Backend Software Engineer — Deployments & APIs

Speedrun Talent Network; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is building America’s next-generation power grid using a distributed network of batteries. This Backend Software Engineer role helps design and deploy services that evaluate sites, schedule installs, dispatch technicians, and maintain batteries once live.

You’ll work with Deployments Software, Inventory, Onboarding, Markets, and Embedded Software to create APIs and data models powering critical workflows in a fast-paced, in-person team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience in Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Experience designing and operating production services, APIs, and data models.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, including reliability, concurrency, consistency, and failure handling.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend systems that support Base’s deployment operations, from site evaluation and scheduling to field execution and ongoing maintenance.
• Solve a wide range of technical problems, including automation, scheduling and optimization, real‑time systems, spatial analysis, and monitoring infrastructure.
• Build reliable services, APIs, and data models that other engineers and teams depend on.
• Work closely with engineers and operational teams to understand problems, challenge assumptions, and develop practical solutions.
• Own your systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.

Skills

Go/Java/TypeScript

Distributed systems

API design

Production services

Ownership & communication

Job description

Base is building America’s next-generation power grid using a distributed network of batteries. This Backend Software Engineer role helps design and deploy services that evaluate sites, schedule installs, dispatch technicians, and maintain batteries once live.

You’ll work with Deployments Software, Inventory, Onboarding, Markets, and Embedded Software to create APIs and data models powering critical workflows in a fast-paced, in-person team environment.