ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE:
At Swiggy, SDE III(s) play an integral role in owning end-to-end Design/Architecture of complex systems.They co-own the technology vision of the respective team and significantly contribute to the overall success of the team. They 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.
Job Description
What qualities are we looking for?
*Proficient understanding of Web Fundamentals - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
*Proficient understanding of CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS or CSS in JS
*Proficient understanding of at least one modern UI framework React (preferred), Vue, Angular, or similar; experience with TypeScript is expected
*Experience with modern state and data-fetching patterns TanStack Query, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, or m equivalent and monorepo tooling (Turborepo, Nx, pnpm workspaces)
*Experience with Webpack, Vite, TurboRepo, npm/pnpm, and CI/CD pipelines.
*Sound knowledge of design patterns and practices for writing clean, linted, maintainable and reusable code.
*Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, micro-frontends, and server-side rendering (SSR) vs. static site generation (SSG).
*Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
*Strong grasp of performance engineering Core Web Vitals, bundle budgets, rendering performance — and accessibility (WCAG) as first-class requirements
*Experience with TDD and unit/integration testing libraries (Vitest, Jest, Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress)
*Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) — not just autocomplete-level usage, but agentic workflows for large refactors, test generation, and code migration
*Strong judgment in reviewing and hardening AI-generated code: catching hallucinated APIs, security issues, subtle correctness bugs, and architectural drift
*Ability to establish AI usage practices for a team prompt/context conventions, guardrails, tool evaluation, and mentoring engineers on effective and safe AI workflows
What will you get to do here?
*Own end-to-end frontend architecture decisions rendering strategy, module boundaries, design systems for complex, high-scale consumer products.
*Enable best practices to help the team achieve their technical tasks and continually thrive in improving the technology of the product/team.
*Lead the team's adoption of AI tooling: define usage guidelines, evaluate new tools, and raise the bar for how AI-assisted code is reviewed and verified.
*Develop user-facing features and apps, using AI tooling to move fast without compromising on quality.
*Build reusable code, libraries, and design systems for future use.
*Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs, using AI prototyping tools to explore and validate ideas quickly
*Be extremely detail oriented to strive for pixel-perfect implementation across devices and viewports.
*Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability, with measurable performance budgets.
*Understand the internals of third-party libraries being used, and know when to build vs. adopt
*Own end-to-end frontend architecture decisions rendering strategy, module boundaries, design systems for complex, high-scale consumer products.
*Enable best practices to help the team achieve their technical tasks and continually thrive in improving the technology of the product/team.
Additional Information
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
- Proficient understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript web fundamentals
- Proficient understanding of CSS preprocessors such as LESS and SASS or CSS-in-JS
- Experience with at least one modern UI framework, such as React, Vue, or Angular
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with modern state and data-fetching patterns, such as TanStack Query, Redux Toolkit, or Zustand
- Experience with monorepo tooling such as Turborepo, Nx, or pnpm workspaces
- Experience with Webpack, Vite, TurboRepo, npm or pnpm, and CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of design patterns and practices for clean, linted, maintainable, reusable code
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, micro-frontends, SSR, and SSG
- Understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and mitigation techniques
- Knowledge of frontend performance engineering, Core Web Vitals, bundle budgets, rendering performance, and WCAG accessibility
- Experience with TDD and unit or integration testing libraries including Vitest, Jest, Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows
- Ability to review and harden AI-generated code for API hallucinations, security issues, correctness bugs, and architectural drift
- Ability to establish AI usage practices, guardrails, tool evaluation, and mentoring for engineering teams
- Ability to own end-to-end frontend architecture decisions for complex, high-scale consumer products
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.
