Senior Backend Engineer - Python / Django

WHO WE ARE :TIFIN is a fintech platform backed by industry leaders including JP Morgan, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Franklin Templeton, Motive Partners and a who's who of the financial service industry. We are creating engaging wealth experiences to better financial lives through AI and investment intelligence powered personalization.

We are working to change the world of wealth in ways that personalization has changed the world of movies, music and more but with the added responsibility of delivering better wealth outcomes.

We use design and behavioral thinking to enable engaging experiences through software and application programming interfaces (APIs).

We use investment science and intelligence to build algorithmic engines inside the software and APIs to enable better investor outcomes.In a world where every individual is unique, we match them to financial advice and investments with a recognition of their distinct needs and goals across our investment marketplace and our advice and planning divisions.

OUR VALUES :

- Go with your GUT- Grow at the Edge. - We are driven by personal growth.

- We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside to find our genius zones.

- With self-awareness and integrity we strive to be the best we can possibly be. - No excuses.

- Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth.

- We value transparency.

- We communicate with radical candor, authenticity and precision to create a shared understanding.

- We challenge, but once a decision is made, commit fully.

- I Win for Teamwin.

- We believe in staying within our genius zones to succeed and we take full ownership of our work.

- We inspire each other with our energy and attitude.

- We fly in formation to win together.As part of TIFIN's technology division, you will play a critical role in enabling the company's growth by developing highly scalable applications that provide practical solutions to clients in the financial services- domain.

You will design, build, test, and maintain scalable and stable-the-shelf applications or custom-built technology solutions to meet business needs.

Responsibilities :

- Contribute to the entire implementation process including driving the definition of improvements based on business needs and architectural improvements.

- Review code for quality and implementation of best practices.

- Promote coding, testing, and deployment best practices through hands-on research and demonstration.

- Write testable code that enables extremely high levels of code coverage.

- Ability to review frameworks and design principles toward suitability in the project context.

- Candidates who will demonstrate an ability to identify an opportunity lay out a rational plan for pursuing that opportunity, and see it through to completion.

Requirements :

- Engineering graduate with 5-9 years of experience in software product development.

- Proficient in Python, Django, Pandas, GitHub, and AWS.

- Good knowledge of PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

- Strong Experience in designing REST APIs.

- Experience with working on scalable interactive web applications.

- A clear understanding of software design constructs and their implementation.

- Understanding of the threading limitations of Python and multi-process architecture.

- Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.

- Good understanding of Test Driven Development.

- Unit and Integration testing.

- Preferred exposure to Finance domain.

- Strong written and oral communication skills.

Compensation and Benefits Package :

- Competitive compensation with a discretionary annual bonus.

- Performance-linked variable compensation.

- Medical insurance.

A note on location : While we have team centres in Boulder, New York City, San Francisco, Charlotte, and Bangalore, this role is based out of Mumbai.TIFIN is an equal-opportunity workplace, and we value diversity in our workforce.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any discrimination