DevOps HFT

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 3000000 - Rs 10000000 (ie INR 30-100 LPA)

Experience: 4+ yrs

Location: Karnataka, Bangalore

Job Type: full-time

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Python Engineer to join a fast-paced and technology-driven engineering environment focused on building scalable, high-performance systems for advanced trading operations. This role requires strong expertise in Python development, distributed systems, and infrastructure reliability, with the ability to contribute to mission-critical platforms operating at extremely low latency and high throughput. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical leadership capabilities and hands-on experience designing robust backend services, automation frameworks, and infrastructure solutions that support large-scale real-time systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering, infrastructure, and trading teams to build reliable, scalable, and performance-optimized applications while driving engineering excellence and operational efficiency. This opportunity is ideal for professionals who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, working with cutting-edge technologies, and contributing to highly optimized systems in a fast-moving, innovation-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and infrastructure components using Python.
• Build high-performance applications optimized for reliability, scalability, and low-latency execution.
• Lead technical initiatives and contribute to architectural decisions across engineering systems.
• Develop automation frameworks, internal tooling, and operational workflows to improve engineering efficiency.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and SRE teams to enhance deployment, monitoring, and reliability practices.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code practices and contribute to cloud infrastructure management.
• Optimize system performance, resource utilization, and operational stability across environments.
• Build monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions to support production systems.
• Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimization activities.
• Ensure engineering best practices related to scalability, maintainability, security, and operational excellence are consistently followed.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 4+ years of strong hands-on experience in Python development and backend engineering.
• Experience working in high-performance or low-latency environments such as trading, distributed systems, or large-scale platforms.
• Strong understanding of scalable architecture, system design, and infrastructure engineering principles.
• Proven technical leadership and ownership mindset with the ability to drive engineering initiatives independently.
• Experience with DevOps, SRE practices, cloud infrastructure, and automation workflows.
• Familiarity with AWS, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring systems, and reliability engineering concepts.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and debugging capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, high-pressure engineering environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with a strong focus on engineering quality and execution.