Edge Compute Engineer for IoT Device Network

Speedrun Talent Network; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is hiring a Software Engineer to build and maintain edge device software that coordinates computing across devices deployed in homes and on the grid. You will own it end to end, learning device capabilities, designing resilient communication protocols, and shipping safe updates to a live fleet.

You will collaborate with hardware, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure efficient, secure, and scalable software at the edge.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of production software experience on physical devices, IoT systems, or embedded systems.
• Proficient in C, C++, Rust, Go or equivalent systems languages.
• Deep understanding of networking, HTTP/REST APIs, and device communication protocols.
• Experience building software that handles unreliable networks, offline states, and eventual sync.
• Familiarity with Linux or equivalent operating systems at the system level.
• Understanding of battery life, memory constraints, and performance optimization on resource-constrained hardware.
• Comfort owning backend device software end-to-end: development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core device software that runs reliably on thousands of deployed devices with >99.5% uptime.
• Build robust device-to-cloud communication protocols that handle network interruptions and latency.
• Create safe deployment infrastructure and tooling for field updates with clear rollback mechanisms.
• Develop telemetry systems that enable remote debugging while being bandwidth-conscious.
• Work within hardware constraints and translate constraints into efficient software designs.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to align software with device capabilities and limits.
• Partner with infrastructure teams on device-to-cloud sync protocols and secure communication.
• Ship code that is tested, reviewed, monitored, and maintainable.

Skills

C/C++/Rust/Go

Device networking

Linux systems

Edge computing

Backend ownership

Tools

Docker

systemd

gRPC

Job description

Base is hiring a Software Engineer to build and maintain edge device software that coordinates computing across devices deployed in homes and on the grid. You will own it end to end, learning device capabilities, designing resilient communication protocols, and shipping safe updates to a live fleet.

You will collaborate with hardware, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure efficient, secure, and scalable software at the edge.