python backend developer at Wissen Technology · Pune · 4 - 8 years · ₹1L - ₹20L / yr · Profitable · Posted 16 Jul 2026

Company Name – Wissen Technology
Group of companies in India – Wissen Technology & Wissen Infotech
Work Location – Pune
While you may already know about Wissen and the company history, here is a quick rundown for you.
About Wissen Technology:
· The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015.
· Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for organizations in the Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare domains. We help clients build world class products.
· Our workforce has highly skilled professionals, with leadership and senior management executives who have graduated from Ivy League Universities like Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and with rich work experience in some of the biggest companies in the world.
· Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 400% in these five years without any external funding or investments.
· Globally present with offices US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.
· We offer an array of services including Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation.
· Wissen Technology has been certified as a Great Place to Work®.
· Wissen Technology has been voted as the Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider in 2020.
· Over the years, Wissen Group has successfully delivered $650 million worth of projects for more than 20 of the Fortune 500 companies.
· We have served client across sectors like Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Energy. They include likes of Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, MSCI, StateStreet, Flipkart, Swiggy, Trafigura, GE to name a few.
Job Description:
Experience Required: 3–5years
Job Title: Application Development Engineer (Python – Backtesting & Index Platforms)
Role Overview
We are seeking a strong Python Application Engineer to help build a next-generation Index Backtesting and Rebalance Platform.
In this role, you will design and develop deterministic, scalable calculation engines that convert financial methodologies into production-grade software.
You will work on portfolio construction, rebalancing logic, and historical simulations while consuming reference and market data from Snowflake using python as your core processing tool.
Key Responsibilities
Engine Development: Design and implement modular, reusable Python components for index construction, rebalancing, and backtesting.
Large-Scale Simulation: Use Pandas, NumPy, and PySpark to run historical calculations across long time horizons and multiple index variants.
Workflow Integration: Integrate engines with orchestrators such as Airflow or Temporal using parameterized, config-driven execution.
Reference Data Consumption: Query and utilize pricing, security master, and corporate action data from Snowflake.
Quality & Reconciliation: Build automated test harnesses to validate outputs, compare against benchmarks, and guarantee reproducibility.
Performance Optimization: Improve runtime efficiency through vectorization, caching, and distributed computing patterns.
Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with Business, Index Ops, and Platform teams to accelerate research-to-production onboarding.
Required Technical Capabilities
Python Expertise: Strong proficiency in Python application development with emphasis on clean architecture and maintainable design.
Data & Numerical Libraries: Deep experience with Pandas and NumPy; working knowledge of PySpark for distributed workloads.
Financial Computation: Ability to implement portfolio mathematics, weighting algorithms, and time-series transformations.
Config-Driven Systems: Experience building rule-based or metadata-driven processing frameworks.
Database Skills: Strong SQL and experience consuming structured data from Snowflake.
Testing Discipline: Expertise in unit testing, regression testing, and deterministic replay of calculations.
Orchestration Integration: Familiarity with Airflow, Temporal, or similar workflow engines.
Cloud Infrastructure: Solid understanding of AWS ecosystem services (S3, Lambda, IAM).
Technical Skills:
- Technical Skills:
- Python, PySpark, Pandas, NumPy, AWS (S3, Lambda), Apache Airflow, SQL, Financial Services Domain Knowledge, Strong Communication Skills.

About Wissen Technology
About
The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015. Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for organizations in the Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare domains.
With offices in US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada, we offer an array of services including Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation.
Leveraging our multi-site operations in the USA and India and availability of world-class infrastructure, we offer a combination of on-site, off-site and offshore service models. Our technical competencies, proactive management approach, proven methodologies, committed support and the ability to quickly react to urgent needs make us a valued partner for any kind of Digital Enablement Services, Managed Services, or Business Services.
We believe that the technology and thought leadership that we command in the industry is the direct result of the kind of people we have been able to attract, to form this organization (you are one of them!).
Our workforce consists of 1000+ highly skilled professionals, with leadership and senior management executives who have graduated from Ivy League Universities like MIT, Wharton, IITs, IIMs, and BITS and with rich work experience in some of the biggest companies in the world.
Wissen Technology has been certified as a Great Place to Work®. The technology and thought leadership that the company commands in the industry is the direct result of the kind of people Wissen has been able to attract. Wissen is committed to providing them the best possible opportunities and careers, which extends to providing the best possible experience and value to our clients.
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- Write, optimize, and maintain complex SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures.
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- Work with structured and unstructured data to support analytics and reporting requirements.
- Optimize data pipelines and queries for performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, security, and integrity across data platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver data engineering solutions.
- Use Git, automation, and CI/CD practices to support development and deployment.
Required Skills
- 4.5–10 years of experience in software development or data engineering.
- Strong proficiency in AWS
- Hands-on experience with Hadoop and Apache Spark.
- Good knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, including query optimization and stored procedures.
- Experience in ETL development, data processing, and data pipeline design.
- Understanding of data warehousing concepts and distributed computing.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance-tuning skills.
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Experience : 5+ Years
Industry : Health Insurance / BFSI
Location : Sector 43, Gurugram, Haryana
Work Mode : Work From Office (5 Days a Week)
Employment Type : Full-Time
Role Overview :
We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in AWS Data Engineering, Data Lake Architecture, Python, SQL, PySpark, and Apache Airflow.
The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and high-performance data pipelines using AWS cloud technologies. The role involves building end-to-end ETL / ELT workflows, implementing data transformation and processing solutions, optimizing pipeline performance, and ensuring the reliability of production data systems.
Mandatory Skills :
AWS Data Engineering | Data Lake Architecture | Amazon S3 | AWS Glue | Amazon EMR | Athena | Redshift | Python | SQL | PySpark | Apache Spark | Apache Airflow | ETL/ELT | PostgreSQL | Data Modelling | Pipeline Optimization | Production Support | Root Cause Analysis
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines for data ingestion, staging, transformation, curation, and consumption.
- Build and manage AWS-based data lake solutions using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, Athena, and Redshift.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize ETL / ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Apache Spark, and PySpark.
- Implement and manage workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow, including scheduling, dependency management, retries, monitoring, and failure handling.
- Integrate data from multiple structured and semi-structured sources.
- Design and maintain data models, dimensional models, and analytical data marts.
- Work with relational databases, including PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS.
- Optimize Spark jobs, SQL queries, data transformations, and cloud resource utilization.
- Implement data quality checks, validation rules, and error-handling mechanisms.
- Monitor production data pipelines, troubleshoot failures, and perform root cause analysis (RCA).
- Ensure pipeline reliability, scalability, performance, and compliance with service-level agreements (SLAs).
- Follow data security, access management, governance, and sensitive-data protection best practices.
- Collaborate with business, analytics, and application teams to deliver effective data solutions.
- Maintain technical documentation and follow established data engineering standards.
Required Technical Skills :
- AWS Data Engineering : Strong hands-on experience with AWS-based data engineering and data lake architecture.
- AWS Services : Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Glue Data Catalog, Amazon EMR, Athena, Redshift, AWS Lambda, and IAM.
- Programming : Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Big Data Processing : Hands-on experience with Apache Spark and PySpark.
- Workflow Orchestration : Experience developing and managing workflows using Apache Airflow.
- ETL/ELT Development : Experience building scalable data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines.
- Database Technologies : Good understanding of relational databases and PostgreSQL concepts.
- Data Modelling : Experience with data modelling, data transformation, and analytical data structures.
- Production Support : Ability to monitor pipelines, troubleshoot failures, perform RCA, and resolve production issues.
- Performance Optimization : Experience optimizing SQL queries, Spark jobs, and data processing workflows.
Good-to-Have Skills :
- Experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and Amazon RDS.
- Familiarity with dbt for data transformation and modelling.
- Knowledge of Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, or Apache Hudi.
- Exposure to Apache Kafka and real-time data streaming.
- Familiarity with GraphQL, Hasura, or similar data-serving technologies.
- Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks.
- Experience in the BFSI, healthcare, or health insurance domain.
Candidate Requirements :
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Data Engineering.
- Proven hands-on experience building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines on AWS.
- Strong understanding of data lake architecture and large-scale data processing.
- Practical experience with Apache Airflow and Spark / PySpark-based transformations.
- Strong programming, analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience handling production incidents, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks.
- Ability to take ownership of deliverables and work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Good communication, collaboration, and technical documentation skills.
- Willingness to work from the Gurugram office five days a week.
Ideal Candidate :
The ideal candidate is a hands-on Data Engineer who can independently build, optimize, and maintain AWS-based data pipelines, work with large datasets using PySpark, orchestrate workflows through Airflow, and resolve production issues in a business-critical environment.
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- Monitor and optimize application performance.
- Closely collaborate with Product Management, Research and Product Development, Quality Assurance, Data Operation and IT Infrastructure on all stages of software development life cycle.
- Having very good hands-on working experience in Python and Fast API/Flask/Django or similar Rest API based Frameworks.
- Should have worked on at least one end to end Development project from scratch.
- Worked in a team to implement features and partner with Product Owners, UI/UX Team, Architects, and QA to develop implementation plans with a focus on innovation, quality, sustainability, and delivering value to our business clients.
- Responsible for delivery of high-quality enterprise offerings within schedules.
- The candidate should have excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
- The candidate should have experience with maintenance of legacy, phyton applications and incident management on production systems
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- Good understanding of the importance of testing in software development and the usage of unit testing framework like pytest/unittest.
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- Experience in developing and managing microservices on cloud.
- DevOps, and well versed with security practices.
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- Work with Kubernetes for containerized application deployment, orchestration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Develop reusable and optimized Python code following software engineering best practices.
- Optimize Spark jobs for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Implement data quality checks, error handling, logging, and monitoring mechanisms.
- Use Git for version control, branching, pull requests, code reviews, and collaborative development.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, investigate data issues, and implement reliable solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver efficient data solutions.
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Experience : 2 to 4 Years
Location : Gurugram Sector 43
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Employment Type : Full-Time
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We are looking for a skilled AWS Data Engineer with 2 to 4 years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines and cloud-based data platforms.
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Mandatory skills :
AWS Data Lake, S3, EMR, Glue, Athena, Redshift, Lambda, RDS, DMS, IAM, Python, PySpark, Apache Airflow, Advanced SQL, ETL / ELT Pipelines, Data Modeling, PostgreSQL, Production Support.
Key Responsibilities :
- Develop, maintain, and optimize data ingestion and ETL / ELT pipelines on AWS.
- Work with AWS services such as S3, Glue, EMR, Athena, Redshift, Lambda, RDS, and DMS.
- Build and manage data processing workflows using Python, PySpark, and Apache Airflow.
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- Write complex SQL queries and perform data transformation, validation, and modeling.
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- Collaborate with application, analytics, and business teams to understand data requirements.
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- 2 to 4 years of experience in Data Engineering, AWS Data Engineering, or Data Platform Development.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services : S3, Glue, EMR, Athena, Redshift, Lambda, RDS, DMS, and IAM.
- Good experience in Python and PySpark.
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- Working knowledge of PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
- Experience handling production pipeline issues and troubleshooting.
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- Experience with AWS Aurora and API Gateway.
- BFSI, Banking, or Insurance domain experience.
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- Strong hands-on technical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working on real-time or batch-based production data pipelines.
- Good understanding of data processing, transformation, and storage concepts.
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and work independently.
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
Note : Candidates with strong practical experience in AWS Data Lake, PySpark, Airflow, Python, and SQL will be preferred. Real-world project experience is more important than theoretical knowledge or certifications.
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- Design, develop, and maintain scalable AWS-based data lake platforms and end-to-end data pipelines.
- Build data ingestion, staging, transformation, curated, and consumption layers using AWS services.
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- Work with Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Glue Data Catalog, Amazon Athena, and Amazon Redshift for data storage, cataloging, processing, and analytics.
- Develop efficient SQL queries and implement data modeling strategies for enterprise reporting and analytics.
- Build and support data-serving solutions using Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and PostgreSQL-based platforms.
- Monitor pipeline performance, troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and ensure data pipeline SLAs.
- Implement data security, access controls, PII protection, and governance best practices across the platform.
- Optimize data processing performance, query execution, storage utilization, and AWS infrastructure costs.
- Collaborate with application, analytics, and business teams to deliver reliable and scalable data solutions.
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- AWS Data Services : Amazon S3, EMR, Glue, Athena, Redshift, DMS, Lambda, RDS, and IAM.
- Data Engineering : Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining enterprise data lake platforms.
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- Database & SQL : Advanced SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
- Data Architecture : Experience with data ingestion, staging, transformation, curated layers, and consumption architecture.
- Production Support : Pipeline monitoring, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and SLA management.
- API / Data Serving : Experience with Hasura or a similar GraphQL-based data-serving layer integrated with PostgreSQL.
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- Experience with dbt for data transformation and modeling.
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