Backend Developer (Python)

Company and FoundersEgregore Labs ([hidden] is a financial software company founded in 2017 by Prashant Vijay (ISB, Tulane) & Hari Balaji (IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Madras) both of whom have spent over a decade each in Financial Services, with a majority of their experience at Goldman Sachs across New York, Hong Kong & Singapore in roles across Trading, Quant & Technology. More about the founders is available here and here

We operate at the intersection of Unstructured Data and Finance. We run multiple products, including Romulus ([hidden] and Robana ([hidden] - all our products work on the same underlying principles and set of technologies.

Ideal Background

At least 2 years experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python

Deep understanding of technologies used in web-deployed SaaS products, including Rest APIs

Exposure to AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers

Sound understanding of computer science principles

Exposure to any of the following

Financial services

Natural Language Processing

Robotic Process Automation

Intelligent Document Processing

Document Management and Repositories

OpportunityWe will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks. Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product

Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs

Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product

Build POCs for client deployments

Integrate our products with 3rd party products/tools/services

Document your code, write test cases, etc.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Python (2+ years)

Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps

Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms

A computer science education would be great, but other engineering disciplines are ok as well

DesirablesWe are looking for a person who has :

Resourcefulness- - we're looking for versatile developers who are good at figuring out what they need to use, learn, build, re-purpose to get the job done quickly and efficiently.

Ownership- - We like to be directive and not prescriptive in our management. We- d love for you to take ownership of what you work on, and tell us what to do, rather than the other way round.

Work Ethic- - We've grown up on Wall Street. We work hard and have aggressive goals. We want our teammates to be focused, goal-oriented, and consistent high achievers.

Execution Focus- - Our business is about getting things done and getting things done right. We want outcome-focused colleagues who can multi-task, and execute quickly and elegantly.

Interested?We are an early-stage company. Working here is not for the faint-hearted. An intense and unstructured work environment, lots of excitement, and a group of motivated colleagues are what we bring to the table. We ask you to bring your undivided attention, strong worth ethic & resourcefulness. We are Delhi-based and work 6 days a week. Currently, due to the pandemic, we are operating remotely since Feb 2020.