Senior Software Engineer

Graviton Research Capital; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Graviton Research Capital in Gurugram, India, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join its growing tech team. You will build backend systems and APIs, design event-driven workflows, and advance observability and automation across trading workflows.

You will work with Python/Go/Node.js or Rust, focusing on scalable, production-grade services and cloud integrations in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Node.js/TypeScript or Rust.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and REST APIs.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues.
• Solid PostgreSQL or similar relational databases knowledge.
• Linux/Unix fundamentals and Docker; Kubernetes preferred.
• AWS experience with SQS, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, S3 or RDS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build APIs and services that integrate internal systems, cloud infrastructure, and third-party platforms.
• Design and build backend systems that automate workflows and reduce manual effort.
• Develop event-driven workflows for alerts, health signals, and notifications.
• Build AI-powered capabilities to improve support and incident investigation.
• Develop observability, alerting, and incident-management infrastructure.
• Create self-service tooling and integrations for engineering and operations.
• Design systems that scale and remain reliable across failures.
• Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and production ownership.

Skills

Backend Dev

Python

Go

Node/TS

Rust

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Event-driven

Observability

Testing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Graviton is a quantitative investment firm established in 2014. Since our inception, we have created a team of researchers, portfolio managers, and technologists. The use of quantitative analysis and insights in financial markets enables us to compete in some of the most complex and competitive products. We have a team of passionate engineers and traders who have built some of the fastest systems for trading. We have some of the most accomplished quantitative traders in India. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer based in Gurugram, India to join our growing tech team. Further details of the role are outlined below.

What You Will Do:

• Build APIs and services that integrate internal systems, cloud infrastructure, and third-party platforms.
• Design and build backend systems that automate operational workflows and reduce manual effort for engineering and operations teams.
• Develop event-driven workflows for alerts, health signals, notifications, and operational tasks.
• Build AI-powered capabilities to improve support response, incident investigation, and operational decision-making.
• Build and evolve global observability, alerting, and incident-management infrastructure.
• Develop self-service tooling and integrations for engineering and operations teams.
• Design systems that operate reliably across failures, scale, and changing operational requirements.
• Participate in architecture, technical design, code reviews, and production ownership.

What You Need to Succeed

• 5-8 years experience, with significant backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Go, Node.js/TypeScript, or Rust.
• Strong understanding of system design and distributed systems.
• Experience designing and building production-grade REST APIs and backend services.
• Good understanding of event-driven architectures, message queues, asynchronous processing, and background workers.
• Strong database fundamentals, particularly PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Strong Linux and Unix fundamentals and experience with Docker. Kubernetes experience is preferred.
• AWS experience is preferred, particularly with services such as SQS, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, or RDS.
• Good understanding of observability, monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting.
• Strong testing, debugging, and production troubleshooting skills.

Why Join Graviton?

• Work in a high-performance, data-driven trading and engineering environment.
• Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in quantitative finance and technology.
• Competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth.