
• Completing data structures and design patterns.
• Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs.
• Developing and maintaining internal software tools.
• Writing low-level and high-level code.
• Troubleshooting and bug fixing.
• Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.
• Collaborating with the design team on developing micro-services.
• Writing technical documents.

Required Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science.
• Previous experience as a full stack engineer.
• Advanced knowledge of front-end languages including HTML5, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, C++, JQuery, React.js and Next.js.
• Knowledge of relational database systems and SQL.
• Familiarity with AWS architecture and working knowledge of services like S3, SES, EC2, RDS and more.
• Proficient in back-end languages including Java, Python, Rails, Ruby, .NET, and PHP.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Notion, Veed.io, Linear, Intercom, Plateau, and Miro.
• A strong belief that a team as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organization skills
  
  

Experience Needed: 2+ Years

Location: Bengaluru

• Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects.
• Designing software system architecture.
• Completing data structures and design patterns.
• Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs.
• Developing and maintaining internal software tools.
• Writing low-level and high-level code.
• Troubleshooting and bug fixing.
• Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.
• Collaborating with the design team on developing micro-services.
• Writing technical documents.

Relevant experience: 2-3 years

Responsibilities:

1. Should be good at, C, C++, Linux driver development
2. Should have worked in protocol like i2S, SPI, i2C. rf, 6lowpan, Tcp / Ip stack etc..
3. Experience in porting MbedOS , FreeRTOS to different boards is good.
4. Analyzing and enhancing efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources
5. Design, develop, code, test and debug system software
6. Provide post production support
7. Interface with hardware design and development

Requirements:

1. Proven working experience in software engineering
2. Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets
3. Solid programming experience in C or C++
4. Adequate knowledge of reading schematics and data sheets for components
5. Strong documentation and writing skills

Note: Self-motivated, goal oriented and good analytical skills.