About the role
You'll own critical backend systems powering Slikk's 60-minute delivery model: order orchestration, inventory, payments, and logistics. You'll build and scale Django services on AWS/PostgreSQL that handle real-time demand, hyper-local fulfilment, and high-throughput order pipelines.
Responsibilities:
- Own critical backend systems powering order orchestration, inventory, payments, and logistics.
- Build and scale Django services on AWS/PostgreSQL for real-time demand.
- Design for hyperlocal fulfilment and high-throughput order pipelines.
- Architect for reliability across dark-store inventory and last-mile delivery flows.
- Debug and own production issues end-to-end.
Requirements:
- Django (Python) 6+ years in production.
- PostgreSQL deep, hands-on expertise (schema design, query optimisation, and performance at scale).
- AWS hands-on with RDS, ElastiCache, SQS/SNS, ECS/EC2 S3 and VPC.
- Strong data structure and algorithm fundamentals.
- Good to Have: FastAPI / Flask exposure, Kafka / Redis, Docker / Kubernetes, quick commerce, e-commerce, or logistics domain experience.