Application Guide
How to Apply for Software Engineer, Product
at Base Power Company
🏢 About Base Power Company
Base Power Company is revolutionizing home energy by deploying distributed batteries that provide grid support and outage protection at an accessible cost. Their mission combines climate tech innovation with practical consumer benefits, creating a unique opportunity to work on meaningful products that directly impact energy resilience and sustainability.
About This Role
As a Software Engineer, Product at Base Power, you'll lead the development of customer-facing features across web and mobile platforms, owning the entire experience from onboarding to outage management. This role is impactful because you'll shape how homeowners interact with clean energy technology, making complex systems feel fast, clear, and trustworthy while directly contributing to grid stability.
💡 A Day in the Life
You might start your day reviewing analytics from a recently launched onboarding flow, then collaborate with product and design on wireframes for a new outage notification feature. After lunch, you'd pair with a backend engineer to design the API for energy dashboard enhancements, then code a React component with careful attention to performance and accessibility. The day would likely end with a code review and planning next steps for improving your team's development workflow.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Base Power Company Is Looking For
- Has 6+ years of product/full-stack engineering experience with proven ability to take features from concept through backend integration to polished UI implementation
- Possesses deep TypeScript expertise and modern SPA framework mastery (React/Next.js), with experience defining frontend architecture and improving developer workflows
- Demonstrates a design-thinking mindset, championing usability and clarity while working closely with product and design teams
- Uses product analytics and A/B testing data to drive decisions, with experience iterating on features post-launch based on user feedback
📝 Tips for Applying to Base Power Company
Highlight specific examples where you've 'owned the experience' end-to-end - include metrics showing how your features improved onboarding completion rates, dashboard engagement, or outage notification effectiveness
Showcase your TypeScript/React expertise with concrete examples of complex state management, performance optimizations, or architecture decisions you've made in previous roles
Demonstrate your understanding of energy tech by mentioning how you've worked on products with physical/digital intersections or complex data visualization (like energy dashboards)
Prepare a portfolio piece or case study showing how you've worked with product analytics to iterate on features post-launch, specifically mentioning tools like Mixpanel, Amplitude, or Optimizely
Tailor your resume to emphasize collaboration with backend engineers on data models and APIs, as this role requires close cross-functional work
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience with end-to-end feature ownership from ideation through post-launch iteration, specifically for customer-facing products', "How you've championed usability and design thinking in previous roles to create 'fast, clear, and trustworthy' experiences", "Your interest in Base's mission of making distributed energy accessible and how your skills align with their need for someone who can make complex energy concepts understandable to homeowners", 'Specific examples of evaluating technologies or defining frontend architecture that improved developer experience or product quality']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Understand how distributed battery systems work for grid support and outage protection - research concepts like peak shaving, demand response, and islanding
- → Explore the competitive landscape in home energy storage (Tesla Powerwall, Enphase, etc.) and identify what might differentiate Base's approach
- → Review any available Base Power app screenshots or demos to understand their current customer experience and identify potential improvement areas
- → Learn about ERCOT (Texas grid operator) and the unique energy challenges in Austin that Base is addressing
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing only on frontend implementation without demonstrating backend/API collaboration experience or data modeling skills
- Presenting generic React/TypeScript knowledge without showing how you've used these skills to solve specific product problems or improve user metrics
- Failing to connect your experience to Base's mission - not showing understanding of why energy tech matters or how software enables their business model
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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