Porter is building the operating system for intra-city logistics in India. With ~20 million orders per month, 500K+ daily-active drivers, and rapid scale ahead (1.5x growth expected next year), we solve complex real-world problems at massive scale, balancing speed, reliability, and cost efficiency in a highly operational setting.

Role Overview

As an SDE 3 at Porter, you will own and build large, business-critical systems operating at scale. This role goes beyond codingyou'll design scalable architectures, make thoughtful trade-offs, influence engineering standards, and mentor other engineers while working closely with product and business stakeholders.
You are expected to think from first principles, leverage AI responsibly, and build systems that are reliable, observable, and cost-aware.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & System Design
Design, build, and own scalable, high-availability distributed systems handling millions of transactions.
Drive Low-Level and High-Level Design, including APIs, data models, and service architectures.
Perform capacity planning,



back-of-the-envelope calculations, and identify system bottlenecks early.
Ensure engineering excellence across reliability, observability, security, and cost optimization.

Coding & Execution
Write clean, maintainable, and testable production-grade code.
Apply SOLID principles, design patterns, and sound engineering practices.
Use AI tools to accelerate development while critically evaluating outputsknowing when to use AI and when not to.

Ownership & Delivery
Own end-to-end delivery of systemsfrom design to production and long-term maintenance.
Drive projects with high autonomy, handle ambiguity, and deliver under tight timelines.
Participate actively in operational reviews, incident management, and system improvements.

Collaboration & Leadership
Collaborate closely with Product, Data, and Business teams to balance tech decisions with real-world logistics constraints.
Mentor junior engineers, influence

📌 Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Porter
📍 Bengaluru