Software Development Engineer

About the Company: Swish Club is building the core digital infrastructure for emerging-market distribution — an AI-native platform that redefines how goods move from source to millions of endpoints. We transform unstructured trade data into live, structured intelligence powering decisions in real time. Each module — from OCR and Trade Promotions to Forecasting and Copilot systems — operates as part of a distributed AI mesh. Our systems learn, reason, and act autonomously across petabyte-scale, multi-tenant environments. We're Backed by marquee investors and founded by ex-Google, Amazon, and Twitter leaders. We’re building the operating system for intelligent distribution worldwide. Role Description This is a full-time on-site role for a Software Development Engineer (SDE 2) - Backend, based in Bengaluru. The role involves designing, developing, and optimizing back-end systems that power core features and services of the platform. The ideal candidate will engage in writing efficient and scalable code while solving complex programming challenges, implementing object-oriented programming concepts, and contributing to key technical decisions. The individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth delivery of features and services that align with the company’s goals. What You'll Do Engineering and Development You'll work on the next-generation AI Native Intelligence platform, disrupting how one of the largest industries in India. It is a 0-1 product journey, and will require good balance of speed and quality. You'll build, enhance, and maintain backend services and APIs Write clean, efficient, and production-ready code, ensuring high standards of testing, CI/CD, and security.  Implement microservices, event-driven systems, and API-first architectures.  Collaborate with product teams to integrate intelligence into product workflows.  Architecture and System Design Design and evolve multi-tenant, scalable architectures optimized for performance and cost.  Lead system design discussions, evaluating trade-offs and proposing scalable solutions.  Contribute to technical roadmaps and long-term architectural decisions.  Mentor engineers on system design, clean code, and scalable engineering practices.  What You’ll Bring 2.5-3+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems development.  Proficiency in Go / Java / Python / Node.js (based on your preferred stack).  Deep understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and multi-tenant SaaS.  Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc.) and caching systems (Redis, Memcached).  Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).  Familiarity with event streaming and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, etc.).  Exposure to AI-driven or data-centric architectures is a plus.  Ideal Candidates  Experience building in a high-growth B2C startup or 0-1 SaaS/B2B startup.  Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).  Domain expertise in AI native SaaS platforms is a plus Tier 1 Engineering College (is a plus) (IIT/NIT/BITS) High intent to work on 0-1 AI Native scalable platform products What We Offer: Competitive salary and industry-high equity. Work directly with the Engineering lead and Founders. Flexible working hours. A dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative work environment. Opportunities for rapid growth and career advancement. $1000 budget for AI tools for productivity for each person Health and wellness benefits.