Software Development Engineer II

About the role

Swiggy’s Central AI team is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to embed within product domains such as Instamart, Food, Dineout and Customer Support. You will work in small, cross‑functional pods to design, build and ship AI‑driven agents that solve high‑impact operational problems, from demand forecasting to automated catalog onboarding.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deploy prediction agents for availability, inventory and demand forecasting across Swiggy’s supply‑chain.
• Build and maintain MCP servers that connect AI models to Swiggy’s operational systems.
• Create evaluation frameworks that measure AI impact in production and iterate on them.
• Develop reusable skills, sub‑agent libraries and orchestration patterns for other teams to consume.
• Collaborate with business owners, attend stand‑ups, map workflows and identify the highest‑leverage AI problems.
• Package successful solutions into playbooks and skill modules for broader platform use.

Required profile

• 3‑5 years of professional software development experience.
• Proven track record of shipping AI‑enabled systems that moved a real business metric.
• Ability to translate prototype models into production‑ready services that meet latency and cost constraints.
• First‑principles thinker who can re‑imagine existing workflows in an AI‑native way.

Required skills

• Experience with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor or Codex.
• Strong background in building agentic AI architectures, context engineering and tool integration.
• Proficiency in designing evaluation frameworks and production monitoring for AI models.