<h2><strong>About Base</strong></h2><p style="">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.</p><p style=""></p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><h2><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h2><ul style=""><li><p style=""><strong>Own the end-to-end network architecture</strong> for Distributed Compute networks: site connectivity, backhaul, the fleet-wide overlay, and the interconnect within each node. Standardize the per-site network stack (routing, switching, firewall, out-of-band management) so new sites come online quickly.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Lead fiber and carrier strategy for the fleet.</strong> Evaluate dark fiber vs. lit services, and build vs. lease decisions per site cluster. Select topologies that scale with site density, and manage carrier/ISP selection, circuit ordering, and failover across fiber, fixed wireless, and cellular. You'll build on existing work with Base's fiber consultants and take over this function as it scales.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Build and operate the fleet overlay and its automation.</strong> Establish secure site-to-site and site-to-cloud connectivity, BGP routing, and traffic engineering for inference workloads. Automate configuration generation, zero-touch provisioning, and monitoring so network state is managed in code.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Instrument, secure, and support the network in practice.</strong> Track latency, throughput, packet loss, and circuit health in Base's telemetry and Grafana stack. Define segmentation between compute, battery control, and management planes, along with certificate management and audit-ready access controls. Support the first installs and site bring-ups in the field, then reduce on-site involvement as processes mature.</p></li></ul><div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </div><h2><strong>What You'll Bring</strong></h2><ul style=""><li><p style="">5+ years running production networks</p></li><li><p style="">Deep, hands-on routing and switching: BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs.</p></li><li><p style="">Experience with site-to-site connectivity at scale: SD-WAN or overlay networks (WireGuard, IPsec) across tens to hundreds of locations.</p></li><li><p style="">Familiarity with fiber networks and topologies</p></li><li><p style="">Experience procuring and managing circuits with carriers</p></li><li><p style="">Comfort in the field. Some of this job happens at a site in a utility territory</p></li></ul><div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </div><h2><strong>About the Team</strong></h2><p style="">Distributed Compute is Base’s program for deploying modular datacenters on top of our battery fleet, turning distributed energy sites into a distributed inference network. That scale is a networking problem as much as a power problem. Hundreds of small sites, each running GPU compute, spread across utility territories, and every one of them needs reliable, secure, high-throughput connectivity, with the fleet behaving like one coherent network. This is the first dedicated network engineering hire on the program, so the architecture decisions are still open and the constraints are real: residential and utility sites, power budgets, physical access. What you build will carry production inference traffic within months, not years.</p><p style=""></p><p style=""><em>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.</em></p><p style=""></p><h2><strong>Our Values</strong></h2><ul style=""><li><p style=""><strong>First Principles Thinking:</strong> Question assumptions. Principles &gt; rules.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Operate at Base Pace:</strong> Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Give &amp; Get Feedback:</strong> Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Everyone’s an Owner:</strong> Follow through on commitments and own results.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Strong Opinions, Loosely Held:</strong> Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Committed to the Mission:</strong> 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.</p></li><li><p style=""><strong>Fun &amp; Optimism Coexist with Grit:</strong> Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.</p><p style=""></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Do the best work of your life at Base.</strong></h2>

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

Network Engineer, Distributed Compute

<h2><strong>About Base</strong></h2><p>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.</p><p></p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><h2><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Own the end-to-end network architecture</strong> for Distributed Compute networks: site connectivity, backhaul, the fleet-wide overlay, and the interconnect within each node. Standardize the per-site network stack (routing, switching, firewall, out-of-band management) so new sites come online quickly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Lead fiber and carrier strategy for the fleet.</strong> Evaluate dark fiber vs. lit services, and build vs. lease decisions per site cluster. Select topologies that scale with site density, and manage carrier/ISP selection, circuit ordering, and failover across fiber, fixed wireless, and cellular. You'll build on existing work with Base's fiber consultants and take over this function as it scales.</p></li><li><p><strong>Build and operate the fleet overlay and its automation.</strong> Establish secure site-to-site and site-to-cloud connectivity, BGP routing, and traffic engineering for inference workloads. Automate configuration generation, zero-touch provisioning, and monitoring so network state is managed in code.</p></li><li><p><strong>Instrument, secure, and support the network in practice.</strong> Track latency, throughput, packet loss, and circuit health in Base's telemetry and Grafana stack. Define segmentation between compute, battery control, and management planes, along with certificate management and audit-ready access controls. Support the first installs and site bring-ups in the field, then reduce on-site involvement as processes mature.</p></li></ul><div> </div><h2><strong>What You'll Bring</strong></h2><ul><li><p>5+ years running production networks</p></li><li><p>Deep, hands-on routing and switching: BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs.</p></li><li><p>Experience with site-to-site connectivity at scale: SD-WAN or overlay networks (WireGuard, IPsec) across tens to hundreds of locations.</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with fiber networks and topologies</p></li><li><p>Experience procuring and managing circuits with carriers</p></li><li><p>Comfort in the field. Some of this job happens at a site in a utility territory</p></li></ul><div> </div><h2><strong>About the Team</strong></h2><p>Distributed Compute is Base’s program for deploying modular datacenters on top of our battery fleet, turning distributed energy sites into a distributed inference network. That scale is a networking problem as much as a power problem. Hundreds of small sites, each running GPU compute, spread across utility territories, and every one of them needs reliable, secure, high-throughput connectivity, with the fleet behaving like one coherent network. This is the first dedicated network engineering hire on the program, so the architecture decisions are still open and the constraints are real: residential and utility sites, power budgets, physical access. What you build will carry production inference traffic within months, not years.</p><p></p><p><em>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.</em></p><p></p><h2><strong>Our Values</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>First Principles Thinking:</strong> Question assumptions. Principles &gt; rules.</p></li><li><p><strong>Operate at Base Pace:</strong> Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.</p></li><li><p><strong>Give &amp; Get Feedback:</strong> Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.</p></li><li><p><strong>Everyone’s an Owner:</strong> Follow through on commitments and own results.</p></li><li><p><strong>Strong Opinions, Loosely Held:</strong> Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.</p></li><li><p><strong>Committed to the Mission:</strong> 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.</p></li><li><p><strong>Fun &amp; Optimism Coexist with Grit:</strong> Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.</p><p></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Do the best work of your life at Base.</strong></h2>

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