Software Engineer

🚀 SDE-2 | Backend Engineering @ Porter
Build Systems That Move Cities.
At Porter, we’re building the operating system for intra-city logistics in India. Every month, our platform powers 20M+ orders, supports 500K+ daily active drivers, and solves real-world problems at massive scale.
We’re looking for high-ownership Backend Engineers (SDE-2) who want to build scalable systems, own production-critical services, and solve complex engineering challenges that directly impact millions of users.
If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love distributed systems, and enjoy turning ambiguity into scalable architecture — this role is for you.
🔥 What You’ll Do
Build at Scale
Design and develop scalable backend services and distributed systems
Drive low-level design independently and contribute to architectural decisions
Build reliable, observable, and performance-optimized systems
Solve for scale, latency, failure handling, and operational excellence
Own Critical Systems
Take end-to-end ownership of services — from design to production
Improve monitoring, alerting, uptime, and engineering hygiene
Lead debugging, RCA, and long-term reliability improvements
Drive Engineering Excellence
Write clean, modular, production-grade code
Apply strong DS & Algo fundamentals to real-world systems
Use AI tools effectively while maintaining strong engineering judgment
Raise the quality bar through code reviews and technical discussions
Create Real Business Impact
Your systems will directly influence:
✅ Customer reliability
✅ Driver experience
✅ Platform scalability
✅ Cost efficiency at scale
👀 What We’re Looking For
Must Have
2–5 years of software development experience
Strong backend engineering fundamentals
Experience building and shipping production systems
Exposure to distributed systems / scalable backend services
Strong problem-solving and system design skills
Tech Stack Exposure
Java / Go / Python / Node.js (any strong backend stack)
Distributed systems & cloud infrastructure
Monitoring, alerting, observability, and performance tuning
Mindset We Value
Strong ownership mentality
Bias for action
User-first thinking
Ability to thrive in ambiguity
Collaborative and resilient attitude
💡 Why Join Porter?
🚚 Work on systems operating at real-world scale
⚡ Solve high-impact logistics and platform engineering challenges
📈 Fast growth, high ownership, and strong learning culture
🧠 Work with smart engineers solving non-trivial problems
🚀 Significant growth opportunities into senior technical & leadership roles

Work arrangement
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