Backend Senior Software Engineer

Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by

1) providing the best services for homebuyers

2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance

3) to protect the whole home

As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.

In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.

Job Title: Backend Senior Software Engineer

Location: India

Workplace Type: Remote

The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we’d love for you to be a part of it as our Backend Senior Software Engineer on our ingestion and data platform team. This team is responsible for integrations with data partners and our core platform data – both areas that are undergoing rapid evolution and make up critical pieces of our infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with product management, web engineers, and data engineers across the organization to deliver features that support our core businesses. This role blends hands-on backend development with technical leadership, giving you the opportunity to shape system design while helping grow the skills of those around you. If you enjoy solving complex, large-scale data problems and want to make a direct impact on a rapidly evolving platform, we’d love to hear from you.

• Collaborate with product management, web engineers, and data engineers to deliver critical features supporting our core businesses.
• Design and develop backend systems and services using Scala while working with others to help grow their skills, and vice versa.
• Balance long term code health and maintainability with business needs while setting a high-quality bar.
• Lead projects from technical design through completion, communicating technical decisions through design documentation.
• Identify and resolve design problems and ambiguity with requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 5+ years of professional experience working on building backend applications on the JVM.
• Experience working with SQL, relational databases, and object-oriented languages (e.g. Java). Experience with Scala a plus.
• Experience working with AI and AI coding assistant tools.
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and REST based web service development.
• Ability to identify and apply the appropriate design and integration patterns to solve complex business issues.
• Experience working with cloud-based systems (GCP, AWS) and virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes) a plus.
• Ability to organize and self-direct to get things done, and communicates challenges as they occur.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical documentation.
• Proven experience working with US based business teams.
• Excellent written and communication skills in English language.
• Working Hours: 8 Hours (Excluding breaks). 4 Core US Hours Overlap (7:30pm–11:30pm IST). 4 flexible hours (IST).
• Workspace: A quiet space to work, an internet connection of at least 30 Mbps download | 10 Mbps upload.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close in 2 weeks (10 business days) from August 31, 2026. Please know this may change based on business and interviewing needs.

Pay Range: ₹2,475,000 – ₹3,465,000 INR annually

Please know your actual pay at Porch will reflect a number of factors among which are your work experience and skillsets, job-related knowledge, alignment with market and our Porch employees, as well as your geographic location.

• Our benefits package will provide you with comprehensive coverage for your health, life, and financial well-being.
• Our benefits include medical insurance, accident insurance and retiral benefits.
• Our wellness programs include 12 company-paid holidays, 2 flexible holidays, privilege/earned leave, casual/sick leave, paid maternity and paternity Leaves, and weekly wellness events.

What’s next?

Submit your application below and our Talent Acquisition team will be reviewing your application shortly! If your resume gets us intrigued, we will look to connect with you for a chat to learn more about your background, and then possibly invite you to have virtual interviews. What's important to call out is that we want to make sure not only that you're the right person for us, but also that we're the right next step for you, so come prepared with all the questions you have!

Porch is committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives that encourage new ways of solving problems, so we strive to attract and develop talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

Porch is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.