Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Summary

Join KoBold, a leading mineral exploration company and exploration technology developer, as a Senior Frontend Software Engineer. Build and improve web applications for managing data, discovery, search, and visualization, focusing on intuitive user experiences for geologists and data scientists. Develop tools for complex interactive 2D/3D geospatial visualizations and champion frontend best practices. Modernize the technology stack, automate UI testing, and collaborate with colleagues across the company. KoBold offers a remote position with a competitive salary and the opportunity to work on impactful projects in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will be highly intellectually curious, eager to learn about mineral exploration, and excited to work on a wide range of problems.

Requirements

• You write production-quality code that is correct, performant, scalable, and extensible
• You are skilled with data visualization libraries (D3, Leaflet, etc)
• You have experience with the following: modern JavaScript tools (node.js, TypeScript, React, Angular, etc), modern deployment and cloud technologies, Python web frameworks (Django, Panel, Flask, etc), and classic frontend development (HTML, CSS, etc)
• You develop and maintain frontend applications that provide a rich user experience

Responsibilities

• Build intuitive and elegant user experiences to empower fellow KoBolders with backgrounds in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and data science
• Improve KoBold’s existing web apps that manage data upload, discovery, search, and visualization
• Develop new tools to support complex interactive 2D/3D geospatial visualizations, plotting, and data labeling
• Champion frontend best practices
• Help to modernize our stack to standardize our UIs, prototype faster, and deploy useful apps for our geologists and data scientists
• Setup systems to automate the testing of our UIs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with geospatial data and building map-based experiences
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration platforms, such as Docker, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, etc
• Experience with frontend automated-testing systems (Cypress, Selenium, etc)
• Highly intellectually curious and eager to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Will be open to working directly with geologists in the field
• Excited to work on a wide range of problems in a dynamic work environment, to take on a wide range of responsibilities, and to learn new tech and science
• Keen not just to build cool technology, but to figure out what technical product to build to best achieve the business objectives of the company
• A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company

Benefits

• The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $160,000 - $220,000
• Location: Remote, Candidates can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada