Software Engineer III

Responsibilities

• As a Software Engineer III , you will have clear ownership over features, with opportunities to contribute across the stack:
• Own and deliver small to medium-sized backend features end-to-end: From technical discovery and design through implementation, testing, deplo yment and iteration
• Take technical ownership of one or more non‑critical backend services or components: Ensuring they remain reliable, maintainable, well‑documented, and easy to extend.
• Write clean, modular, testable code: Primarily in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and Python, while contributing to frontend code when needed to support full‑stack feature delivery.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of our APIs: Including GraphQL and REST endpoints that power frontend and partner‑facing applications, following established architectural patterns and best practices.
• Ensure strong observability and operational health of owned services: Through logging, monitoring, alerting, and contributing to root‑cause analysis and follow‑through improvements.
• Actively participate in technical discussions: Bringing thoughtful perspectives that balance simplicity, long‑term maintainability, and performance as you deepen your understanding of Perch's systems.
• Support team productivity through high‑quality code reviews and collaboration: Sharing context, helping unblock others, and contributing to a strong engineering culture.
• Design and build scalable, resilient backend systems using Ruby on Rails, Python and PostgreSQL
• Contribute to implementation of complex features and integrations, including external systems such as Salesforce
• Take technical design decisions independently for your features
• Own and evolve GraphQL services that power frontend and partner-facing applications
• Improve system reliability through testing, monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices
• Ship production-ready code frequently using a modern CI/CD pipeline
• Review code and designs with a strong focus on maintainability, performance, and long-term impact
• What will help you succeed
• Experience & leadership
• 4+ years of experience building and operating high-availability backend systems
• Demonstrated experience delivering backend features and owning systems
• Strong fundamentals in system design, API design, and data modelling
• Ability to clearly communicate technical decisions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Actively represent engineering team in key discussions with US stakeholders
• Proven experience mentoring junior engineers and raising the technical bar of a team
• Comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces and iterating toward robust solutions
• Backend & infrastructure
• Strong experience with Python or Ruby, including proficiency in at least one web framework:
• Ruby on Rails
• FastAPI, Django or Flask
• Working knowledge of ReactJS , with the ability to contribute to frontend components to support full‑stack delivery
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as S3, SQS, SES, EventBridge, or similar cloud-native services.
• Containerization using Docker
• Exposure to distributed systems or platform engineering
• Familiarity with background jobs, async processing, and event-driven workflows
• Bonus points for
• Experience integrating with Salesforce or other enterprise platforms
• Experience designing and owning GraphQL APIs (Apollo or similar)
• Strong opinions (loosely held) on backend architecture, scalability, and system design
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering -such as using modern AI tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or exploring LLM-based workflows in backend systems
• Familiarity with observability and distributed tracing tools such as OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus, or similar
• Experience with container orchestration and deployment using Kubernetes and Helm charts
• Passion for sustainability, clean energy, and

Requirements

• This role is fully remote , based in India and offers the opportunity to meaningfully influence backend architecture, shape engineering best practices, and work with a mission-driven, high-performing team.

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