About GoKwik

GoKwik is a growth operating system for D2C and eCommerce brands, powering merchants across checkout optimisation, RTO reduction, payments, retention, and post-purchase engagement. Today, GoKwik enables 15,000+ merchants globally, processes ~$2 billion in GMV, and is rapidly scaling across India, the UK, Europe, and the US. Backed by RTP Global, Z47, Peak XV, and Think Investments, GoKwik has raised $68 million in funding, including a $13 million growth round in June 2025, and is building AI-powered infrastructure to shape the future of eCommerce.

Why This Role Matters

As a Software Development Engineer - II, you'll build and scale the backend systems that power GoKwik's checkout, payments, and post-purchase products. You'll own services end-to-end, make architectural decisions that improve platform reliability and performance, and mentor engineers while driving complex technical initiatives. The systems you build directly influence merchant conversions, customer experience, and platform scalability.

What You'll Own

Design, build,



and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js and NestJS, with Go for selected services.
Build and optimize distributed systems using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Kafka.
Own event-driven architectures, ensuring high throughput, reliability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
Drive architectural decisions, document technical trade-offs, and improve system design across services.
Deliver end-to-end features, contributing to frontend development in React or Svelte where required.
Strengthen CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
Debug production issues, improve system performance, and ensure high service reliability.
Review code, mentor Associate Engineers and SDE I engineers, and elevate engineering standards across the team.
Take ownership of ambiguous technical problems and independently drive them from design through production deployment.

Who You Are

Solid backend engine

📌 Software Development Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 GoKwik
📍 Bengaluru