Software Engineer

Description:

Graviton is a privately funded quantitative trading firm striving for excellence in financial markets research. We are seeking a Software Engineer for our team in Gurgaon. Our Core Technology team has some of the best programmers in India working on cutting edge technologies to build a super fast and robust trading infrastructure handling millions of dollars worth of trading transactions every day.

Requirements

Contribute to all layers of backend systems including databases, APIs and applications

Design, build and maintain applications for business requirements

Architect scalable and reliable applications

Write clean and modular code, following good coding standards and practices

Troubleshoot and debug applications

Be involved in the entire application lifecycle

Collaborate with multidisciplinary team of front-end developers, engineers and system administrators

Devise innovative solutions to address new and complicated challenges

Build reusable code and libraries for future use

Take lead on projects, as needed

Work in a high paced competitive environment

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

Engineering degree in Computer Science (preferred) or any other discipline from a Tier 1 college.

3 to 4 years of relevant experience in designing and improving information systems

Proficiency in Python programming

Extensive experience working with relational databases and handling large datasets

Good Understanding of object oriented and asynchronous programming

Familiarity with front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS

Knowledge of Linux systems and bash scripting

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Willingness to continuously learn and improve

Ability to work in fast paced environment under pressure and manage multiple high priority projects

Good to have:

Experience in Financial services space/domain

Experience in and understanding of system design decisions

Experience in leading small teams or projects

Benefits:

Our open and casual work culture gives you the space to innovate and deliver. Our cubicle free offices, disdain for bureaucracy and insistence to hire the very best creates a melting pot for great ideas and technology innovations. Everyone on the team is approachable, there is nothing better than working with friends!

Our perks have you covered.

Competitive compensation

4 weeks of paid vacation

Monthly after work parties

Catered breakfast and lunch

Fully stocked kitchen

International team outing