ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE:
Swiggy Instamart’s Supply Chain Fulfilment team builds and operates the systems that power workforce management and pod fulfillment. These systems sit close to day-to-day operations and need to work reliably at scale while evolving quickly with the business.
We’re looking for a strong, hands-on engineer to lead technical execution across a team of 8–10 engineers. This is an individual-contributor role: you’ll set technical direction, break down outcomes into clear work, delegate and coordinate execution, coach engineers, and stay close to the code and production systems. You’ll partner with the product/business teams to understand the product features and specifications, translate them into high level and low-level design thereby facilitating the team in design and development of mission critical applications. You’ll partner with the Engineering Manager to own the team’s technology outcomes and act as the technical gatekeeper for new initiatives.
The role suits someone who can move comfortably between architecture, implementation, reviews, operational problem-solving, and multiple parallel initiatives - and who can build robust systems from the ground up.
Job DescriptionJob Profile: Software Development Engineer III (Supply chain)
Base Location: Bangalore
Years of Experience - 6 to 9 years
ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE:
Swiggy Instamart’s Supply Chain Fulfilment team builds and operates the systems that power workforce management and pod fulfillment. These systems sit close to day-to-day operations and need to work reliably at scale while evolving quickly with the business.
We’re looking for a strong, hands-on engineer to lead technical execution across a team of 8–10 engineers. This is an individual-contributor role: you’ll set technical direction, break down outcomes into clear work, delegate and coordinate execution, coach engineers, and stay close to the code and production systems. You’ll partner with the product/business teams to understand the product features and specifications, translate them into high level and low-level design thereby facilitating the team in design and development of mission critical applications. You’ll partner with the Engineering Manager to own the team’s technology outcomes and act as the technical gatekeeper for new initiatives.
The role suits someone who can move comfortably between architecture, implementation, reviews, operational problem-solving, and multiple parallel initiatives - and who can build robust systems from the ground up.
What qualities are we looking for?
B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with 6-8 years of software development experience in a product engineering environment.
Strong hands-on engineering ability and sound fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, object-oriented design, and design patterns.
Experience designing and operating distributed, scalable services; able to work through both high-level architecture and low-level implementation details.
Proficiency in at least one of Java or Go.
Practical experience with cloud platforms, relational and non-relational databases, and Linux/Unix environments.
A track record of owning systems or product areas end to end- from problem definition and design through launch, operations, and iterative improvement.
Experience providing technical leadership to engineers: decomposing work, delegating effectively, mentoring, reviewing designs and code, and helping a team deliver together. Formal people management is not required for this IC role.
Strong judgment when balancing delivery speed with reliability, maintainability, and operational risk; able to explain trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical partners.
Comfort working across several concurrent workstreams and responding to production needs while maintaining focus on the most important outcomes.
Ability to work effectively with agentic AI development tools and understand how to harness generative AI to improve engineering productivity across exploration, implementation, testing, and documentation - while applying sound judgment on correctness, security, and quality.
Supply chain, workforce management, fulfilment, or operations-tech experience is a plus.
What will you get to do here?
Own technical outcomes with the Engineering Manager: Shape the technical roadmap and architecture for Workforce Management and Pod Fulfilment, and take responsibility for delivery, quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Lead as a hands-on IC: Guide technical execution across an 8-10 member team. Break down ambiguous goals, sequence and delegate work, surface dependencies, unblock engineers, and raise the team’s design and code quality through coaching and reviews.
Build from zero to production: Turn business and operational problems into clear technical designs, APIs, data models, services, and production-ready systems. Improve existing platforms where that is the better path.
Be the technical gatekeeper for initiatives: Review proposals and designs for sound architecture, scalability, reliability, operability, security, and maintainability. Identify risks and dependencies early, and ensure initiatives have a safe delivery and rollback plan.
Stay close to production: Use metrics, logs, and traces to diagnose issues, lead technical resolution, and drive root-cause fixes-not just short-term mitigations. Improve observability and operational readiness as systems grow.
Context-switch with intent: Balance roadmap delivery, design decisions, code-level problem solving, production issues, and emerging business needs without losing clarity on priorities or ownership.
Partner across functions: Work closely with Product, Operations, Data, and other Engineering teams to understand constraints, align on trade-offs, and deliver outcomes that work in real operating conditions.
Raise the engineering bar: Champion sound engineering practices, thoughtful reviews, clear technical documentation, and pragmatic choices in tools and technology.
B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with 6-8 years of software development experience in a product engineering environment.
Visit our tech blogs to learn more about some the challenges we deal with: https://medium.com/swiggy-bytes
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.
Skills Required
- B.Tech or M.Tech in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 6-8 years of software development experience in a product engineering environment
- Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, object-oriented design, and design patterns
- Experience designing and operating distributed, scalable services
- Proficiency in at least one of Java or Go
- Practical experience with cloud platforms, relational and non-relational databases, and Linux/Unix environments
- Experience owning systems or product areas end to end
- Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, delegating, and reviewing designs and code
- Ability to balance delivery speed with reliability, maintainability, and operational risk
- Ability to work across concurrent workstreams and respond to production needs
- Ability to work effectively with agentic AI development tools and generative AI
- Supply chain, workforce management, fulfilment, or operations-tech experience
Swiggy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Swiggy and has not been reviewed or approved by Swiggy.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and recurring liquidity events are ongoing, and feedback suggests office employees value this as part of total compensation. These programs provide a meaningful wealth‑creation lever by India tech standards.
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Parental & Family Support — Gender‑neutral parental policies were expanded with extended leave, flexible/part‑time options, bonding leave, fertility/adoption support, and structured re‑entry. Feedback suggests these updates are viewed as progressive and supportive for caregiving.
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Healthcare Strength — Company‑paid accident insurance for delivery partners includes hospitalization and OPD cover with extensions to family members. This safety net is notable within the gig‑economy context.
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What We Do
Swiggy is India’s leading on-demand delivery platform with a tech-first approach to logistics and a solution-first approach to consumer demands. With a presence in 500 cities across India, partnerships with hundreds of thousands of restaurants, an employee base of over 5000, a 2 lakh+ strong independent fleet of Delivery Executives, we deliver unparalleled convenience driven by continuous innovation. Built on the back of robust ML technology and fuelled by terabytes of data processed every day, Swiggy offers a fast, seamless and reliable delivery experience for millions of customers across India. From starting out as a hyperlocal food delivery service in 2014, to becoming a logistics hub of excellence today, our capabilities result not only in lightning-fast delivery for customers, but also in a productive and fulfilling experience for our employees. With Swiggy’s New Supply and the recent launches of Swiggy Instamart, Swiggy Genie, and Guiltfree, we are consistently making waves in the market, while continually growing the opportunities we offer our people. *We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.
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