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The platform replaces fragmented legacy systems with a unified solution for portfolio management, advanced analytics, risk management, reporting, and operational workflows across the wealth advisory lifecycle.\nMore than a reporting platform, d1g1t gives client-facing advisors, back-office teams, and senior leadership the real-time tools and intelligence they need to manage complex portfolios, improve operational efficiency, and make better decisions. The company is led by an experienced financial technology team with a track record of building enterprise risk and portfolio management systems for leading investment banks, wealth managers, hedge funds, and regulators globally.\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our engineering team and contribute to a large, complex production platform used by sophisticated financial services clients.\nThis is a hands-on backend role for someone whose career has become deeply Python-focused. You should be comfortable navigating a mature codebase, owning features end-to-end, debugging issues across system layers, and making practical engineering decisions that balance quality, scalability, and business impact.\nYou will work closely with Product and Engineering to understand requirements, shape technical solutions, implement backend functionality, improve existing systems, and help ensure smooth delivery from design through deployment and maintenance. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, self-sufficient, communicative, and comfortable working with large datasets and complex domain logic.\nWhat You’ll Do\nCollaborate with Product and Engineering to understand, refine, and shape functional requirements.\nDesign, build, test, deploy, and maintain backend features using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and related technologies.\nTake ownership of work from technical design through implementation, production release, and ongoing support.\nNavigate and improve a large, mature codebase with years of production history.\nTroubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues across application logic, data flows, APIs, background jobs, and database layers.\nIdentify performance bottlenecks and implement practical, scalable improvements.\nWrite clean, maintainable, well-tested code that supports long-term product reliability.\nReview tickets, provide clear updates, give feedback to peers, and contribute to strong engineering practices.\nWhat We’re Looking For\n5+ years of backend software development experience.\nStrong, career-depth experience with Python as your primary backend language.\nProduction experience with Django, or deep experience with another Python web framework such as FastAPI or Flask.\nDemonstrated experience owning features or technical projects from design through deployment and maintenance.\nStrong debugging skills and comfort working in large, complex, mature codebases.\nHands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including indexing, query optimization, and diagnosing slow queries.\nExperience building and maintaining REST APIs.\nAbility to reason about performance, scalability, and reliability in production systems.\nFamiliarity with tools and technologies such as Celery, Redis, Git, and modern backend development workflows.\nClear communication skills and the ability to work independently while knowing when to align with the broader team.\nNice to Have\nExperience with trading, portfolio management, wealth management, risk, reporting, or other financial software systems.\nExperience working with large datasets or complex data-heavy applications.\nExperience with AWS or other cloud platforms.\nExperience with NumPy, pandas, or similar Python data tools.\nBackground in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.\nWhy Join d1g1t\nJoin a fast-growing fintech company building sophisticated software for the wealth management industry.\nWork on a complex, high-impact platform where backend engineering decisions matter.\nCollaborate with an experienced team that values technical depth, ownership, and practical problem-solving.\nContribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement where your voice is valued.\nPerks and Benefits\nCompetitive compensation package with bonus eligibility.\nComprehensive healthcare benefits.\nEmployee and Family Assistance Program.\nFitness and wellness credit.\nContinuing education allowance.\nFlexible hours and purpose-driven hybrid work policy.\nAbility to work abroad for up to two months per year, subject to conditions.\nChoice of Mac or Windows equipment.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4726,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Financial Services","Wealth Management & Financial Advisors"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T09:37:51Z"}],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.39,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":93,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:20","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-27T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/d1g1twealth-senior-software-engineer-backend","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/d1g1twealth-senior-software-engineer-backend.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T02:58:27Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1836,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3164,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}