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