About this role
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Senior Software Engineer (Data)
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## About Wishlink
Wishlink is building the future of creator-led shopping. We help users discover and buy products through content creators they trust, sitting at the intersection of e-commerce and social media. In just 4 years, we've grown to 900k users daily, Rs 300cr+ monthly GMV, 30,000+ creators, and 200+ brand partners .
## Team and Investors
We’re 3 founders, Chandan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandan-yadav-1011/) , Shaurya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptashaurya/) , and Divyansh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyansh-ameta-9b8430103/) , with a shared passion to solve real-world problems at scale and consume content for hours. We started Wishlink in January 2022 and are based out of Gurugram. We have recently raised a series B round of $17.5M in February 2026 , backed by leading global investors including Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India, Fundamentum, and Elevation Capital.
## Why Join Us?
Our team includes alumni from IITs, IIMs, and top tech companies , and we move fast while having a LOT of fun! We work with brands like Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Nykaa, Ajio, H&M, and many more. At Wishlink, you get to work in a fast emerging consumer-tech startup and play an integral part in building the creator-enabled eCommerce space.
What would you be doing?
- Watch Reels and YouTube videos every day & level up on your fashion sense!
- This is a hands-on engineering role where you will actively build, write production code and not just manage or delegate.
- Architect, build, and optimize data pipelines from event collection to storage and serving, owning the end-to-end data lifecycle with high reliability and performance.
- Lay the foundational groundwork for a self-serve analytics platform where product and business teams can independently derive insights with minimal engineering dependency.
- Build observability systems that proactively surface pipeline failures, data staleness, and anomalies before they impact stakeholders.
- Evaluate and implement AI-native approaches (LLM-assisted quality checks, automated monitoring, natural language access) where they deliver practical improvements.
- Work closely with analytics and product teams to translate complex data requirements into well-scoped engineering execution.
- While your initial focus will be on data infrastructure, there is a clear path to owning broader platform challenges as the team grows.
- Navigate our current stack: Spark, Databricks, Delta Lake (Medallion architecture), BigQuery, Airbyte, and Power BI.
What are we looking for?
- If you are a content creator yourself or have worked closely in the social media space, we like you already :)
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years deeply involved in scaling data infrastructure. You identify as a strong software engineer first, not just an operator of ETL tools.
- Strong foundation in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), paired with a deep understanding of modern data concepts like Lakehouse architectures, data modeling, and batch/streaming processing.
- You care about data quality and reliability as measurable outcomes: pipeline freshness SLAs, schema drift detection, row-count anomalies, and query performance. You've built or operated systems that track these.
- Proven ability to guide peers on engineering best practices, code quality, and scalable system design through code reviews and architecture discussions, without needing formal authority.
- Strong communication skills. You can translate between data engineering and business/analytics stakeholders, making complex tradeoffs understandable to non-technical teams.
Good to Have
- Experience with CDC pipelines and streaming ingestion tools like Debezium, Kafka connectors, or Airbyte.
- Hands-on experience with data partitioning, sharding strategies, and columnar databases like BigQuery for analytical workloads.
- Familiarity with BI tooling and building data models that serve non-technical users directly.
## Perks and Benefits
We are committed to providing the best environment for you to thrive in. To help with this, we have the following benefits available for all our employees.
- Competitive Salary, Generous ESOPs, and Relocation Bonus
- Learning & Development Programs
- Company sponsored newsletters and books
- Subscription to AI tools
- Regular Team Outings
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## Experience Wishlink
Explore our Creator App: iOS (https://apps.apple.com/in/app/wishlink-creator/id6458532575) | Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wishlink.creator) Explore our Shopping App: iOS (https://apps.apple.com/in/app/wishlink-online-shopping-app/id6497169655) | Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wishlink.userapp) LinkedIn: Wishlink (http://linkedin.com/company/shop-wishlink/)
## Founders
Shaurya Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptashaurya/) - Founder & CEO Divyansh Ameta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyansh-ameta-9b8430103/) - Founder & COO Chandan Yadav (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandan-yadav-1011/) - Founder & CTO
## Engineering Team
Anuj Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuj3918/) Shantanu Verma (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantanuv12/) Manav Rao (https://www.linkedin.com/in/manav-rao/) Arjun Salyan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunsalyan/) Amit Jonwal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-jonwal-b05795137/) Dipendra Singh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dipendra-singh-6605b0109/) Navneet Kumar