Software Engineer, Backend

About the Company

Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system.

Responsibilities

• Own critical systems: Design, build, and operate core services that power BaseOS.
• Drive architecture and standards: Make foundational decisions on system design, data models, and service boundaries.
• Operate across the stack: Work in Golang and Python across backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Build systems that coordinate the real world: Develop workflow systems using tools like Temporal to manage deployments and device control.
• Own infrastructure as a product: Use Terraform and AWS to build reliable, repeatable systems.
• Work across domains: Partner closely with hardware, deployments, and operations teams.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in a backend language (Go, Python, Java, or similar)
• Experience building and operating distributed systems
• Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
• Ability to design systems end-to-end from API design to implementation
• Strong cross-functional instincts and high ownership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IoT systems
• Real-time control systems experience
• Workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal)
• DevOps practices