? 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
• Team-oriented 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

📌 Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Porter
📍 Bengaluru