Perchwell

Staff Software Engineer – Backend, Platform

Perchwell

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $235,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesPythonReactRubyRustTypeScript

About the role

  • Architect and develop the next-generation data platform for Perchwell's listings infrastructure
  • Design a system for high-throughput data and event-driven services
  • Design scalable APIs and services and implement authentication/authorization solutions
  • Implement core service domains like geospatial and search
  • Build and maintain reliable and performant infrastructure using Kubernetes and cloud services
  • Integrate observability and performance monitoring into system design
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Engineering, Product, and Data to deliver strategic initiatives
  • Work closely with the VP of Engineering and other senior leaders on Product, Data, and QA
  • Create modular, performant product services and UIs that scale as the company integrates with client systems

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software development experience, primarily focused on backend services
  • Expertise in distributed systems and designing scalable services on Kubernetes
  • Strong proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP)
  • Experience with message passing architectures (Kafka, Red Panda, gRPC/protobufs)
  • Advanced backend service and API development skills using modern programming languages (Python, Golang, Rust, Ruby)
  • Deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals: modularity, scalability, and separation of concerns
  • Experience with frontend technologies: Typescript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, and React
  • Proven ability to design and implement solutions using various database types (relational, columnar, document, vector)
  • Skilled at integrating observability and performance monitoring into system design
  • Ability to work across service, database, and infrastructure boundaries
  • Authorized to work in the U.S.
  • Willingness to work from SoHo NYC office at least 3 days/week