Software Architect - Supply

About the team

When 14%+ of Indian households shop with us, it’s important to build resilient systems to manage millions of orders every day. We’ve done this – with zero downtime! 😎

Sounds impossible? Well, that’s the kind of Engineering muscle that has helped Meesho become the e-commerce giant that it is today. We value speed over perfection, and see failures as opportunities to become better. We’ve taken steps to inculcate a strong ‘Founder’s Mindset’ across our engineering teams, making us grow and move fast.

We know how to party as hard as we work! If we aren’t building unparalleled tech solutions, you can find us debating the plot points of our favourite books and games – or even gossipping over chai. So, if a day filled with building impactful solutions with a fun team sounds appealing to you, join us.

Tech Culture

We have a unique tech culture where engineers are seen as problem solvers. The engineering org is divided into multiple pods and each pod is aligned to a particular business theme. It is a culture driven by logical debates & arguments rather than authority.

At Meesho, you get to solve hard technical problems at scale as well as have a significant impact on the lives of millions of users and entrepreneurs. You are expected to contribute to the solutioning of product problems as well as challenge existing solutions.

Our tech stack reflects the diverse requirements of our company:

• Backend: Java, Spring, MySQL, Go, Hbase,Redis, Kafka, Spark, Elastic-Search, Airflow, Presto, Redis, Dragonfly
• Mobile: Swift, Kotlin, RxJava, Dagger, MVVM with Data Binding, Mesh Design Library
• Web: ReactJS, Redux, NodeJS, Typescript
• Automation: RestAssured, Appium, Java, Jenkins, CircleCI
• Infrastructure: AWS, GCP

About the role

In the Fulfilment org, we are building systems at scale that determine product serviceability, predict delivery timelines for each Meesho package and building India's most reliable logistics service by leveraging our deep tech expertise. This space requires deep research, graph algorithms and high-scale systems to model our real world network and drive efficiency as well as re-route packages when node or transport services are disrupted.

We place special emphasis on the continuous growth of each engineer. As Architect, you will have a special role to play in technical mentorship and influence over a large number of engineers and helping them learn to make sound technical decisions team member - and we do this with regular 1-1s and open communication. As an Architect, you will be part of self-starters who thrive on teamwork and constructive feedback.

A typical day in your role would involve thinking about long term evolution of our systems, building in flexibility to support future use cases, reviewing design documents from various engineers. You'll be debugging hard technical problems, making tradeoffs on how to solve for now, while incorporating and kicking off long-term solutions. You'll help unblock junior engineers, lead exploration of new technologies and work with other architects in the company to ensure across the board we're building top-notch tech.