Software Engineer II

L2 Full-Stack Engineer

Who we are

Perch Energy is a mission-driven company that focuses on expanding access to clean and affordable energy through community solar. Community solar breaks down the traditional barriers preventing most people from participating in the renewable energy economy by making it accessible, affordable, and more equitable for all. We work in several states across the US to bring community solar to communities and individuals who can most benefit from a more inclusive energy system. By managing the customer experience for solar farm owners, Perch is able to bring electricity bill savings to the masses, from renters and homeowners to businesses, institutions, municipalities and more by connecting them to community solar projects in their area. Perch isn't just a for-profit company, we're a for-purpose company—accelerating the shift to renewables nationwide. Everyone deserves to benefit from clean energy. Everyone has a place on this Perch!

What we’re looking for

We’re seeking an L2 Full stack Engineer to join our Engineering team and help build reliable, user‑friendly software across backend and frontend systems. You are a hands‑on, collaborative engineer who enjoys shipping features, improving product quality, and learning through close partnership with teammates.

You bring strong engineering fundamentals, a growth mindset, and the ability to work independently on well‑scoped projects—owning small to medium‑sized features from design through deployment, sometimes at the epic or feature level, in alignment with our engineering best practices.

You’re comfortable contributing to technical discussions, making thoughtful trade‑offs, and following established architectural patterns as you deepen your understanding of our systems and product domain. You look at unfamiliar problem spaces as opportunities to grow and continuously improve your craft.

This is a fully remote role based in India. It offers the opportunity to work across the product stack with modern technologies while growing alongside a mission‑driven, high‑performing team.

What you’ll own

As an L2 Fullstack Engineer, you will contribute to feature delivery and maintain code quality across backend and frontend components:

• Feature delivery across the stack: Build and ship small to medium‑sized product features across backend and frontend systems, driving work forward with limited guidance and a bias toward action.

• Application quality: Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following best practices. Add appropriate tests across the testing pyramid, including edge cases, and help improve reliability, performance, and usability.

• API and UI collaboration: Work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers to build clean user interfaces and well‑structured APIs, making thoughtful trade‑offs that balance speed, quality, and user experience.

• Debugging and support: Investigate issues, debug application problems, and support production fixes, unblocking yourself quickly when encountering unfamiliar problems.

• Continuous improvement: Actively participate in code reviews as both an author and reviewer. Refine implementation details, break work into appropriately sized commits, and contribute ideas to improve code quality, workflows, and tooling.

• Team collaboration: Participate in sprint ceremonies, retrospectives, and technical discussions. Communicate clearly across time zones, collaborate effectively on shared projects.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and business logic, primarily using Ruby on Rails

• Develop responsive, reusable user interfaces using React.js and modern JavaScript practices

• Design and implement features at the class and module level, ensuring solutions fit well within existing system architecture

• Implement end‑to‑end product features across database design, APIs, and frontend workflows

• Write clean, maintainable code with appropriate unit, integration, and frontend tests

• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and production issue resolution to improve quality and reliability

• Collaborate with product, design, QA, and engineering teammates to refine requirements and deliver polished user experiences

What will help you succeed

• 2+ years of experience building web applications, preferably with Ruby on Rails for backend development and React.js for frontend development

• Strong programming fundamentals with the ability to ship correct, clean code following best practices

• A solid understanding of RESTful APIs, relational databases, and frontend state management concepts

• Comfort working across the stack and breaking down problems into simple, reliable solutions

• Ability to design modular, maintainable solutions while following architectural guidance from senior engineers

• A quality‑focused mindset, including writing meaningful tests and reviewing peers’ code thoughtfully

• Practical familiarity with AI‑powered coding tools and AI‑assisted editors to support implementation, debugging, and documentation

• A strong learning mindset, openness to feedback, and motivation to continuously improve productivity and code quality

• Clear communication, effective collaboration, and comfort working in distributed, cross‑functional teams

• Interest in understanding the product, business model, and users to deliver thoughtful, high‑quality user experiences

Bonus points for

• Experience working on SaaS or product-driven web applications in a fast-paced environment

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD workflows, and observability or monitoring tools

• Exposure to background jobs, asynchronous processing, or event-driven integrations in Rails applications

• Experience improving frontend performance, accessibility, or design system adoption in React applications

• Experience building or contributing to agentic workflows, including AI-assisted automation or multi-step task execution systems

• Interest in clean energy, climate tech, or mission-driven products

What success looks like in this role

• You consistently deliver well-scoped backend and frontend work with strong quality and attention to detail

• Features you build in Rails and React.js are reliable, maintainable, and contribute to a smooth user experience

• You work effectively with teammates, communicate progress clearly, and incorporate feedback constructively

• You help reduce bugs and production issues through thoughtful testing, debugging, and code reviews

• You grow in technical depth and product understanding, taking on more complex responsibilities over time

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on market standards.

• In addition to the fixed base salary, candidates are eligible for the following benefits:

• Flexible Leave Policy

• An office in the heart of the city if you need to come in for any purpose

• Medical Insurance (1+5 Family Members)

• Comprehensive coverage, including accident and life insurance

• Annual performance cycle

• Quarterly team engagement activities and rewards and recognition

• L&D programs to foster professional growth

• A supportive engineering culture that values diversity, empathy, teamwork, trust, and efficiency

Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies. Here at Perch, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Perch is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates eligible to work in India.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.