Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Platform)

Who We Are

Perchwell is the modern real estate listings platform built for agents to search smarter, collaborate better, and close deals faster. We are building the future of residential real estateʼs critical listings infrastructure: a platform where market research and client collaboration converge. Our modern architecture enables continuous innovation at a pace legacy systems cannot match, with AI-powered features and mobile-first capabilities designed for how agents actually work. As consumer expectations and technology evolve, Perchwell remains focused on our core vision: empowering real estate professionals with the most intelligent, data-driven, and connected platform in the industry.

Backed by leading venture capital firms including Lux Capital and Founders Fund, along with strategic partnerships with some of the country's top Multiple Listing Services (MLSs), Perchwell represents the first major new platform to enter the listings technology market in decades. This unique combination of institutional investment and deep industry alignment provides both the resources and market validation needed to transform the multi-trillion dollar residential real estate industry.

About The Role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the team, you’ll architect the next generation of our platform. By designing the foundational platform for our product services, you’ll help us accelerate our expansion across the real estate industry. Using your frontend and architecture expertise, you’ll create modular, performant product services and UI’s that will scale as we integrate with hundreds of client systems into the future.

You will collaborate closely with Engineering leaders Jon Moniaci, Joe Kondel and others in Product, Data, and QA. _This person can work remote or from our SoHo NYC office 3 days a week.

_What You’ll Work On

• 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.

What You’ll Need

• 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.

Salary Information

To ensure pay transparency with candidates, we share base salary ranges for all U.S.-based job postings. Each range is determined by multiple factors, including function and level, while also accounting for variances in standards of living costs based on location.. The range below reflects compensation expectations for this role across the entire United States.

For this position, the base salary range is $160,000–$235,000 base salary + equity + a comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation will depend on a variety of factors, including the candidate’s location, experience, depth of knowledge, and demonstrated skills

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

Note: At this time, we are only considering candidates who are authorized to work in the U.S.