Why This Role Matters
What You'll Own
- Build, maintain, and optimize backend services using Node.js and NestJS, with exposure to Go as part of the engineering stack.
- Develop scalable APIs and backend systems using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
- Contribute to event-driven architectures using Kafka and collaborate with senior engineers on distributed systems.
- Ship end-to-end features, including frontend contributions using React and Svelte when required.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code while participating in peer code reviews.
- Debug production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term solutions.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and deployments on AWS.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality product experiences.
Who You Are
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and NestJS.
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Exposure to Go, Redis, or Kafka is an advantage.
- Comfortable contributing across the stack, including frontend technologies like React or Svelte.
- Curious, proactive, and eager to learn while taking ownership of engineering challenges.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Why GoKwik
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
- Hands-on experience with Node.js and NestJS
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and cloud deployments
- Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure
- Ability to debug production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term fixes
- Exposure to Go, Redis, or Kafka
- Comfortable contributing across the stack, including frontend technologies like React or Svelte
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and participate in peer code reviews
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in fast-paced collaborative environments
What We Do
GoKwik is a data & technology led enabler, building a full-stack solution suite for eCommerce and D2C brands to help them unlock business growth. Embarked on a mission to democratise the shopping experience, GoKwik enables eCommerce brands to deliver superlative customer experience across the shopping funnel thereby boosting conversion rates and revenue growth. It also solves for other critical pain points of the industry such as COD RTO (Return to Origin) and helps brands manage the RTO problem while offering COD as a payment channel. With its recent addition of a third product: KwikChat, GoKwik is solving for low ROIs on marketing campaigns through 30+ Whatsapp use cases such as abandoned cart recovery, click to whatsapp ad campaigns & headless checkout. 1 in 3 shoppers is already shopping on the GoKwik network that has helped 500+ brands scale their businesses with higher GMV realisation & profit margins. It is helmed by Chirag Taneja (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer), Vivek Bajpai (Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer), and Ankush Talwar (Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist). GoKwik is backed by investors such as Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners India, RTP Global & Think Investments. GoKwik's team has deep knowledge in the space of eCommerce with people having previous experience in Flipkart, Razorpay, Swiggy, Myntra, Nykaa, and more.
