Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Base Power · Austin, TX
About this role
**ABOUT BASE** 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 transforms today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We’re engineers, operators, and creatives solving complex, interdisciplinary challenges. **ABOUT THE ROLE** We’re building **BaseOS**, the operating system that runs the modern power company. It coordinates thousands of distributed batteries, powers our internal operations, and enables reliable, low-cost electricity at scale. As a **Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer** on this team, you won’t just build services—you’ll define how the system works. You’ll make architectural calls, set the technical bar, and take end-to-end ownership of the systems Base depends on every day. **WHAT YOU’LL DO** - **Own critical systems at scale:** Design, build, and operate the core services BaseOS runs on; be accountable for reliability, performance, and long-term direction. - **Set architecture and standards:** Make foundational decisions on system design, data models, and service boundaries across teams. - **Operate across the stack:** Work in **Golang and Python** across backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure. - **Build systems that coordinate the real world:** Design workflow systems (e.g., **Temporal**) to manage deployments, device control, and operational processes across a growing fleet. - **Treat infrastructure as a product:** Use **Terraform** and **AWS** to build reliable, repeatable infrastructure at scale. - **Work across domains:** Partner with hardware, deployments, and operations leadership to turn real-world constraints into clean system design. - **Set the pace and the bar:** Make decisions with imperfect information and help less-senior engineers do the same. - **Mentor and multiply:** Level up engineers through code review, design feedback, and technical leadership. **WHAT YOU’LL BRING** - **6+ years** of professional software development experience, with a track record of owning and shipping production systems. - Deep proficiency in a backend language (**Go, Python, Java, or similar**) and strong judgment on when “well-tested” is enough. - Real experience building and operating **distributed systems** in production (including being paged for failure modes you design around). - Fluency with modern cloud infrastructure (**AWS or GCP**) and containerization (**Docker, Kubernetes**), including owning services other teams rely on. - Experience with **infrastructure as code** (Terraform or similar) and treating infrastructure as a first-class product component. - Ability to design systems end-to-end—from **API design** through implementation, operation, and eventual deprecation.
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