Senior Full Stack Engineer

Location: Bengaluru

Department: Platform Engineering

MerQube is an innovative fintech firm, leading the development of cutting-edge technology for indexing and rules-based investing. MerQube offers design and calculation solutions for complex rules-based strategies. Launched in 2019 in New York and San Francisco by a team of index industry veterans and technology experts, MerQube was created to provide a technology focused alternative.

MerQube designs and calculates a wide variety of indices, ranging from thematic to ESG, QIS and delta one, while covering multi-asset, equities, futures as well as options. Leveraging cloud-based architecture and today's most advanced index-tracking technology, MerQube's platform enables its clients to bring ideas to market quickly and efficiently.

Position Overview:

Are you keen to work in an environment that’s stimulating and convivial with countless opportunities for growth and plenty of freedom to make a real impact? This could be the place for you!

We are looking for our next Senior Full Stack Engineer based in Bangalore, India. Supported by and reporting to the Senior Member of our Technical Staff, you will be joining a friendly and growing team to disrupt the Index space and participate in the next phase of our growth.

Key Responsiblities:

• As part of the Platform Engineering team, you will design, build and operate large scale services leveraging public clouds to build an industry leading platform for financial indices. The platform supports onboarding new customers, ingesting and processing large amounts of data from a variety of sources and computing a variety of financial indices.
• We are looking for self-driven engineers who are comfortable building this platform in a collaborative and fast paced environment with attention to detail.
• The Senior Full Stack Engineer will also work closely with all the functional teams of MerQube to build and improve MerQube's index computation and management systems, internal and external index management and research tools, and data dissemination systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years experience building production services using Python/Go/C++/Java
• 2+ years experience building production frontends using React
• Experience designing, building and operating complex features as part of a team.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with public cloud environments (GCP/AWS) or a strong desire and aptitude to ramp-up on them.
  • Experience developing complex backend applications
  • Experience leading an engineering team to deliver a project
  • Experience with pandas, numpy, scipy
  • Familiarity with data processing pipelines and workflows (Apache Airflow or similar)
  • FastAPI, Flask, UWSGI, OpenAPI, Pydantic
  • SQL, database design
  • Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, EKS

Our Commitment:

At MerQube, we foster a collaborative, fast-moving environment where team members can grow and expand their technical, financial, and leadership skills. We prioritize wellness, work-life balance, and offer flexible working arrangements. We celebrate diversity and welcome team members from all backgrounds, encouraging continuous learning and career growth while playing a key role in transforming the financial industry.

Benefits:

• Pay that matches your ambition: competitive compensation packages that grow with you
• Benefits that actually have your back: top-tier medical, dental, vision, and more
• Work where you work best: flexible arrangements, including hybrid options
• A team that feels like home: we're building a community-first culture
• Your wellbeing, prioritized: real investment in health, wellness, and work-life balance
• Room to grow, fast: hands-on opportunities to learn, level up, and shape your career
• Lunch is on us: enjoy paid office lunches, because great ideas flow better on a full stomach
• Time to recharge: generous PTO, holidays, and sick time, because rest fuels great work