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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer III (SE III) - **Company:** PROPERTY VALUE, INC. - **Location:** Kirkland, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $133,100.0 - $178,400.0 - **Contract:** Franchise - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Strategies of Testing, System Availability, Reliability of Systems, Technical Debt, Backend, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Software Coding, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/cd67f3f1-91cd-444c-8700-b072842adee1 ## About the Role * 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems. * Expertise in software design, distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms. * Proficiency Java, with the ability to write production-grade, maintainable code. * Experience designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs. * Hands-on experience with data pipelines, streaming frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Storm), or large-scale data processing systems. * Experience working with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and distributed architectures. * Experience with system reliability, observability, and performance optimization. * Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS), NoSQL databases, or columnar databases, and data modeling. * Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). ## Description As a Software Engineer III (SE III), you will take ownership of complex systems and lead the design and delivery of scalable solutions. You will work with teams to define technical direction, ensure operational excellence, and drive best practices while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to the broader engineering culture. The SE III will report to the Senior Manager, Engineering. Responsibilities: * You will design, implement, and own large-scale, distributed systems and services with high availability, scalability, and performance requirements. * You will lead the end-to-end development of complex features and systems, from design through deployment and ongoing operation. * You will drive architectural decisions, evaluating trade-offs in scalability, reliability, cost, and maintainability. * You will build and maintain robust data pipelines and real-time streaming systems using modern distributed technologies. * You will ensure operational excellence by implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices; participate in on-call rotations as needed. * You will Improve system performance through profiling, benchmarking, and optimization of compute, memory, and I/O. * You will establish and enforce coding standards, testing strategies, and CI/CD best practices. * You will mentor junior engineers, provide technical guidance, and contribute to team growth and knowledge sharing. * You will identify technical debt and drive initiatives to improve system health, reliability, and developer productivity. ## Related Videos - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [Migrating half a million users to a new payment service provider](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/730-migrating-half-a-million-users-to-a-new-payment-service-provider) - [NoSQL Data Modeling for Front-end Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/297-nosql-data-modeling-for-front-end-developers) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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