Software Development Engineer III (Backend)

About the role

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer III to lead the design, development, and scaling of backend systems powering KwikEngage, GoKwik’s commerce engagement suite. The role focuses on customer engagement, messaging, campaign execution, automation, and customer data processing.

What you'll do

• Backend Architecture and Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Go and Node.js/TypeScript
• Distributed Systems and Event Processing: Build and maintain event-driven infrastructure using Kafka or Redpanda, including partitioning, message ordering
• Messaging and Campaign Infrastructure: Design reliable campaign execution, messaging orchestration, and automation workflows, including scheduling, rate limiting
• API and Integration Reliability: Develop resilient APIs and webhook integrations that handle duplicate events, out-of-order delivery, third-party failures
• Data Architecture and Processing: Design data models and access patterns across ClickHouse, MongoDB, Amazon RDS, and Redis. Build customer-event ingestion

What you need

• 8–11 years in software engineering
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• Go
• MongoDB
• AWS
• Kafka
• Any graduate

Good to have

• Redis
• Data modelling
• Design systems
• LLMs

What you get

• ₹35 L–₹45 L a year