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Quantitative Developer Intern

Base Power · Austin, TX · On-site

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About Base Power

Base brings affordable, reliable energy and whole-home backup to homes across Texas — fixed low rates and battery backup that kicks in automatically. Backed by Lightspeed and a16z.

About the role

We’re looking for a highly motivated, intellectually curious, mission-driven software engineer to join our Markets team. As an intern, you’ll work on high-impact problems critical to Base’s success and deliver solutions alongside full-time team members.

What they're looking for

  • Knowledge of energy markets, energy systems, or wholesale power trading
  • Experience in commodities, equities, or derivatives trading
More about this role

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.

We’re looking for a highly motivated, intellectually curious, mission-driven software engineer to join our Markets team. As an intern, you’ll work on high-impact problems critical to Base’s success and deliver solutions alongside full-time team members.

At Base, we operate distributed energy resources that trade in real-time electricity and ancillary service markets. You’ll help design and implement sequential decision algorithms that determine when and how to trade. Responsibilities will include:

Designing algorithms for trading a fleet of energy storage resources in ERCOT.

Validating physics- and economics-based models in a simulation environment.

Implementing and deploying new algorithms to our production trading stack.

Base also enters into financial contracts to hedge against volatility in electricity...

Read the full posting on Base Power's site ↗

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