Software Development Engineer III

India
Remote
Posted about 2 months ago
Software Engineering
FullTime

About the job

Software Development Engineer (SDE- III), Emergence | Remote - India/MENA /LATAM/ Eastern Europe | Full-Time

Who We Are

Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses. We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks. Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.

The Mission

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

What You'll Do

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

What We're Looking For

Must-haves

Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Node.js) with shipped production systems

4+ years of experience in software deveopment.

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

Nice-to-haves

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

Who you are

You spot performance gaps in systems you inherit and fix them because the problem bothers you, not because someone assigned it. You've expanded your scope by pulling infrastructure problems toward yourself. You change your mind about technical decisions when peers present better data. You credit teammates unprompted when describing shipped work. You rewrite your own code before review if it doesn't meet your bar for clarity and testability. You refuse to ship flawed work under deadline pressure.

What We Offer

Competitive salary aligned with market rates for backend engineers

Fully remote with flexible work hours

Professional development budget for courses, conferences, and certifications

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