SDE I (Backend)

FinTech Startup; Delhi; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantbot in Delhi invites backend engineers with 1–5 years of production backend experience to join our growing fintech-focused team. You will design and build scalable services in a fast-moving environment, collaborating with data engineers and platform teams.

Required: strong Python or Go, expertise in system design and distributed systems, and hands-on work with databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ), caches (Redis), and cloud/container tooling (AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes,

Qualifications

• 1–5 years building production backend systems.
• Strong in Python or Go, with willingness to work across both.
• Solid grounding in system design, data structures, and distributed systems.
• REST and gRPC API design; microservices in production.
• PostgreSQL or MySQL with real query and schema optimisation experience.
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar message queues; Redis for caching.
• AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.

Skills

Python

Go

System design

Distributed systems

REST API design

gRPC API design

Microservices

Data structures

Tools

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Batch: 2021/2022/2023/2024/2025. Requirements:

• 1–5 years building production backend systems
• Strong in Python or Go, with genuine willingness to work across both
• Solid grounding in system design, data structures, and distributed systems
• REST and gRPC API design; microservices in production
• PostgreSQL or MySQL with real query and schema optimisation experience
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar message queues; Redis for caching
• AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
• Preferred: Fintech, wealthtech, brokerage, market data feeds, order management, portfolio accounting, low-latency high-throughput systems, audit trails