Staff Technical Recruiter

Base Power Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is seeking a Staff Technical Recruiter in Austin, TX to build out software and embedded engineering teams. You will own end-to-end recruiting, partnering with engineering leaders to shape interview loops and move fast without compromising quality.

You’ll source passive engineers in hardware-adjacent markets, evaluate firmware and embedded systems skills, and maintain a strong candidate experience while managing a high-volume pipeline.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting in hardware-adjacent environments.
• Proven ability to source, engage, and close engineers.
• Strong technical acumen with capacity to discuss firmware and embedded systems.
• Data-driven approach to evaluating pipeline health and outcomes.
• Comfort with ambiguity and fast-paced environments.
• Ability to move quickly while maintaining candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting: end-to-end hiring for software and embedded engineering roles from sourcing to offer close.
• Source and engage talent: build pipelines of strong engineers in competitive markets.
• Go deep on the technical bar: screen for firmware, embedded systems, and backend capabilities.
• Partner with hiring managers: scope roles, define interview loops, and set excellence standards.
• Champion candidate experience: keep candidates informed at every stage.
• Run on data: track metrics and optimize the recruiting process.
• Move at Base pace: manage a high volume of open roles with sound decisions.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Hardware adjacents

Sourcing & closing

Technical acumen

Data-driven

Ambiguity tolerance

Decision making

Job description

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 is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.

About the Role

As a Staff Technical Recruiter, you will build teams for Base’s software and embedded engineering teams. You will run full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer close, partner directly with engineering leaders to scope roles and build focused interview processes, and move fast without compromising quality. You’ll have a hand in building one of the fastest growing companies in America. Help us build the future of American power.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting: run end-to-end hiring for software and embedded engineering roles, from sourcing to offer close.
• Source and engage talent: build pipelines of strong engineers, including passive candidates, in competitive technical markets.
• Go deep on the technical bar: understand what separates roles like firmware, embedded systems, and backend engineering well enough to screen for it and speak credibly with candidates.
• Partner with hiring managers: work with engineering leaders to scope roles, define interview loops, and calibrate on what excellent looks like for each one.
• Champion candidate experience: keep candidates informed at every stage, so every candidate, hired or not, leaves with a positive view of Base.
• Run on data: track pipeline health, time-to-fill, and stage conversion, and use that data to find bottlenecks and improve the process.
• Move at Base pace: manage a high volume of open roles at once and make sound, fast decisions.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience with a track record of closing engineers.
• Experience recruiting in complex, hardware-adjacent environments, such as hardware and software, robotics, IoT, or manufacturing-driven companies.
• Proven ability to source, engage, and close candidates in competitive markets.
• Strong technical acumen: you go deep enough to evaluate real signal, whether that's through technical conversations, portfolio review, or knowing what good code actually looks like.
• A data-driven approach to recruiting: you track pipeline metrics and use them to make decisions, not just to report status.
• Comfort with ambiguity: you build processes where none exist and adjust quickly as priorities shift.
• Sound judgment under pace: you move fast without sacrificing candidate experience or the technical bar.

About the Team

At Base, Talent is one of the highest-leverage functions in the company. We believe the quality of our team determines the quality of everything we build, so hiring isn't a support function, it's a core part of our strategy.

Our team partners directly with leaders across Engineering, Operations, Product, Growth, Finance, Legal, People, and beyond to identify exceptional talent and build the teams that will define the future of Base. We own the hiring process end-to-end, challenge assumptions, raise the bar, and move with urgency.

We're building a Talent organization that combines exceptional judgment with operational excellence. We care deeply about candidate experience, hiring quality, and creating scalable systems that help the company grow without compromising on talent density.

Please note: Base is a startup, which means priorities shift and evolve quickly. Your role may expand or change based on the needs of the business at any given time, so the responsibilities listed may not be exhaustive.

Our Values

• First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules.
• Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.
• Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.
• Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.
• Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.
• Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in.
• Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.

Do the best work of your life at Base.