Software Engineer, Backend - Distributed Compute
- Countries
- USA
- Job Types
- software & tech
- Experience
- mid
- Organization Types
- climate & sustainability, startups
- Location
- Austin
- Posted Date
- Company
- Base Power
AI Summary
Job Description
Design and build application software running on deployed battery devices: device-to-cloud communication protocols, telemetry, safe OTA deployment tooling, and reliable operation under hardware and network constraints. Collaborate with hardware, infrastructure, and product teams to keep thousands of edge devices reliable, secure, and performant.
Hard Requirements
- 3+ years production software experience on physical devices, IoT, or embedded systems (not firmware)
- Strong experience in C, C++, Rust, Go, or equivalent systems languages
- Deep understanding of networking, HTTP/REST APIs, and device communication protocols
- Experience handling unreliable networks, offline states, and eventual sync
- Familiarity with Linux at system level
- Understanding of battery life, memory constraints, and optimization on resource-constrained hardware
- Comfort owning backend device software end-to-end
Soft Requirements
- Real-time or safety-critical systems experience
- Automotive, robotics, industrial IoT, or energy/utilities background
- OTA updates and device management platforms
- Containerization or lightweight runtimes (Docker, systemd)
- gRPC or other RPC frameworks
- Cryptography and secure device communication
- Distributed tracing at edge scale