Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join KoBold, a leading mineral exploration company, as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to building a sustainable world. You will work on a team developing state-of-the-art technology solutions for mineral exploration, directly impacting exploration success rates. This role involves deep engagement with geologists and data scientists, building data pipelines, and leading small engineering groups. You will own projects end-to-end, collaborate effectively with colleagues, and manage team services. The work empowers KoBold to unlock invaluable insights and streamline scientific processes, focusing on vital energy transition metals. This position offers the unique opportunity to embed directly with users and learn about mineral exploration while developing cutting-edge technology.

Requirements

• 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
• Skilled in large-scale system design
• A track record of taking ownership from definition of the problem and delivering projects with demonstrated impact in an iterative manner
• Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and willing to work directly with geologists in the field
• Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who are not software developers. A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company
• Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on an evolving range of responsibilities
• 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

Responsibilities

• Deep engagement with exploration geologists and data scientists, continual learning about mineral exploration, and tailoring technology development to the needs of exploration project scientists
• Building data pipelines and tooling for deriving advanced human and machine insights from exploration data, often leading a small group of software engineers to successful delivery
• Developing expertise in KoBold’s Data Systems and deeply understanding how they impact exploration
• End-to-end ownership of projects from design to implementation and testing to continued engagement with colleagues on exploration teams using your solutions
• Responding well to design and code feedback, also providing feedback to teammates
• Operationally managing the team’s services and assisting scientific colleagues with our tooling

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React
• Experience with geospatial data and building map-based experiences
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration platforms, such as Docker, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, etc
• Formal education or job exposure to natural sciences

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours