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Backend Developer - Senior Associate

acuity analytics
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Gurugram, Gurugram, India
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Job Description

Job Purpose

We are looking for a contract Backend Engineer to help build and refine analytical, data-driven web applications

and supporting infrastructure for a quantitative trading firm. This role is hands-on and implementation-driven,

working with production microservices, databases, and automated workflows.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and upgrade microservices and workflows written in Python/Pandas
  • Design and maintain RESTful APIs that serve time-series and quantitative data
  • Integrate with database storage across MongoDB, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL
  • Reason about business logic as it relates to backend data transformations
  • Collaborate with front-end developers to design APIs that provide the necessary data to the UI
  • Make informed decisions about where certain pieces of business logic belong in the stack
  • Optimize query performance for large datasets and frequent updates
  • Debug issues related to job dependency management and data integrity
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for backend services
  • Ensure system reliability through monitoring, logging, and alerting

Key competencies

Required Skills

  • Strong experience with Python (3.9+) and data manipulation libraries (Pandas, NumPy)
  • Proficiency building microservices using FastAPI or similar async frameworks
  • Solid understanding of enterprise-level data architecture and design patterns
  • Experience with both relational (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases
  • Good understanding of SQL Server stored procedures with the ability to alter or create them as

needed

  • Working knowledge of containers (Docker) and cloud platforms (GCP/Kubernetes)
  • Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs collaboratively with UI developers
  • Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and design

patterns

  • Knowledge of code performance optimization and memory efficiency
  • Familiarity with message brokers and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pub/Sub)
  • Experience with version control (Git) including branching strategies, code reviews, and PR workflows
  • Understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth2, JWT, API keys)
  • Ability to work independently within an existing, complex codebase
  • Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills in distributed systems

Nice to Have

  • Experience with financial, trading, or analytical applications
  • Full proficiency handling time-series data as well as streaming/real-time data
  • Familiarity with market data from industry vendors such as Bloomberg, Factset, or Refinitiv
  • Experience with task scheduling and orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, or similar)
  • Focus on software testing and validation, including unit, integration, and performance testing
  • Knowledge of caching strategies (Redis, Memcached) for high-throughput systems
  • Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize)
  • Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar)

More Info

Job Type:
Permanent Job
Industry:
Other
Function:
Quantitative Trading
Employment Type:
Full time

About Company

Job ID: 151635193

Last Updated: 28-07-2026 09:52:59 AM
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