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Location: Bandra West, Mumbai In-Office Only Experience: 2+ years Start Date: Immediate Industry: Fintech / Startup Compensation: Up to 20 LPA (CTC) About MethodTech At MethodTech, we're building a technology platform for institutional investors that brings together sophisticated financial models, portfolio analytics, risk intelligence, and decision-making tools into one intuitive platform. We're a growing fintech startup where engineering, product, and design work closely together. You'll have the opportunity to take real ownership of the product from architecture and implementation to performance and user The Role We're looking for a Backend Software Engineer with strong expertise in Python to build and scale the backend systems that power MethodTech's investment platform. This is a hands-on role where you'll work directly with the founder on core infrastructure, backend architecture, APIs, data systems, and the technology behind our investment and analytics products. You'll have significant ownership over technical decisions and will play an important role in building systems that are reliable, scalable, and capable of handling complex financial data and workflows. What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain robust backend systems using Python. Develop scalable backend architectures for MethodTech's investment platform. Build and maintain APIs and services that power our frontend and product workflows. Work with complex financial and structured datasets to build reliable data-driven systems. Translate complex business and financial requirements into scalable technical solutions. Design systems with a focus on performance, reliability, maintainability, and scalability. Collaborate with frontend engineers, product, and design teams to deliver end-to-end product features. Debug complex technical issues and identify efficient, elegant solutions. Participate in code reviews and maintain high engineering standards. Contribute to improving development processes, architecture, and engineering practices. What We're Looking For 2+ years of professional backend software development experience. Expert-level proficiency in Python. Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and software engineering principles. Proven experience designing and developing robust, scalable backend architectures. Strong understanding of APIs, databases, data structures, algorithms, and system design. Experience working with REST APIs and backend frameworks. Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to break complex problems into elegant solutions. Ability to write clean, maintainable, and production-ready code. Ability to work independently and take ownership in a fast-paced startup environment. Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with founders and leadership. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. Nice to Have Experience building data-intensive or analytics-heavy applications. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and deployment environments. Experience working in fintech, financial technology, quantitative finance, or investment platforms. Understanding of financial markets, portfolio management, or systematic investing. Why Join MethodTech Work Directly With the Founder You'll work closely with the founder and have a direct say in how the product evolves. Real Ownership Take ownership of meaningful parts of the platform rather than working on isolated tasks. Build Something With Impact Your work will be used by professionals making high-stakes investment and portfolio decisions. Collaborative Culture Work with a small, ambitious team that values ownership, curiosity, and collaboration. .
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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