Software Engineer (All Levels), United Kingdom
KoBold Metals2 months ago
Remote, United KingdomMid Level / Senior / Staff+
Base Salary
$120k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Collaborate deeply with exploration geologists and data scientists to tailor technology to exploration needs.
- Build data pipelines and tooling that derive human and machine insights from mineral exploration data.
- 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.
- Lead small groups of software engineers toward successful delivery when needed.
- Manage team 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 and the ability to write correct, readable, well-tested, scalable, and extensible production code.
- Strong large-scale system design skills.
- Demonstrated ownership of defining problems and delivering impactful projects iteratively.
- Ability and willingness to learn mineral exploration and geology and work directly with geologists in the field.
- Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate with non-developer domain experts.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working across the company.
- Comfort with a fast-growing early-stage company and an evolving range of responsibilities.
- Experience with React, geospatial data, map-based experiences, Docker, AWS ECS, or Kubernetes is a plus.
- Formal education or job exposure to natural sciences is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote work from anywhere in the United Kingdom.
- At least one week of travel to project sites per year, with more field time expected for field-facing and technical roles.
- Hands-on exposure to exploration projects around the world.
- Full-time exempt position.
About KoBold Metals
KoBold Metals develops AI-driven mineral exploration software and sensor systems and runs its own exploration programs to find copper, lithium, and other battery metals. The privately held company, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, combines data science with geoscience to guide drilling and asset decisions. It is backed by investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BHP, Mitsubishi, T. Rowe Price, and CPP Investments.