Backend Engineer

At Swish, we're reimagining food delivery by combining speed, freshness, and consistency. Our platform delivers high-quality meals, snacks, and beverages in under 10 minutes, creating a seamless experience for customers every day. Backed by leading investors and rapidly expanding across cities, we're building the technology, operations, and customer experience that will define the next generation of food delivery.

About the Role

We're looking for Backend Engineers who enjoy solving real-world problems through technology. As an Engineer, you'll build and scale the systems that power ordering, kitchen operations, delivery orchestration, inventory, and customer experiences.

You'll work closely with experienced engineers to design, build, and deploy services that directly impact business outcomes and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and business-critical systems
• Design scalable and reliable solutions for high-traffic applications
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Debug production issues and improve system performance and reliability
• Collaborate with product, design, and operations teams to deliver impactful features
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices

Requirements

• 1–3 years of software engineering experience
• Strong programming skills in at least one backend language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or Node.js
• Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design fundamentals
• Experience working with REST APIs, databases, and version control systems such as Git
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn
• Ability to take ownership and thrive in a fast-paced environment

Nice to Have

• Experience with microservices architecture
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or other cloud platforms
• Exposure to message queues, caching systems, or distributed systems

Why Join Swish?

• Build systems that power a real-time consumer product
• Work on engineering challenges where speed, reliability, and scale matter
• Take ownership early and see your work reach customers quickly
• Learn from experienced engineers while g