<h2>About Base</h2>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.<h2>About the Role</h2>Software is the key to Base’s success–we cannot win without it. From platform and product to factory systems and market infrastructure, software is the connective tissue powering everything we build and how we operate.As a Technical Recruiter at Base, you’ll own software hiring, a mission-critical function with 40+ open roles this year across platform, product, firmware, factory, market infrastructure, and business systems. Your job is to find, engage, and close the exceptional engineers who make our success possible.This is an opportunity to scale a world-class technical team from the ground up. We’re looking for someone who has built engineering teams in complex, hardware-driven environments and thrives in the fast pace of early-stage startups. This is an in-person role based in Austin, TX.What You’ll Do<ul style=""><li>Own Full-Cycle Recruiting: Drive end-to-end hiring for software roles, from sourcing to offer close.</li><li>Source &amp; Engage Talent: Proactively identify and build relationships with top engineers, especially passive candidates in competitive markets.</li><li>Partner with Hiring Managers: Collaborate with technical leaders to scope roles, refine requirements, and design effective, fair interview processes.</li><li>Sell the Opportunity: Win over world-class engineers in an extremely competitive market by clearly articulating why Base is a unique and rewarding place to build software. Help candidates see beyond FAANG or AI hype showing how our mission, culture, and the technical challenges at the intersection of hardware and software offer an unparalleled opportunity to make real-world impact.</li><li>Optimize Recruiting Process: Improve consistency, speed, and quality across sourcing, interviewing, and closing.</li><li>Champion Candidate Experience: Ensure every candidate, hired or not, leaves with a positive impression of Base.</li><li>Lay the Foundation: Contribute to recruiting playbooks, best practices, and metrics to scale Base’s technical hiring engine.</li></ul>What You’ll Bring<ul style=""><li>4+ years of technical recruiting experience with a track record of hiring top-tier engineers.</li><li>Experience at an early-stage, high-growth company, ideally in hardware + software or manufacturing-driven environments.</li><li>Success recruiting software engineers, firmware engineers, and related technical talent.</li><li>Proven ability to source, engage, and close passive candidates in highly competitive markets.</li><li>Strong technical acumen; you can quickly understand and communicate the nuances of complex engineering roles.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills; you build trust and credibility with both candidates and hiring teams.</li><li>A hands-on, resourceful mindset with ambition to grow into a leadership role.</li></ul>Preferred Skills<ul style=""><li>Experience building recruiting functions or playbooks from scratch.</li><li>Comfort with recruiting metrics, data-driven decision-making, and ATS tools.</li><li>Personal passion for energy, hardware, or climate tech.</li><li>Bonus: prior experience as a software engineer or hands-on coding knowledge.</li></ul>How You’ll Win<ul style=""><li>Momentum is Everything: Time kills deals. Handle follow-ups with urgency.</li><li>Seek Signs of Excellence: Early outperformance often signals outlier candidates.</li><li>Don’t Hire 9s: Even when bandwidth is tight, we resist the temptation.</li><li>Referrals Rock: Great people know great people; seek out our current employees for referrals.</li><li>The Best People Aren’t Looking: We must actively pursue them through outbound strategies.</li><li>Talent Density: Headcount is not the goal–high revenue per employee is.</li><li>Protect the Team’s Time: Move quickly to identify poor fits so we can focus on the candidates most likely to succeed at Base.</li></ul><h2></h2><h2>Our Values</h2><ul style=""><li>First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles &gt; rules.</li><li>Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.</li><li>Give &amp; Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.</li><li>Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.</li><li>Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.</li><li>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.</li><li>Fun &amp; Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.</li></ul><h2>Do the best work of your life at Base.</h2>

Base is the modern power company for the electric era. We are building a reliable and affordable home energy service — powered by distributed batteries. Our technology supports the grid during times of peak need and protects customers during outages — for a fraction of the cost of other solutions.Our team is made up of engineers and operators from some of the world’s best technology companies. If you are passionate about pushing forward cutting-edge technology and delivering world-class customer experiences — we want you at Base. We are headquartered in Austin, TX and are growing quickly.

Technical Recruiter

<h2>About Base</h2>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.<h2>About the Role</h2>Software is the key to Base’s success–we cannot win without it. From platform and product to factory systems and market infrastructure, software is the connective tissue powering everything we build and how we operate.As a Technical Recruiter at Base, you’ll own software hiring, a mission-critical function with 40+ open roles this year across platform, product, firmware, factory, market infrastructure, and business systems. Your job is to find, engage, and close the exceptional engineers who make our success possible.This is an opportunity to scale a world-class technical team from the ground up. We’re looking for someone who has built engineering teams in complex, hardware-driven environments and thrives in the fast pace of early-stage startups. This is an in-person role based in Austin, TX.What You’ll Do<ul><li>Own Full-Cycle Recruiting: Drive end-to-end hiring for software roles, from sourcing to offer close.</li><li>Source &amp; Engage Talent: Proactively identify and build relationships with top engineers, especially passive candidates in competitive markets.</li><li>Partner with Hiring Managers: Collaborate with technical leaders to scope roles, refine requirements, and design effective, fair interview processes.</li><li>Sell the Opportunity: Win over world-class engineers in an extremely competitive market by clearly articulating why Base is a unique and rewarding place to build software. Help candidates see beyond FAANG or AI hype showing how our mission, culture, and the technical challenges at the intersection of hardware and software offer an unparalleled opportunity to make real-world impact.</li><li>Optimize Recruiting Process: Improve consistency, speed, and quality across sourcing, interviewing, and closing.</li><li>Champion Candidate Experience: Ensure every candidate, hired or not, leaves with a positive impression of Base.</li><li>Lay the Foundation: Contribute to recruiting playbooks, best practices, and metrics to scale Base’s technical hiring engine.</li></ul>What You’ll Bring<ul><li>4+ years of technical recruiting experience with a track record of hiring top-tier engineers.</li><li>Experience at an early-stage, high-growth company, ideally in hardware + software or manufacturing-driven environments.</li><li>Success recruiting software engineers, firmware engineers, and related technical talent.</li><li>Proven ability to source, engage, and close passive candidates in highly competitive markets.</li><li>Strong technical acumen; you can quickly understand and communicate the nuances of complex engineering roles.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills; you build trust and credibility with both candidates and hiring teams.</li><li>A hands-on, resourceful mindset with ambition to grow into a leadership role.</li></ul>Preferred Skills<ul><li>Experience building recruiting functions or playbooks from scratch.</li><li>Comfort with recruiting metrics, data-driven decision-making, and ATS tools.</li><li>Personal passion for energy, hardware, or climate tech.</li><li>Bonus: prior experience as a software engineer or hands-on coding knowledge.</li></ul>How You’ll Win<ul><li>Momentum is Everything: Time kills deals. Handle follow-ups with urgency.</li><li>Seek Signs of Excellence: Early outperformance often signals outlier candidates.</li><li>Don’t Hire 9s: Even when bandwidth is tight, we resist the temptation.</li><li>Referrals Rock: Great people know great people; seek out our current employees for referrals.</li><li>The Best People Aren’t Looking: We must actively pursue them through outbound strategies.</li><li>Talent Density: Headcount is not the goal–high revenue per employee is.</li><li>Protect the Team’s Time: Move quickly to identify poor fits so we can focus on the candidates most likely to succeed at Base.</li></ul><h2></h2><h2>Our Values</h2><ul><li>First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles &gt; rules.</li><li>Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.</li><li>Give &amp; Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.</li><li>Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.</li><li>Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.</li><li>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.</li><li>Fun &amp; Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.</li></ul><h2>Do the best work of your life at Base.</h2>

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