Magicpin - Senior Software Engineer - Backend Development (3-7 yrs)

About Magicpin :

magicpin brings alive the joy of shopping from local stores which are the lifeblood of the economy. Our vision is to bring all big and small merchants in our local neighbourhoods online and connect them with customers to create value for everyone in the hyperlocal retail ecosystem. We are active in more than 50 cities in India with more than 6M+ active users and have more than 200,000+ brands, partners, retailers on our platform which currently drives $2B+ in annual GMV.

Backed by marquee investors like Zomato, Lightspeed India Partners, WaterBridge Ventures and many more, magicpin is well positioned to be the number one hyperlocal discovery and savings platform of India. magicpin holds a prominent position as a key network participant in the ONDC initiative, reshaping the way commerce operates in India.

About the role :

The magic at magicpin is powered using cutting edge technology built by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We are solving some of the most complex and challenging engineering problems in search & discovery, data science & analytics at a significant scale and we are growing fast. Our tech stack includes microservices in Go, Java, Python built on K8s using multiple relational/no-sql and asynchronous communication and public cloud technologies. If you are an engineer with serious tech chops and love solving high-scale, complex problems in the e-commerce space, we have many challenges for you.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you would be joining our rockstar engineers in one of our application teams.

Responsibilities :

- Craft durable, well-tested code with an unwavering focus on quality

- Guide projects from conception to delivery

- Build products, systems and services with a customer-first and an automation mindset

- Balance product features and technical debt

- Lead and participate in technical, product and design discussions

- Partner closely with PMs, Analysts and fellow engineers in driving and executing projects using the agile process.

Qualifications & Skills :

- 3-6 years of industry experience in software engineering

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field involving coding

- Proficient in at least one or more programming languages like Java, Go, Python, C++ etc.

- Excellent problem-solving skills

- Familiarity with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

- Strong engineering principles and experience in building scalable distributed systems

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with particular emphasis on technical (documentation (including diagramming)

- Have experience in Search tool, Solr, Elastic Search, etc