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.
As a Platform Engineer at Base, you will build and maintain the foundational infrastructure, internal platforms, and shared services that enable our engineering teams to deliver software and hardware integrated systems at scale. You will design reusable infrastructure components, create tooling and abstractions that simplify complex distributed systems, and support core services that power Base’s mission to modernize the grid.
This is a high leverage role. You will collaborate across backend, controls, hardware, and infrastructure teams to understand their needs, remove bottlenecks, and build the underlying systems that increase engineering velocity, reliability, and safety across the organization.
What You'll Do:
Design, build, and maintain internal platforms and shared infrastructure services used by engineering teams
Build scalable infrastructure components that support distributed systems, production workloads, and hardware connected services
Develop tools, workflows, and abstractions that reduce friction in development, testing, deployment, and operations
Improve CI and CD systems to increase reliability, speed, and developer productivity
Use infrastructure as code to ensure infrastructure is consistent, reproducible, and auditable
Collaborate with backend, controls, and hardware engineers to define service interfaces, deployment pipelines, and operational standards
Create observability, logging, and monitoring tooling that enables teams to understand and operate their systems
Support cloud infrastructure including provisioning, networking, orchestration, and resource management
Document platform architecture, design decisions, and recommended engineering practices
Integrate infrastructure with hardware and control plane needs when required, ensuring smooth operation across cloud and physical systems
What We're Looking For:
Strong experience with backend or infrastructure engineering in cloud based environments
Expertise with modern cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
Strong programming skills in languages used for backend or tooling development such as Go or Python
Familiarity with distributed systems concepts, service oriented architectures, container orchestration, and microservices
Deep understanding of software delivery workflows including CI and CD
Ability to design reusable interfaces, abstractions, and internal platforms for developers
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across backend and hardware adjacent engineering teams
Comfortable owning broad infrastructure responsibilities in a fast moving environment where requirements evolve rapidly
Base is a company for people who want to win and who want their work to matter. We think from first principles, move with urgency, and treat the mission like our own.
We talk about what isn’t working before we talk about what is because every problem is an opportunity to fix something, improve the system, and compound progress. We cut through complexity, stay close to the work, and let results speak for themselves.
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.