Perchwell

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Perchwell

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $235,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Architect and develop the next-generation data platform. Design a system for high-throughput data and event-driven services.
  • Design scalable APIs and services. Implement authentication/authorization solutions as well as core service domains like geospatial and search.
  • Build and maintain reliable and performant infrastructure. Utilize Kubernetes, Cloud services, and other tools to drive observability best practices.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to deliver strategic technical initiatives. Collaborate with others in Engineering, Product and Data to achieve our goals of building a unified data platform.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software development experience, primarily focused on backend services, with comfort working on frontend technologies.
  • Expertise in distributed systems and designing scalable services on Kubernetes.
  • Strong proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP) and 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, including 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 all aspects of system design.
  • Ability to work across service, database, and infrastructure boundaries to address design and performance challenges.
Benefits
  • Flexible PTO, plus 10 paid company holidays
  • 401K with a company match
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • HSA and FSA options
  • Commuter benefits
  • Parental leave
  • Company-wide onsite or offsite each year
  • Beautiful office in Soho, Manhattan with a stocked kitchen, catered breakfast and lunch once per week, happy hours and meet-ups
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
backend servicesdistributed systemsKubernetescloud platformsAWSGCPKafkagRPCPythonGolang
Soft Skills
collaborationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingcommunicationstrategic thinking