Senior Software Engineer – Backend

This role is for one of our clients

Industry: Financial Services

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Min Experience: 5 years

Location: Bangalore

JobType: full-time

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Backend Systems to design and develop high-performance, scalable backend architectures for data-intensive and computationally complex applications. In this role, you will work at the intersection of technology, data, and product innovation—building distributed systems that power analytics, automation, and intelligent decision-making across the platform. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver reliable, low-latency solutions that meet enterprise-grade performance standards.

Key Responsibilities

System Architecture & Development: Design, build, and maintain distributed backend services and APIs that handle large-scale data processing, analytics, and real-time computation.

Performance Optimization: Ensure system efficiency and reliability by implementing high-performance algorithms, caching strategies, and load balancing.

Scalable Infrastructure: Develop microservices and containerized applications that integrate seamlessly within cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Data Integration: Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to develop robust data pipelines and storage solutions for complex data models.

Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, frontend developers, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive and high-impact solutions.

Code Quality & Reliability: Drive best practices in coding, testing, CI/CD, and system observability to ensure maintainable and fault-tolerant systems.

Problem Solving: Diagnose and resolve technical issues, identifying performance bottlenecks and applying root cause analysis to optimize system behavior.

Innovation: Explore new technologies, frameworks, and approaches to improve system design and developer productivity.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

5+ years of backend development experience in high-performance or data-driven environments.

Strong programming expertise in Python, Java, or Go, with deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API design principles.

Experience with cloud-based deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Proven track record in database management (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and data modeling.

Strong analytical mindset with the ability to design scalable, maintainable software solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working on real-time systems, quantitative analytics platforms, or financial data pipelines.

Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Exposure to performance tuning, load testing, and system observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).

Understanding of numerical computing, optimization, or risk modeling concepts.

Hands-on experience with frontend integration using or similar frameworks.

Core Skills

Backend Engineering · Distributed Systems · Python/Java/Go · API Design · Microservices · Cloud Infrastructure · System Design · Performance Optimization · Database Management · Real-time Processing

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