Software Engineer (All Levels)
KoBold Metals4 months ago
Remote, WorldwideMid Level
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$150k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Engage deeply with exploration geologists and data scientists to tailor technology development to exploration needs.
- Build data pipelines and tooling that derive human and machine insights from exploration data, sometimes leading a small group of software engineers.
- Develop expertise in KoBold’s Data Systems and understand their impact on exploration.
- Own projects end to end from design and implementation through testing and continued user engagement.
- Respond to design and code feedback and provide feedback to teammates.
- Manage the team’s services operationally and assist scientific colleagues with tooling.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of software engineering experience, ideally building production cloud data systems.
- Proficiency with Python.
- Ability to write production-quality code that is correct, readable, well-tested, scalable, and extensible.
- Experience with large-scale system design.
- Demonstrated ownership of defining problems and delivering impactful projects iteratively.
- Ability and willingness to learn mineral exploration and geology and work directly with geologists, including in the field.
- Ability to explain technical problems to non-developer domain experts and collaborate across the company.
- Comfort working in a fast-growing, dynamic early-stage company with evolving responsibilities.
- Ability to identify the technical products that best support business objectives.
- Preferred experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React.
- Preferred experience with geospatial data and map-based experiences.
- Preferred familiarity with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker, AWS ECS, and Kubernetes.
- Preferred formal education or job exposure to natural sciences.
Benefits
- Remote-first workplace.
- Full-time exempt position.
- Occasional field travel, approximately once a year, to locations such as Zambia, Canada, or Arizona.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Finland, Sweden, or Botswana.
About KoBold Metals
Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI: KoBold Metals discovers the materials critical for the electric vehicle and renewable energy revolutions.