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 solid 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

📌 Software Development Engineer (Backend) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Porter
📍 Bengaluru