What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer - Growth position at Base Power Company?
At Base we believe that the world needs reliable and abundant power to maximize human prosperity. Our team is on a mission to affect this future. We are tenacious engineers and operators who have solved hard problems and are here to do it again.
As our first Growth Engineer, you'll work directly with our growth teams to build high-impact tools and systems that accelerate our expansion. You'll own critical technical infrastructure while maintaining a strong focus on business metrics and customer experience. This role combines technical expertise with a strong customer mindset to create scalable solutions that optimize user acquisition, retention, and overall company growth.
Responsibilities:
As our first Growth Engineer, you'll work directly with our growth teams to build high-impact tools and systems that accelerate our expansion. You'll own critical technical infrastructure while maintaining a strong focus on business metrics and customer experience. This role combines technical expertise with a strong customer mindset to create scalable solutions that optimize user acquisition, retention, and overall company growth.
Responsibilities:
- Build the acquisition engine that will help Base deploy batteries—e.g. signup flows, home qualification databases, power outage tracking, and bill comparison tools.
- Collaborate with the growth team to ideate, build, and execute growth experiments and campaigns.
- Optimize the member onboarding experience across touch points to improve satisfaction.
- Lead architecture decisions to deliver high-quality user experiences.
- Own our customer data infrastructure to enable data-driven decisions across the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver features end-to-end, from ideation to deployment.
- Strong full-stack capabilities - you can architect systems, write clean code, and can flex between front-end and back-end.
- Customer-centric thinking and the ability to translate user needs into actionable solutions.
- Ability to balance speed and quality - you know when to move fast and when to build for scale.
- Experience with data pipelines and analytics infrastructure to measure impact.
- Grit, creativity, and a first-principles approach to solving problems.
- Experience in growth engineering or working closely with growth teams at a startup.
- Familiarity with modern data/analytics tools (e.g. dbt, CDPs, BI platforms).
- Knowledge of SEO principles, marketing automation, growth marketing, and conversion rate optimization techniques.
- Interest in energy markets and enthusiasm for Base's mission to fix the grid.
- Make an impact: contribute to sustainable, reliable energy solutions that are shaping the future.
- Innovate and grow: be part of a dynamic, fast-growing team at the forefront of IoT and energy technology.
- Advance your career: enjoy competitive compensation, benefits, and clear opportunities for professional growth.