Database Support Engineer in Gurugram

Role: Application Reliability Engineer Location: Gurgaon Who we are Graviton Research Capital is a privately funded quantitative trading firm striving for excellence in financial markets research. We trade across a multitude of asset classes and trading venues using a diverse range of concepts, from time series analysis and stochastic models to machine learning and statistical inference. We analyse terabytes of data to identify pricing anomalies and drive innovation in financial markets. Key Responsibilities and Deliverables The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in technical support, with a passion for problem-solving and a commitment to excellence. As an Application Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for: Monitor production services and respond quickly to alerts, incidents, and outages to ensure smooth operation and minimal downtime. Monitor trading systems and infrastructure., Triage issues across trading support services, databases, and infra; escalate and coordinate with the right owners, and drive root-cause analysis and ensure fixes are implemented for long-term stability. Serve as the first line of defense for trading operations. Proactively identify, address recurring issues, and build automation to reduce manual intervention. Improve observability by enhancing monitoring, logging, and alerting systems. Develop and maintain operational runbooks and SLO/SLA metrics. Eligibility and Required Skills Possess a degree in a highly analytical field, such as Engineering, or Computer Science 2-5 years of experience in Python, Shell/Bash scripting. Experience with Linux and shell/bash online tools. Hands-on experience with databases (SQL, NoSQL) Strong problem-solving and analytical skills Excellent communication skills Ability to remain calm and analytical under production pressure Good to have: Familiarity with monitoring/alerting stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.) Familiarity with distributed messaging (Kafka) and caching systems (Red

Description: Graviton is a privately funded quantitative trading firm striving for excellence in financial markets research. We are seeking a Software Engineer for our team in Gurgaon. Our Core Technology team has some of the best programmers in India working on cutting edge technologies to build a super fast and robust trading infrastructure handling millions of dollars worth of trading transactions every day. Requirements Contribute to all layers of backend systems including databases, APIs and applications Design, build and maintain applications for business requirements Architect scalable and reliable applications Write clean and modular code, following good coding standards and practices Troubleshoot and debug applications Be involved in the entire application lifecycle Collaborate with multidisciplinary team of front-end developers, engineers and system administrators Devise innovative solutions to address new and complicated challenges Build reusable code and libraries for future use Take lead on projects, as needed Work in a high paced competitive environment Qualifications The ideal candidate will have: Engineering degree in Computer Science (preferred) or any other discipline from a Tier 1 college. 3 to 4 years of relevant experience in designing and improving information systems Proficiency in Python programming Extensive experience working with relational databases and handling large datasets Good Understanding of object oriented and asynchronous programming Familiarity with front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS Knowledge of Linux systems and bash scripting Good communication and interpersonal skills Willingness to continuously learn and improve Ability to work in fast paced environment under pressure and manage multiple high priority projects Good to have: Experience in Financial services space/domain Experience in and understanding of system design decisions Experience in leading small teams or projects Benefits: Our open and casua