Software Engineer, Backend
Base Power Company5 months ago
Responsibilities
- Design, build, operate, and own core BaseOS services with responsibility for reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Make foundational architectural decisions involving system design, data models, service boundaries, and engineering standards.
- Develop backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure using Go and Python.
- Build workflow systems with tools such as Temporal for deployments, device control, and operational processes.
- Use Terraform and cloud platforms, primarily AWS, to create reliable and repeatable infrastructure.
- Work with hardware, deployment, and operations teams to translate physical-world constraints into system designs.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional software development experience and a track record of owning and shipping production systems.
- Strong proficiency in a backend language such as Go, Python, Java, or a similar language.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems with knowledge of reliability, scalability, and production failure modes.
- Familiarity with AWS or GCP and containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with infrastructure as code such as Terraform.
- Ability to design systems end to end, from API design through implementation and operation.
- Product intuition and the ability to consider user experience, operational impact, and business outcomes.
- Ability to collaborate with hardware, deployment, and operations teams on real-world problems.
- High ownership, accountability, clear communication, and the ability to drive technical decisions.
- Bonus experience with IoT systems, real-time control systems, workflow orchestration such as Temporal, or DevOps practices.
Benefits
- In-person work arrangement.
- Startup environment with rapidly shifting priorities and evolving responsibilities.
- Opportunity to build software controlling distributed batteries and critical power infrastructure.
About Base Power Company
Base Power Company builds and operates distributed home battery systems that provide outage protection and lower electric costs for households, while strengthening local grid reliability. The company sells and finances these systems directly and through partnerships with homebuilders in a B2B2C model. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Base is privately held and focuses on clean energy, energy storage, and grid services in the U.S. market.