[Hiring] Software Development Engineer III @Emergence Software

Role Description

Build reliable backend systems across portfolio companies that scale with the business and ship features that directly impact customers.

• Design and implement microservices and APIs that handle production traffic with measurable uptime and latency targets.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in code or infrastructure, quantifying the impact of your optimizations.
• Ship features end-to-end from specification through production, including tests, code review, and incident response.
• Propose architecture solutions backed by load estimates or proof-of-concept results to address scalability challenges.
• Build logging, monitoring, and alerting systems that surface actionable issues before they impact users.
• Mentor junior engineers through code review and pairing to accelerate their ability to ship independently.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Node.js) with shipped production systems.
• 4+ years of experience in software development.
• Comfortable with writing majority code using AI.
• Experience designing and debugging microservices or distributed systems with REST APIs.
• Strong SQL skills and proven ability to optimize database queries and schema design.
• Track record owning features end-to-end from design through production deployment.
• Comfortable shipping code in moving environments and debugging production issues under pressure.
• Working knowledge of ORMs like Prisma and relational databases like PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with background job queues and scheduled task management.
• Experience with Redis or Redis-compatible systems for caching and pub-sub.
• Good product sense & have built end-to-end projects or products, including frontend/design.

Requirements

• Experience with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with message queues or event streaming platforms like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with JWT-based authentication and session management.
• Familiarity with AWS CloudWatch or similar logging and monitoring tools.

Benefits

• Competitive salary aligned with market rates for backend engineers.
• Fully remote with flexible work hours.
• Professional development budget for courses, conferences, and certifications.