Software Engineer III

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a Software Engineer III who is passionate about building reliable, scalable backend systems and enjoys working across the stack when needed. You are a hands‑on engineer who thrives on solving real‑world problems, writing clean and maintainable code, and collaborating closely with teammates to deliver high‑quality features end‑to‑end.

You bring strong engineering fundamentals, a growth mindset, and the ability to work independently on well‑scoped projects — owning medium‑sized features from design through deployment in alignment with our engineering best practices. You’re comfortable contributing to technical discussions, making thoughtful trade‑offs, and following established architectural patterns as you deepen your understanding of our systems.

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.

What you’ll own

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, deployment 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.

What you’ll do

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

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