Software Engineer - Python
First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026.
About StrideOne :
StrideOne is a unified tech-enabled financial platform and NBFC focused on enabling MSMEs and SMEs through structured credit solutions, receivables financing, and receivables management. We are designed to simplify access to capital, improve cash flow visibility, and support risk-aware financial decision-making for growing businesses across industries. With a steadily growing disbursement footprint, an expanding anchor network, and established partnerships with multiple lending institutions, StrideOne is entering its next phase of growth. The organisation is building a financial ecosystem that combines lending, receivables management, and data-driven workflows, positioning itself to scale sustainably while maintaining strong governance, portfolio quality, and operational discipline.
Role Overview :
We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer with strong experience in Python/Django, backend architecture and cloud-based applications. The role involves owning key modules, contributing to architecture decisions, and building secure, high-performance systems.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design and develop scalable, secure and reliable backend applications and APIs.
- Own key modules from technical design through development and deployment.
- Build and maintain microservices and multi-tenant architectures with appropriate data isolation.
- Drive performance optimization across applications, databases and infrastructure.
- Implement secure coding practices, authentication, authorization and access controls.
- Work with cloud infrastructure, monitoring, logging and CI/CD to ensure reliable production systems.
- Troubleshoot production issues and drive root-cause resolution.
Requirements :
- 4 - 5 years of backend/software engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python + Django/FastAPI.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, relational databases and backend architecture.
- Experience with microservices/distributed systems and scalable application design.
- Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP.
- Good understanding of application and cloud security.
- Experience with performance optimization, caching and database optimization.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Skills
Python, Django, FastAPI, RESTful API, AWS, Cloud, Microservices Architecture, Distributed Systems