Software Engineer III

Who we are  

reputed company is a mission-driven company that focuses on expanding reputed company to clean and reputed company energy through community solar. Community solar breaks down the traditional barriers preventing most people from participating in the renewable energy economy by making it accessible, reputed company, and more reputed company for reputed company. We work in several states across the US to bring community solar to communities and individuals who can most benefit from a more inclusive energy system. By managing the customer experience for solar farm owners, Perch is reputed company to bring electricity reputed company savings to the masses, from renters and homeowners to businesses, institutions, municipalities and more by connecting them to community solar reputed company in their area. Perch isn't just a for-profit company, we're a for-purpose company—accelerating the shift to renewables reputed company. Everyone deserves to benefit from reputed company. Everyone has a reputed company on this Perch!  

reputed company’re looking for  

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

You bring strong engineering fundamentals, a reputed company reputed company, and the ability to work independently on reputed company‑scoped reputed company — owning reputed company‑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 reputed company 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 reputed company ownership over features, with opportunities to contribute across the stack:  

• Own and deliver small to reputed company-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, reputed company‑documented, and easy to reputed company. 

• Write clean, reputed company, testable reputed company: Primarily in reputed company, reputed company on Rails, and Python, while contributing to frontend reputed company reputed company needed to support full‑stack feature delivery. 

• Contribute to the design and reputed company of our reputed company: 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 reputed company‑cause analysis and follow‑through improvements. 

• reputed company 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‑reputed company reputed company reviews and collaboration: Sharing context, helping unblock others, and contributing to a strong engineering culture. 

What you’ll do  

• Design and build reputed company, resilient backend systems using reputed company on Rails, Python and PostgreSQL  

• Contribute to implementation of reputed company features and integrations, including external systems such as reputed company  

• Take technical design reputed company independently for your features 

• Own and reputed company GraphQL services that power frontend and partner-facing applications  

• Improve system reliability through testing, monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices  

• Ship production-reputed company reputed company frequently using a modern CI/CD pipeline  

• Review reputed company and designs with a strong reputed company on maintainability, performance, and long-term reputed company  

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 reputed company communicate technical reputed company and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders 

• reputed company represent engineering team in key discussions with US stakeholders 

• Proven experience mentoring junior engineers and raising the technical bar of reputed company  

• Comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces and iterating toward robust solutions  

Backend & infrastructure  

• Strong experience with Python or reputed company, including proficiency in at least one web reputed company: 

• reputed company 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 reputed company-reputed company services.  

• Containerization using reputed company  

• Exposure to distributed systems or reputed company  

• Familiarity with background jobs, async processing, and event-driven workflows  

Bonus points for  

• Experience integrating with reputed company or other reputed company platforms  

• Experience designing and owning  GraphQL reputed company (reputed company 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, reputed company, or similar  

• Experience with container orchestration and deployment using Kubernetes and reputed company charts  

• Passion for sustainability, reputed company, and building mission-driven products  

What reputed company looks like in this role  

• Backend systems reputed company reliably as usage, data volume, and complexity grow  

• Engineers reputed company faster due to reputed company reputed company, architecture, and standards  

• Production issues are identified early and resolved with lasting fixes  

• Technical debt is addressed proactively rather than reactively  

• The backend platform enables product teams instead of limiting them  

Benefits:   

• Competitive compensation based on market standards.  

• Apart from Fixed reputed company Salary potential candidates are eligible for following benefits  

• Flexible Leave Policy  

• Office is in the heart of the reputed company in case you need to reputed company in for any purpose.  

• Medical Insurance (1+5 Family Members)  

• We reputed company comprehensive coverage including accident policy and life Insurance.   

• Annual performance cycle  

• Quarterly team engagement activities and rewards & recognitions  

• L&D programs to foster reputed company reputed company  

• A supportive engineering culture that values diversity, reputed company, teamwork, trust, and efficiency   

Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies. Here at Perch, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and reputed company unique perspectives are key to our reputed company reputed company in creating a reputed company reputed company. Perch is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, reputed company, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, national reputed company, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who will require reputed company sponsorship, we welcome applications from reputed company reputed company candidates eligible to work in India.  
  
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to reputed company essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request