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Staff Engineer

GoKwik

Gurugram, India • Onsite - Gurugram, India • Full-Time • 8-12 years

Posted 2026-06-29 INR 7,000,000 - INR 9,000,000 per year Tech & Engg

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Job Description

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

GoKwik seeks a Staff Engineer to define and scale high‑throughput checkout, payments, and merchant systems. You will own architecture, reliability, and AI‑native engineering practices that serve millions of shoppers worldwide.

Role Snapshot

  • Architect high‑scale checkout & payments platforms
  • Lead AI‑native system design and delivery
  • Own production reliability, observability, and incident response
  • Set multi‑quarter technical vision and roadmap
  • Collaborate with product, business, and merchant success teams

Must-Have Requirements

  • Distributed systems design
  • Backend development (Go/Java/Node.js/Python)
  • Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and Kubernetes
  • Relational/NoSQL databases, Kafka/SQS, Redis
  • Observability stacks
  • AI/GenAI production (LLM, RAG, embeddings, vector DB)
  • hands‑on engineering at scale
  • distributed systems
  • AI/GenAI production

Nice-to-Have Signals

  • AI tooling familiarity (Cursor, Codex, Claude)

Work Setup

  • Location: Gurugram, India
  • Work mode: ONSITE
  • Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

  • Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

  • Visa sponsorship
  • Salary range
  • Remote eligibility
  • Relocation
  • Notice period
  • Coding test
  • Portfolio
  • GitHub
  • Writing sample
  • Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

  • Design and build distributed, high‑throughput systems for checkout, payments, and merchant experiences
  • Define and drive multi‑quarter architectural vision, including service decomposition and latency reduction
  • Implement AI‑powered workflows such as LLM‑driven agents, copilots, and intelligent merchant tools
  • Establish and maintain observability, SLOs, and post‑mortem processes for critical services
  • Lead by example with hands‑on coding, rigorous design reviews, and mentorship of engineering peers
  • Partner with product, business, and merchant success teams to translate business problems into scalable technical solutions

Good Fit If You Have

  • Experience in fintech, payments, eCommerce, or SaaS domains
  • Hands‑on work shipping GenAI or LLM‑powered production systems
  • Familiarity with AI tooling such as Cursor, Codex, or Claude
  • Strong ownership mindset and proven production‑scale operations

Skills

  • Distributed systems design
  • Backend development (Go/Java/Node.js/Python)
  • Cloud platforms & container orchestration (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes)
  • Data stores & messaging (relational, NoSQL, Kafka/SQS, Redis)
  • Observability, SLOs & monitoring
  • AI/GenAI engineering (LLM, RAG, embeddings, vector DB)
  • Scalable infrastructure & latency reduction
  • Production reliability & incident management