Job Title
"Remote SDE 2 (GoLang) at Swiggy, based out of India - Backend Developer"
Company Details
Swiggy, based in Bengaluru, is an on-demand platform offering swift food delivery and logistics solutions. It connects customers to local restaurants and provides pickup and delivery services for diverse items, ensuring speed and convenience for users and businesses.
Job Roles & Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable backend systems using GoLang for high-demand food delivery services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs for restaurant listings and order tracking.
- Optimize performance for increased system reliability and speed.
- Manage and troubleshoot Linux/Unix-based server environments.
- Ensure seamless interaction between backend systems and mobile applications.
- Leverage expertise in OS Administration for system updates and security enhancements.
- Work on maintaining and enhancing backend frameworks to support multiple service verticals like food, parcel, and document deliveries.
- Participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality code standards.
Cultural Expectations
- Champion a customer-first approach in backend development.
- Embrace a fast-paced, agile work environment for speedy deliveries.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with humility and openness.
- Foster innovation to improve food delivery experiences.
- Maintain proactive communication with team members.
Hiring Process
Unlike the popular narrative of successful tech startups, we bootstrapped our way. This has meant that we have had to deliver value to our customers from Day 1. Our growth has been a consequence of their love for us. Not just that, it also means that we don't have any external benchmarks of success to constantly adhere to. We build for happiness. This doesn't mean that we aren't ambitious, just that our ambitions don't have to be achieved at the cost of our happiness.
Delegation is great but can be dangerous when one has no clue what they are delegating. So, each of us enjoys the process of learning new things we initially have ZERO knowledge in! This is done by doing and not just by reading. We accept that we will start by being quite shitty at it. The goal is just to be less shitty each day, till suddenly one day we realize that we are actually quite good at it :)