IT Infrastructure Engineer - DevOps

Job Description

Location : Gurgaon (Hybrid) Company : 39k Group Indias Largest Crypto Trading Firm About The Role 39k Group is hiring a hands-on Infrastructure Developer to help build and scale the core systems powering our high-frequency crypto trading operations. This is a backend-heavy engineering role focused on performance, reliability, and rapid iteration ideal for someone who wants to work closely with quants, devs, and ops to solve real-world system challenges. What Youll Do Design, build, and maintain backend services that support our trading systems and internal tooling. Develop and maintain APIs, real-time services, and internal dashboards using Python and Node.js. Architect and implement process automation across deployment, monitoring, alerting, and operational workflows. Manage Linux-based systems for trading, ensuring high uptime, real-time logging, system health, and performance visibility. Work closely with quant teams to ensure they have robust data pipelines, monitoring tools, and analytics infrastructure. Build scalable components for integrations with trading venues, third-party APIs, and time-series databases (like InfluxDB, QuestDB). How The Role Works Youll be embedded in a small team of traders, quants, and devs, with full ownership of the infrastructure layer. We believe in lean teams with end-to-end accountability you'll directly influence uptime, reliability, and development velocity. What Were Looking For 3+ years of experience in backend development, infrastructure engineering, or DevOps/SRE roles. Strong programming skills in Python and Node.js; familiarity with shell scripting and system internals is a plus. Proficiency in managing Linux systems in production environments. Experience building internal tools, APIs, and real-time dashboards. Comfort working with time-series databases and high-throughput data pipelines. Clear ownership mindset with strong bias toward action and performance. Why Join 39k Group ? Join Indias largest crypto trading firm, operating at scale on major global exchanges. Build and maintain infrastructure that powers real PnL your work matters. Work in a fast-moving, execution-first culture that values pragmatism over theory. Enjoy a hybrid work model (11 WFH days/month) and outcome-linked compensation. (ref:hirist.tech) Show more Show less