KoBold Metals&reg;&nbsp;is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley start-up using AI to enable the transition to electrification and help solve climate change. We are backed by Bill Gates&rsquo; Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs.
Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, and business personnel. KoBold&rsquo;s world-renowned geoscientists have made nearly 20 discoveries. They work on joint teams with outstanding data scientists, who have PhDs in physics, math, materials science, and geophysics. And our technology backbone has been built from scratch by our team of software engineers who are alumni of top Silicon Valley tech companies.

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About the company  KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company inventing AI to explore for the metals we need for a low-carbon economy. Our business is discovering and developing mineral resources, and our objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures. KoBold has built a fast-growing global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with majors, junior explorers, and prospectors. Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business. Prior to joining KoBold, our team members made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods. KoBold is privately held, and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP. About the position This role will be the second hire in the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&amp;A) team. In this role, you will help create the foundation upon which the FP&amp;A team will grow, allowing it to support a rapidly expanding company. You will be a key partner to business and technical functions, working across the entire company to help forecast, model, and plan expenses and provide the necessary data and tools to support operational decision-making. You will help the operational data team and others within the finance organization create the data infrastructure and front-end tools needed to efficiently expand our scope and breadth as business operations become increasingly complex. Since KoBold is a startup company operating globally, your role will be dynamic and your role and responsibilities will grow as the company grows.   ResponsibilitiesThe FP&amp;A Analyst will:<ul><li>Track and report on financial performance to the executive team, other business leaders, and various external stakeholders (e.g. investors, financial institutions, etc.)</li><li>Work closely with mineral exploration project teams and develop a deep understanding of exploration activities, the underlying geoscience, how KoBold develops and deploys its exploration technology, and unique considerations (both financial and operational) when operating in jurisdictions ranging from the Arctic to southern Africa</li><li>Partner with exploration project leads and department heads to build and maintain budget forecasts, track actuals, and prepare monthly variance reporting</li><li>Create tools and processes to streamline budget creation and tracking</li><li>Help design the finance data infrastructure needed to support the automation and scaling of FP&amp;A and other finance activities</li><li>Conduct ad-hoc analyses as needed to support operational and strategic decision-making</li><li>Help build and maintain various financial models to forecast company performance, cash requirements, or specific project economics</li><li>Serve as finance subject matter expert for the implementation and optimization of various enterprise resource planning (ERP) business tools and applications</li></ul> QualificationsA great candidate will have:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in STEM fields, business, Finance, or Economics</li><li>3+ years of experience working in a dynamic fast paced environment like a growing technology company, consulting, banking, etc.</li><li>Strong Excel and SQL experience</li><li>Excellent communication and data presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams</li><li>Ideas about how to visualize and communicate finance and operations data across a multi-disciplinary organization</li><li>A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision</li><li>A strong interest learning a lot about how mineral exploration works, how our technology improves exploration, and how exploration leaders can make better decisions with better information</li><li>Strong organizational skills and attention to detail</li><li>Flexibility to accommodate meetings with staff overseas and occasional travel</li><li>Interest in contributing broadly to the success of the company and eager to pitch in where needed</li></ul> It is helpful but not required to have experience:<ul><li>Building low-maintenance Business Intelligence reporting (e.g. Retool, Tableau) and integrating those tools into daily operations</li><li>Working with data operations teams on database architecture and maintenance</li><li>With Python</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status. This position is full-time, exempt. The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $105,000 - $135,000 Location: Remote, anywhere in the US or Canada.

FP&A Analyst

KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.About the position:At KoBold we believe that a modern ML stack will enable systematic mineral exploration and materially improve the success rate. This role is a key ingredient to this strategy. As a member of our software engineering team, you will apply software engineering and machine learning to large remote-sensing datasets in order to build scalable ML systems to help make high-speed, high-quality decisions for our mineral exploration projects. Collaborating with our exceptional team of data scientists and geologists, you will tackle complex scientific problems head-on and collectively pave the way for discoveries of vital energy transition metals like lithium, copper, nickel, and cobalt. Together we can shape the future of mineral exploration and contribute to building a sustainable world.Responsibilities of this role include:<ul><li>Architect, implement, and maintain foundational scientific computing libraries that will be used in Kobold’s mineral exploration analyses.</li><li>In collaboration with other engineers, build ML tooling to increase the velocity of our machine learning progress, including enabling rapid prototyping in Jupyter notebooks; building experimentation, evaluation, and simulation frameworks; turning successful R&amp;D into robust, scalable ML pipelines; and organizing models and their outputs for repeatability and discoverability.</li><li>In collaboration with data scientists, build models to make statistically valid predictions about the locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth’s crust.</li><li>Apply–and coach team members to use–engineering best practices such as writing testable and composable code</li><li>Collaborate with data scientists, geoscientists and engineers to invent the modern scientific computing stack for mineral exploration</li></ul>QualificationsOur ideal candidate will have:<ul><li>At least 5 years of experience as a software engineer, data scientist or ML engineer, though most great candidates will have closer to 10. Recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive.</li><li>Track record of building production ML solutions or tooling that have delivered business value</li><li>Proficiency with foundational concepts of ML</li><li>Proficiency in Python, ideally including array-based packages such as xarray and numpy</li><li>Proficiency in a variety of parallel computing patterns, for example using distributed computing frameworks such as Dask</li><li>Flexibility to engage with data scientists and increase their productivity for both experimental and production workflows </li><li>An open-mind and curious attitude to learn and embrace the unique challenges of applying machine learning to mineral exploration, such as limited groundtruth data, complex quality metric design, and difficulties to create generalizable models</li><li>Collaborative attitude to work with stakeholders with different backgrounds (data scientists, geoscientists, software engineers, operations)</li></ul>Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.</li><li>Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Open to working directly with geologists in the field. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers. A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>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.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $190,000-$250,000.Location: Remote, Candidates can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada.<h3> </h3><h3> </h3>

Staff ML Engineer

KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.About the position:At KoBold we believe that a modern ML stack will enable systematic mineral exploration and materially improve the success rate. This role is a key ingredient to this strategy. As a member of our software engineering team, you will apply software engineering and machine learning to large remote-sensing datasets in order to build scalable ML systems to help make high-speed, high-quality decisions for our mineral exploration projects. Collaborating with our exceptional team of data scientists and geologists, you will tackle complex scientific problems head-on and collectively pave the way for discoveries of vital energy transition metals like lithium, copper, nickel, and cobalt. Together we can shape the future of mineral exploration and contribute to building a sustainable world.Responsibilities of this role include:<ul><li>Architect, implement, and maintain foundational scientific computing libraries for distributed processing of large-scale geospatial rasters, to be used in Kobold’s mineral exploration analyses.</li><li>In collaboration with other engineers, build tooling to increase the velocity of our machine learning progress on geospatial raster data, including enabling rapid prototyping in Jupyter notebooks; build experimentation, evaluation, and simulation frameworks; turning successful R&amp;D into robust, scalable ML pipelines; and organizing models and their outputs for repeatability and discoverability.</li><li>In collaboration with data scientists, build models to make statistically valid predictions about the locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth’s crust.</li><li>Apply–and coach team members to use–engineering best practices such as writing robust, testable and composable code</li><li>Collaborate with data scientists, geoscientists and engineers to invent the modern scientific computing stack for mineral exploration</li></ul>QualificationsOur ideal candidate will have:<ul><li>At least 5 years of experience as a software engineer, data scientist or ML engineer, though most great candidates will have closer to 10. Recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive.</li><li>Track record of building production quality data processing solutions or tooling that have delivered business value</li><li>Proficiency with foundational concepts of ML, including statistical, traditional and deep-learning approaches</li><li>Proficiency in Python, ideally including array-based packages such as xarray and numpy</li><li>Proficiency in scaling complex data operations across distributed computing resources, using tools such as Spark or Dask</li><li>Drive to increase the velocity and effectiveness of our data scientists in both experimental and production workflows </li><li>Capacity to dive deep on novel challenging problems in applying ML to mineral exploration, including understanding a complex domain of geology and mineral exploration practices as well as working with limited, disparate and noisy data sources </li><li>Collaborative attitude to work with stakeholders with different backgrounds (data scientists, geoscientists, software engineers, operations)</li><li>Experience with multispectral remote-sensing data from a variety of sources</li></ul>Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.</li><li>Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Open to working directly with geologists in the field. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers. A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>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.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $190,000-$260,000.Location: Remote, Candidates can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada. <h3> </h3><h3> </h3>

Staff ML Engineer, Remote Sensing

<h3>Infrastructure Engineer</h3>  About the CompanyKoBold Metals is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley start-up using AI to enable the transition to electrification and help solve climate change. We are backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, and business personnel. KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists have made nearly 20 discoveries. They work on joint teams with outstanding data scientists, who have PhDs in physics, math, materials science, and geophysics. And our technology backbone has been built from scratch by our team of software engineers who are alumni of top Silicon Valley tech companies.KoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to help accelerate our mission. About the positionIn this role, you will architect and deploy software to accelerate discovery of battery metals and to help construct the global geoscience data system that underlies our digital exploration program. You will join an outstanding team of data scientists and engineers and will work closely with KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists. You will be responsible for helping us build reliable and secure infrastructure while contributing broadly across our technology stack. Ultimately, your role is to help build data tools to solve challenging scientific problems and to enable the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. As one of the early members of this team, you will help build these tools from the ground up.ResponsibilitiesThe Infrastructure Engineer will:<ul><li>Help develop KoBold’s proprietary data system, TerraShed®, and modeling software, Machine Prospector®</li><li>Design and implement infrastructure for distributed parallel ML and scientific computing</li><li>Design, implement, and maintain security protocols for highly proprietary data</li><li>Design components of the data system to ingest, store, process, and access a large volume and wide variety of geoscience data for both predictive modeling and visualization</li></ul> QualificationsA great Infrastructure Engineer candidate will have:<ul><li>Expertise in at least one programming language (KoBold’s primary language is Python, but a candidate with expertise in, e.g., Go or Ruby will still be competitive)</li><li>Experience designing and deploying systems in the cloud on AWS, GCP, or Azure and defining those systems with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation</li><li>Experience with Kubernetes</li><li>Experience designing, deploying, and managing monitoring and alerting systems against well-defined service metrics (e.g. SLO, SLA)</li><li>Experience building systems to develop, deploy, and instrument machine learning models, particularly in Kubeflow or similar frameworks</li><li>Prior responsibility for planning and implementing information security measures</li></ul> A great Infrastructure Engineer candidate will also be:<ul><li>Motivated to build and maintain systems that meet challenging infrastructure requirements and to work closely with engineering colleagues on a broad set of infrastructure problems</li><li>Excited to work on a wide range of problems, and to take on a wide range of responsibilities, learning new tech tools whenever needed</li><li>Highly intellectually curious and eager to learn from technical experts who aren’t solely software engineers</li><li>Keen not just to build products, but to figure out what product to build to best achieve the business objectives of the company</li><li>Highly self-motivated and autonomous, able to effectively structure one’s own work, make realistic time estimates, and communicate well as one progresses</li><li>Focused on making decisions about risk based on practical considerations and a deep understanding of the company’s business, rather than on compliance checklists or blind adherence to a preferred set of practices</li><li>A clear technical writer, reflecting a deep understanding of what guidance users/colleagues need to effectively and efficiently use the systems you build</li><li>Careful to get the details right</li></ul>It is helpful but not required to have:<ul><li>Experience with geospatial databases, analyses, and/or visualizations</li><li>Expertise in designing and deploying container-based software in Kubernetes</li><li>A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in the physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or mathematics</li></ul> Level: This is an individual contributor role. This position requires a minimum of 2-3 years of relevant full-time professional work experience; recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive. KoBold Metals® is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.This position is full-time, exempt.Location: KoBold® is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States for CanadaThe US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $110,000-$170,000.

Infrastructure Engineer

About the company KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Mineral Rights Lead to help accelerate our mission. About the position:This Mineral Rights Lead position will specialize in land and tenure matters within the company, offering strategic direction and guidance while directly assisting field projects with tenure-related needs.  Report to and collaborating closely with the Director of Mineral Rights, the Mineral Rights Lead will be tasked with comprehensively administering KoBold's assets across a multitude of different jurisdictions where KoBold operates, as well as developing a knowledge base in new jurisdictions that are of interest to KoBold. The Mineral Rights Lead will maintain a thorough understanding of our asset portfolios, documenting pertinent information, and cultivating institutional knowledge essential for effective land tenure management.  This position will play a fundamental role in establishing and maintaining the land tenure management system, ensuring seamless integration into company operations.  The Mineral Rights Lead will work extensively with various departments including Operations, Legal, Business Development, Community Engagement, Finance, and Data Operations.  The Mineral Rights Lead will provide vital information for due diligence processes and analysis concerning potential new acquisitions.  This role may also assist in permitting procedures for initial drill testing, facilitating smooth operations across departments, and ensuring regulatory compliance.Reporting to the Director of Mineral Rights, the responsibilities of this position include:<ul><li>Assist the Director of Mineral Rights to </li><ul><li>convey timely jurisdictional information to Operations and Business Development.</li><li>establish awareness of reporting and renewal obligations for KoBold assets.</li><li>assist in the ongoing maintenance, updates, and optimization of the Land Tenure Management System. </li><li>contribute supplementary information and resources to the KoBold’s internal documentation regarding mineral rights and land management. </li><li>design and refine land management workflows tailored to the specific requirements of each jurisdiction where KoBold operates. </li><li>prepare comprehensive reports that provide insights into various land metrics, including land area, active claims, and the cost to hold those claims.</li><li>develop and implement enhancements in all land management practices.</li></ul><li>Conduct assessments of jurisdictional requirements.</li><li>Research acquisition and maintenance prerequisites in new jurisdictions.</li><li>Collaborate with Legal on entity creation, staking requirements, and Confidentiality tracking.</li><li>Identify and map above-ground risks and stakeholders.</li><li>Be a key resource for exploration teams concerning tenure.  </li><li>Travel to remote work sites as required.</li></ul> Qualifications<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources or a closely related field is essential.  </li><li>Demonstrated proficiency in land administration within the context of mineral exploration or mining, evidenced by a minimum of 5 years of recent experience in the field.  </li><li>Experience with land tenure management systems is highly desirable. </li><li>Familiarity with GIS principles and software applications    </li></ul>In addition to the above, you will have:<ul><li>Practical experience with initial drill test permitting processes. </li><li>Familiarity with the regulatory frameworks and procedural requirements governing drill testing activities.</li><li>excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset, allowing you to effectively communicate and coordinate with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders. </li><li>Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are essential attributes</li></ul>We are seeking a proactive and results-driven individual who is passionate about land administration and possesses the necessary expertise to drive success in a dynamic and challenging environment within the mineral exploration and mining industry. KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.  This position is full-time, exempt.  The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $110,000 - $150,000. Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace. We are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States for Canada

Mineral Rights Lead

KoBold Metals is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley start-up using AI to enable the transition to electrification and help solve climate change. We are backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, and business personnel. KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists have made nearly 20 discoveries. They work on joint teams with outstanding data scientists, who have PhDs in physics, math, materials science, and geophysics. And our technology backbone has been built from scratch by our team of software engineers who are alumni of top Silicon Valley tech companies.About the positionIn this role, you will lead the hydrogeologic work for KoBold’s exploration projects, including pre-feasibility and feasibility engineering studies.  You will help to identify, design, and execute all hydrogeologic field programs necessary to maximize the safety, feasibility, and value of our future mines.  You will lead the development of state-of-the-science groundwater flow models in support of these goals. Your flow models will be an integrated component of KoBold dynamic mine-planning and operational guiding technology.You will join an outstanding team of geoscientists, data scientists, and software engineers. You will be a core part of the project teams, advancing the science and practice of exploration.  You will help develop novel data collection programs, and work closely with geologists and data scientists to build physics-based and data-driven models of the hydrogeology of our exploration sites.  A key challenge will be to quantify uncertainties relevant to mining, and to identify efficient means for reducing these uncertainties as the project advances.ResponsibilitiesThe Computational Hydrologist will:<ul><li>Identify data that should be collected as early as possible in an exploration program</li><li>Design data collection programs appropriate for the given project, including early understanding of the hydrologic systems in an area and ongoing surveillance to reduce uncertainty over time</li><li>Work with field teams to execute these data collection programs</li><li>Work with data scientists to derive new hydrogeologic insights from our data</li><li>Build and run groundwater flow models in support of exploration and mine planning, innovating to develop new approaches as needed to achieve project objectives</li></ul>QualificationsA great Computational Hydrologist candidate will have:<ul><li>Bachelor's or post-graduate degree in hydrogeology, geology, geological or environmental engineering, or closely related discipline</li><li>10 years of work experience, including at least 2 years in hydrogeology and data science</li><li>Experience designing and implementing hydrogeologic field studies</li><li>Experience analyzing hydrogeologic data to support the development of conceptual and numerical models of groundwater flow, including familiarity with modeling software such as MODFLOW or FEFLOW</li><li>Deep expertise in computational modeling of porous media flows and coupled groundwater/surface-water systems.</li><li>Enthusiasm for developing novel mathematical models, both physics-based and data-driven</li><li>Drive to self-teach programming fundamentals and learn KoBold’s code repositories</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. This position is full-time, exempt. Location: Remote from any location in the US or Canada. KoBold Metals has physical offices in Berkeley, CA and Lusaka, Zambia, but all work can be performed remotely.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000 - $225,000

Computational Hydrologist

KoBold Metals is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley start-up using AI to enable the transition to electrification and help solve climate change. We are backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, and business personnel. KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists have made nearly 20 discoveries. They work on joint teams with outstanding data scientists, who have PhDs in physics, math, materials science, and geophysics. And our technology backbone has been built from scratch by our team of software engineers who are alumni of top Silicon Valley tech companies.About the positionIn this role, you will lead the hydrogeologic work for KoBold’s exploration projects, including pre-feasibility and feasibility engineering studies.  You will help to identify, design, and execute all hydrogeologic field programs necessary to maximize the safety, feasibility, and value of our future mines.  You will lead the development of state-of-the-science groundwater flow models in support of these goals. Your flow models will be an integrated component of KoBold dynamic mine-planning and operational guiding technology.You will join an outstanding team of geoscientists, data scientists, and software engineers. You will be a core part of the project teams, advancing the science and practice of exploration.  You will help develop novel data collection programs, and work closely with geologists and data scientists to build physics-based and data-driven models of the hydrogeology of our exploration sites.  A key challenge will be to quantify uncertainties relevant to mining, and to identify efficient means for reducing these uncertainties as the project advances.ResponsibilitiesThe Computational Fluid Mechanician will:<ul><li>Identify data that should be collected as early as possible in an exploration program</li><li>Design data collection programs appropriate for the given project, including early understanding of the hydrologic systems in an area and ongoing surveillance to reduce uncertainty over time</li><li>Work with field teams to execute these data collection programs</li><li>Work with data scientists to derive new hydrogeologic insights from our data</li><li>Build and run groundwater flow models in support of exploration and mine planning, innovating to develop new approaches as needed to achieve project objectives</li></ul>QualificationsA great Computational Fluid Mechanician candidate will have:<ul><li>Bachelor's or post-graduate degree in hydrogeology, geology, geological or environmental engineering, or closely related discipline</li><li>10 years of work experience, including at least 2 years in hydrogeology and data science</li><li>Experience designing and implementing hydrogeologic field studies</li><li>Experience analyzing hydrogeologic data to support the development of conceptual and numerical models of groundwater flow, including familiarity with modeling software such as MODFLOW or FEFLOW</li><li>Deep expertise in computational modeling of porous media flows and coupled groundwater/surface-water systems.</li><li>Enthusiasm for developing novel mathematical models, both physics-based and data-driven</li><li>Drive to self-teach programming fundamentals and learn KoBold’s code repositories</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. This position is full-time, exempt. Location: Remote from any location in the US or Canada. KoBold Metals has physical offices in Berkeley, CA and Lusaka, Zambia, but all work can be performed remotely.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000 - $225,000

Computational Fluid Mechanician

KoBold Metals is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley start-up using AI to enable the transition to electrification and help solve climate change. We are backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, and business personnel. KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists have made nearly 20 discoveries. They work on joint teams with outstanding data scientists, who have PhDs in physics, math, materials science, and geophysics. And our technology backbone has been built from scratch by our team of software engineers who are alumni of top Silicon Valley tech companies.About the positionIn this role, you will lead the hydrogeologic work for KoBold’s exploration projects, including pre-feasibility and feasibility engineering studies.  You will help to identify, design, and execute all hydrogeologic field programs necessary to maximize the safety, feasibility, and value of our future mines.  You will lead the development of state-of-the-science groundwater flow models in support of these goals. Your flow models will be an integrated component of KoBold dynamic mine-planning and operational guiding technology.You will join an outstanding team of geoscientists, data scientists, and software engineers. You will be a core part of the project teams, advancing the science and practice of exploration.  You will help develop novel data collection programs, and work closely with geologists and data scientists to build physics-based and data-driven models of the hydrogeology of our exploration sites.  A key challenge will be to quantify uncertainties relevant to mining, and to identify efficient means for reducing these uncertainties as the project advances.ResponsibilitiesThe Hydrogeologist will:<ul><li>Identify data that should be collected as early as possible in an exploration program</li><li>Design data collection programs appropriate for the given project, including early understanding of the hydrologic systems in an area and ongoing surveillance to reduce uncertainty over time</li><li>Work with field teams to execute these data collection programs</li><li>Work with data scientists to derive new hydrogeologic insights from our data</li><li>Build and run groundwater flow models in support of exploration and mine planning, innovating to develop new approaches as needed to achieve project objectives</li></ul>QualificationsA great Hydrogeologist candidate will have:<ul><li>Bachelor's or post-graduate degree in hydrogeology, geology, geological or environmental engineering, or closely related discipline</li><li>10 years of work experience, including at least 2 years in hydrogeology</li><li>Experience designing and implementing hydrogeologic field studies</li><li>Experience analyzing hydrogeologic data to support the development of conceptual and numerical models of groundwater flow, including familiarity with modeling software such as MODFLOW or FEFLOW</li><li>Deep expertise in computational modeling of porous media flows and coupled groundwater/surface-water systems.</li><li>Enthusiasm for developing novel mathematical models, both physics-based and data-driven</li><li>Drive to self-teach programming fundamentals and learn KoBold’s code repositories</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. This position is full-time, exempt. Location: Remote from any location in the US or Canada. KoBold Metals has physical offices in Berkeley, CA and Lusaka, Zambia, but all work can be performed remotely. The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000 to $225,000

Hydrogeologist

<h3>Scientist</h3>KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Scientist to help accelerate our mission.About the positionIn this role, you will build predictive models and apply a wide range of scientific computing, statistical, and physics-based methods to transform remote sensing data, including multi- and hyper-spectral, into actionable insights that guide our exploration programs. You will further develop KoBold’s in-house remote sensing instrumentation and develop modeling tools to optimize further data collection efforts. You will be creating insights that accelerate discovery of critical battery metals.You will join an outstanding team of data scientists and engineers and will work closely with KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists to incorporate our best understanding of the chemical and physical processes that create ore deposits. Working with your geoscience colleagues, you will identify new opportunities and technologies for geophysical data collection, create predictions, identify exploration targets, design field programs to collect data, and use that data to reduce the uncertainty in our predictions and guide the next phase of field work.Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by building and deploying next generation hardware and analysis techniques to solve scientific problems. ResponsibilitiesThe Scientist will:<ul><li>Apply state-of-the-art analysis techniques to multi- and hyper-spectral remote sensing data</li><li>Model and simulate remote sensing instruments to improve data collection and guide development of future instruments</li><li>Help develop KoBold’s proprietary software exploration tools.</li><li>Find and curate open source remote sensing data and integrate it into KoBold’s proprietary data system.</li><li>Build models to make statistically valid predictions about the locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth’s crust.</li><li>Create effective visualizations for evaluating model performance and enabling rapid interaction with the underlying data and key features.</li><li>Develop and apply a range of data processing, statistical, and physics-based techniques to geoscientific data, including both reflectance and emissivity spectroscopy, and use the results to guide our targeting efforts and inform our acquisition and exploration decisions.</li><li>Present to and collaborate with our external partners and stakeholders.</li></ul>QualificationsA great Scientist candidate will have:<ul><li>A successful track record of working with remote sensing instrumentation, especially reflectance and emissivity spectroscopy, and developing and deploying state-of-the-art spectral analysis techniques.</li></ul>Technical skills, including extensive experience with:<ul><li>Physical measurement and data analysis systems. </li><li>Applying scientific knowledge to identify and prototype emerging technologies</li><li>Systems integration and data acquisition.</li><li>Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.</li><li>Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.</li><li>Using cloud computing resources to perform scientific analysis at scale</li><li>Building a wide variety of predictive models, applying them to different problems, and evaluating and interpreting the results.</li><li>Working with a broad range of types of data including data from physical systems.</li><li>Geospatial analyses and visualizations.</li></ul>Technical knowledge:<ul><li>Atmospheric corrections for remote sensing data</li><li>Broad skills in and knowledge of data analysis, physics, and applied statistics.</li></ul>Training and work experience:<ul><li>An advanced degree in the physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or mathematics.</li><li>Post-degree work experience as a scientist or engineer.</li></ul>Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.</li><li>Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul>It is also helpful but not required to have experience with:<ul><li>Image processing or computer vision</li><li>Geophysical data, instrumentation, and inverse problems</li><li>Project and team management</li></ul>KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000-$200,000.Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States or Canada

Scientist

About the Company:KoBold Metals Zambia Limited is the leading Zambian-led mineral exploration company exploring for the ore deposits that will become the next generation of new mines in Zambia.  KoBold Metals Zambia is the Zambian affiliate of KoBold Metals, a global company that invents and applies artificial intelligence to find mineral deposits worldwide.KoBold Metals Zambia is building a rapidly growing team of Zambian geologists, operators, and executives to find and develop exploration opportunities and mineral resources drawing upon KoBold’s technology and the expertise of colleagues worldwide.  In the Copperbelt at Chililabombwe, KoBold Metals Zambia is developing the Mingomba deposit into a world-class mine.Overview:As the Deputy General Counsel, you will be responsible for developing the Legal Department and ensuring efficient and effective provision of legal services to the Company, as well as legal compliance and minimizing legal risk exposure to the Company. Job Responsibilities and Duties:<ul><li>Play a leading role in developing the Legal Department in one of Zambia’s top mineral exploration and mining companies, as we scale up to run exploration programs throughout Zambia and open a world-class mine</li><li>Develop the company’s legal functions, including but not limited to contract drafting and management, legal entity management, employment matters, compliance with laws and contracts, and many other areas as the company’s legal functions grow;</li><li>Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department;</li><li>Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions;</li><li>Represent the company in negotiations in Zambia and Southern Africa; </li><li>Review, draft, and advise on complex transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions;</li><li>Lead due diligence efforts when the company is conducting diligence about an opportunity and when we are responding to diligence requests;</li><li>Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients (i.e. senior executives,  Finance, HR, CSR, Corporate Communications etc);</li><li>Write, revise, and review documents regarding every part of the business;</li><li>Guide and support the company’s global business operations using legal and business skills, such as management of confidential information, tax structuring, and building organizational processes;</li><li>Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity;</li><li>Provide leverage and support to the Chief Legal Officer so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities;</li><li>Other duties as assigned by the Chief Legal Officer.</li></ul>Qualifications and skills: <ul><li>At least 10 years of experience in legal role function in corporate organizations or private practice;</li><li>Experience providing legal service to one of the top corporations in Zambia (for example, a leading bank, mining company, or other leading corporation with the highest standards);</li><li>Experience leading teams of attorneys and staff;</li><li>Degree in law from a recognized university;</li><li>Masters would be an added advantage;</li><li>Member of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) with valid current practicing certificate;</li><li>Demonstrated understanding of Corporate Law, Mining Law, Employment law and other relevant legislation pertaining to the operations of the business;</li><li>Excellent interpersonal relations and communication skills;</li><li>Must demonstrate high integrity and ethical practice; and</li><li>Strong communication skills both oral and written and excellent presentation skills.</li></ul>We are committed to equal employment opportunities for all people.This position is full-time.Location: KoBold Metals Zambia corporate headquarters, Lusaka, Zambia. Locations on the Copperbelt and remote roles will also be considered.At this time, we are only accepting applications from Zambian nationals.

Deputy General Counsel, Zambia

<p style="margin:0.75rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.714;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.005em;color:rgb(23, 43, 77);font-family:-apple-system , 'system-ui' , 'Segoe UI' , Roboto , Oxygen , Ubuntu , 'Fira Sans' , 'Droid Sans' , 'Helvetica Neue' , sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-align:start;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the CompanyKoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods.KoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Data Engineer to help accelerate our mission.About The Role:One of KoBold’s core beliefs is that making mineral exploration data broadly accessible to humans and machines will enable systematic exploration and materially improved success rates. This role will help realize this vision by combining software, systems and data engineering to solve the scalability challenges associated with an ever increasing volume of heterogeneous mineral exploration data.Responsibilities of this role include:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Collect, standardize, clean, and organize heterogeneous mineral exploration data. This data comes from a variety of sources (government, third parties, collected in our own operations), includes multiple different types (unstructured text, images, tabular data, …), and comes in a variety of formats and cleanliness. This role will handle the idiosyncrasies of each data set.</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Build tooling to support our field operations such as dashboards, visualizations, data processing pipelines, integrations with third party software.</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Build scalable, reliable, and performant systems to support the above operations, in collaboration with the engineering team</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Eliminate work through automation and efficiency improvements</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Optimize existing systems and processes to increase scale and velocity of our data processing</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Evangelize automation and engineering best practices throughout Kobold. Mentor other team members to adopt them</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Work with data scientists and geoscientists to generate data that meet their data quality and accessibility requirements</li></ul>QualificationsOur ideal candidate will have:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">At least 5 years of experience in a Data Engineering or Software Engineering role, ideally working on a data product</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Proficiency in large-scale system design </li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Proficiency in Python, including data processing libraries such as pandas and distributed computing frameworks such as Dask</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Proficiency in performance optimization for data storage and serving</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Discerning ability, curiosity and initiative to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for automation. Creativity and follow-through to address these problems in a systematic way</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Track record of scaling a fast-growing product, in a startup or as a member of a small team</li><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Collaborative attitude to work with stakeholders with different backgrounds (data scientists, geoscientists, software engineers, operations)</li></ul>It is helpful but not required to have:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(52, 73, 94);">Experience working with scientific or geospatial datasets</li></ul>KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.<h3> </h3>Location: Zambia<h3> </h3>

Data Engineer, Zambia

<h3>Exploration Geologist</h3>KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.About the positionIn this role, you will lead evaluations of potential properties for acquisition, generate targets, and design and oversee field programs from target definition through to resource expansion. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and will work closely with data scientists, using KoBold’s technology to help guide our field programs and decision-making. You will also work directly with our senior technical advisors and with the executive team on making the investment case for acquisitions and field programs.Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by identifying opportunities with rigorous evaluation and by ensuring that we safely and effectively conduct our field programs.Responsibilities<ul><li>Demonstrate in all activities a commitment to the highest standards in health and safety, environment, and community relations</li><li>Rigorously analyze geoscientific datasets across a range of scales from provinces to prospects to determine exploration potential and to identify, rank, and prioritize exploration targets</li><li>Design, budget, permit, and execute field programs ranging from geological mapping and sampling of grass roots prospects through to large drilling programs on advanced projects, with leading industry practice in data acquisition and validation</li><li>Provide technical guidance and support to local in-country project teams during the design and execution of exploration programs, including site visits and engagement with other project stakeholders (e.g., community representatives, regulatory authorities, and joint venture partners)</li><li>Work collaboratively with data scientist colleagues to conceive and implement insightful analytical methods</li></ul>QualificationsA great Senior Exploration Geologist candidate will have:<ul><li>Strong technical knowledge of one or more ore deposit types. Experience working on sediment-hosted stratiform copper or magmatic sulfide deposits will be considered an advantage</li><li>Excellence in generative analysis ranging from new concepts to integration, interpretation, and modeling of large datasets</li><li>Good field skills and experience conducting field programs across a range of project stages from grassroots prospects through to advanced projects with significant drilling campaigns</li><li>Baseline level of proficiency in standard desktop software packages (e.g., ArcGIS or QGIS)</li><li>Strong leadership skills including the ability to motivate and inspire others, to share ownership and responsibility for project outcomes, and to work effectively in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams</li><li>Previous experience in coaching and training geoscientists of varying experience, educational backgrounds and cultures in leading-practice mineral exploration</li><li>Demonstrated commitment to high standards of health and safety in the workplace</li><li>A minimum of 10 years experience in the mineral exploration industry</li><li>B.Sc. degree in geology or related geoscience field</li></ul>It is helpful but not required to have:<ul><li>A Ph.D. or M.Sc. degree</li><li>Working knowledge of one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, R, C/C++)</li><li>Knowledge of geostatistics and/or other statistical methods relevant for analysis of geoscientific data</li><li>International experience, particularly in the Central African Copperbelt</li></ul>Note: Candidates who are specialists in geochemistry or geophysics but open to doing significant project work are encouraged to apply.KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $110,000-$170,000.Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States or Canada

Senior Exploration Geologist

About the CompanyKoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company inventing AI to explore for the metals we need for a low-carbon economy. Our business is discovering and developing mineral resources, and our objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has built a fast-growing global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business. Prior to joining KoBold, our team members made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods.KoBold is privately held, and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.About the positionIn this role, you will oversee the treasury operation of the company domestically and globally. You will also provide support to accounting operations across the globe. Since KoBold is a startup company, your role will be dynamic and your role and responsibilities will grow as the company grows. Responsibilities<ul><li>Oversee the Company’s cash position including the monitoring of all multi-currency inflows and outflows across various financial institutions in adherence to the Company’s investment policy while maintaining sufficient operational balances to suit the Company’s needs</li><li>Monthly and quarterly reporting related to cash flows, investments, interest rates, FX exposure and other ad hoc reporting requests</li><li>Establish internal controls and develop and implement policies to ensure auditability and compliance with accounting standards</li><li>Partner with FP&amp;A and A/P teams to develop and maintain the Company’s cash forecast</li><li>Manage and respond to KYC requests from financial institutions and the Company’s business partners</li><li>Ensure compliance with banking regulations in multiple jurisdictions </li><li>Identify and implement opportunities for efficiency, automation and process optimization (i.e., expense reimbursement platform) </li><li>Provide support for other projects in accounting and finance operations (e.g., insurance) </li><li>Handle sensitive information in a confidential manner. </li></ul>Qualifications The candidate must have: <ul><li>10+ years experience in accounting </li><li>Broad-based experience in all treasury functions </li><li>Strong organizational skills and proactive communicator </li><li>The ability to quickly learn new tools as needed and solve new problems continuously </li><li>A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision </li><li>Flexibility to cover treasury functions during non-company business hours when banks and other financial institutions remain open</li><li>Interest in contributing broadly to the success of the company and eager to pitch in where needed </li><li>Accounting for international operations </li></ul>KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.This position is full-time, exempt.Salary range: $115,000 - $145,000 Location: Remote, anywhere in the US.

Treasury Operations Manager

About the company  KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company inventing AI to explore for the metals we need for a low-carbon economy. Our business is discovering and developing mineral resources, and our objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has built a fast-growing global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business. Prior to joining KoBold, our team members made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods.KoBold is privately held, and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP. About the positionIn this role, you will oversee all domestic and global tax compliance and tax planning for our company. You will oversee tax filings, reporting requirements, statutory filings, corporate strategy and structure, transfer pricing, indirect tax and other international taxation issues. You will provide guidance on tax laws, reporting, legislation and planning strategies as it relates to existing and potential jurisdictions. In a newly created role as leader of the tax group at the company, you will be both a direct contributor across many areas of domestic and international tax matters and will be responsible for helping to build the tax function at the company. Since KoBold is a startup company operating globally, your role will be dynamic and your role and responsibilities will grow as the company grows.   ResponsibilitiesThe Tax Director will:<ul><li>Oversee corporate tax structure and strategic tax planning for our company</li><li>Oversee tax compliance in multiple countries and jurisdictions</li><li>Interpret and implement domestic and treaty provisions in all countries where we operate</li><li>Review and approve transfer pricing calculations</li><li>Oversee the set up of tax accounts and manage relationships with external tax firms in countries where we operate</li><li>Oversee reporting for indirect taxes in multiple jurisdictions</li><li>Prepare tax provision and tax estimates</li><li>Provide support to International HR Manager for cross border employment issues</li><li>Oversee calculation and documentation of R&amp;D Credit and other tax credits and incentives</li><li>Proactively anticipate and communicate about tax matters that the company may face as our international operations and financing grow</li><li>Figure out what internal capacity we need to build and build a lean, high-performing team to accomplish it</li><li>Implement and maintain new processes as the company grows</li><li>Handle sensitive information in a confidential manner</li></ul> QualificationsA great candidate will have:<ul><li>Either a bachelor's degree in accounting and CPA certification, or a law degree</li><li>10+ years experience with recent experience in international tax accounting </li><li>Experience helping a company establish a presence in one or more new countries </li><li>Ability to understand and assess the tax impact of company operations in multiple jurisdictions</li><li>Strong organizational skills and attention to detail</li><li>The ability to quickly learn new tools as needed and to solve new problems continuously</li><li>A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision</li><li>Propensity to figure out what needs to be done and pursue it without being asked</li><li>Flexibility to accommodate meetings with staff/vendors overseas</li><li>Interest in contributing broadly to the success of the company and eager to pitch in where needed</li></ul> It is helpful but not required to have experience with:<ul><li>Tax implications of stock option grants in multiple jurisdictions</li><li>Financial models incorporating strategic tax scenarios</li><li>Experience with technology or natural resource companies</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status. This position is full-time, exempt. The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $175,000 - $200,000 Location: Remote, anywhere in the US. Applicants should send a resume and cover letter to jobs@koboldmetals.com.

Tax Director

About the CompanyKoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP. About the PositionIn the role of Field Operations Lead, you will plan and execute our field activities to meet our business objectives without causing harm to our people, our contractors and partners, or the communities and environments where we operate. You will report to our Field Operations Manager for North America, and also work closely with the COO, the leaders for our field programs, and other members of the operations team. Your primary responsibility will be to serve as the leader of field operations for 1-3 projects per year.Responsibilities For 1-3 projects per year, the Field Operations Lead will be responsible for: <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Operations Control Center: Maintain daily contact with and monitor the status of KoBold personnel and contractors while in the field. Maintain close communication with the Project Geologist, Project Data Scientist, and the Senior Project Planner</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Reporting: Execute and maintain KoBold’s system for tracking health &amp; safety incidents and provide periodic reporting</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Compliance: Understand applicable local laws and regulations and the practices of our joint venture partners and ensure that we follow them in all our operations</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Field Service Contractors: Identify, evaluate, contract with, and manage  contractors and vendors for a wide range of field operations, from camp construction to helicopter transport to emergency medical services</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Logistics: Arrange for the shipment of equipment and material to and from KoBold’s project sites</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Local Management: Deploy to remote project locations as required to implement and manage programs</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Process Improvement: Creating ways of working that allow us to continue to work more effectively and to be nimble so that we can support machine-learning-driven dynamic field programs, where we adapt our plan based on the data we collect at each stage</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Stakeholder Engagement: WIth leadership direction and support, help represent KoBold Metals with local stakeholders</li></ul> QualificationsYou must have: <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">At least 5 years of experience conducting field operations in mineral exploration &amp; mining, oil &amp; gas or a related industry</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Demonstrated commitment to and familiarity with developing and implementing high standards of health &amp; safety in the workplace</li><li style="font-weight:400;">The ability to problem-solve in remote environments</li><li style="font-weight:400;">The ability to work in remote and isolated locations for extended periods of time</li><li style="font-weight:bold;">Must speak, read, and write in French and English</li><li style="font-weight:400;">A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Familiarity with Project Management principles and managing projects remotely</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Enjoyment in working with people in a wide variety of disciplines and different parts of the world</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Interest in contributing broadly to the success of the company and eager to pitch in where needed</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Valid First Aid Certification (Level 3 or Wilderness First Aid is preferred)</li></ul>It is helpful but not required to have: <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Run programs in different countries and/or remote environments</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Worked in a small company or as a member of a very small team with a broad mandate working in a fast paced project environment. </li><li style="font-weight:400;">Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, CRSP designation, Red Seal designation (electrical, carpentry, plumbing), trained or experience operating heavy equipment </li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.This position is full-time, exempt.Location: Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States or Canada.

Field Operations Lead, Quebec

An in-house transactional attorney who will play an important role in building a global AI-driven clean-tech company that invents breakthrough technology, discovers billions of dollars of minerals, and helps to stop climate change.About the CompanyKoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company inventing AI to explore for the metals we need for a low-carbon economy. Our business is discovering and developing mineral resources, and our objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has built a fast-growing global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business. Prior to joining KoBold, our team members made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods.KoBold is privately held, and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.ResponsibilitiesThe Assistant General Counsel will:<ul><li>Be the third in-house counsel in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world</li><li>Provide leverage and support to the GC and DGC so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities</li><li>Develop major parts of the company’s legal function, including worldwide contracting, legal entity management, employment matters, compliance with laws and contracts, and many other areas as the company as its legal functions grow</li><li>Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department</li><li>Represent the company in negotiations throughout the U.S. and abroad with mining companies, tech companies, governments, universities, vendors, and individuals</li><li>Review, draft, and advise on complex transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions</li><li>Lead due diligence efforts when the company is conducting diligence about an opportunity and when we are responding to diligence requests</li><li>Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, finance, corporate development, HR and talent acquisition, geologists, data scientists, and software engineers</li><li>Write, revise, and review documents regarding every part of the business</li><li>Guide and support the company’s global business operations using legal and business skills, such as management of confidential information, tax structuring, and building organizational processes</li><li>Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity</li><li>Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions</li><li>Work on whatever needs to be done</li></ul>QualificationsThe candidate must have:<ul><li>8-15 years of experience, with a minimum of 4 years at a top law firm as a corporate associate, followed by time working in-house</li><li>Solid experience managing legal entities (particularly foreign subsidiaries) and reviewing/drafting commercial contracts (vendor, consulting, services, SaaS, licensing, IT)</li><li>Experience implementing a CLM (contract lifecycle management system) </li><li>Mergers and acquisitions/joint ventures and/or employment-related agreements are a plus </li><li>Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the GC and DGC</li><li>Interest in working in a global company and learning many different foreign legal systems and business environments</li><li>Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents. </li><li>Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond</li><li>Strong organizational and communication skills</li><li>Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents</li><li>Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously</li><li>Strong ability to be a leader in the setting a high standard of ethics</li><li>An optimistic attitude toward work and people</li><li>J.D. from a top law school and active admission to a state bar</li></ul>It is not necessary to have experience with mining or mineral exploration; the successful candidate will be able to learn what’s needed about the industry on the job.KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.This position is full-time, exempt.Salary range: $190,000 - $235,000 + equityLocation: Remote, anywhere in the U.S.All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Assistant General Counsel

<h3>Staff Data Scientist</h3>KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Principal Data Scientist to help accelerate our mission.About the positionIn this role, you will build predictive models and apply a wide range of scientific computing, statistical, and physics-based methods to find places where there is evidence of ore-forming processes at work and to predict the locations of ore-grade mineralization in 2D and 3D. You will help build a worldwide dataset that underlies our exploration program, with careful attention to identifying and quantifying uncertainty in the data and in our predictions. You will create models and develop software to accelerate discovery of critical battery metals.You will join an outstanding team of data scientists and engineers and will work closely with KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists to incorporate our best understanding of the chemical and physical processes that create ore deposits. Working with your geoscience colleagues, you will create 2D and 3D geologic predictions, identify exploration targets, design field programs to collect data, and use that data to reduce the uncertainty in our predictions and guide the next phase of field work.Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by building data tools to solve scientific problems. As one of the early members of this team, you will help build these tools from the ground up.ResponsibilitiesThe Principal Data Scientist will:<ul><li>Help develop KoBold’s proprietary software exploration tools.</li><li>Find and curate a wide variety of geospectral, geophysical, geochemical, geologic, and geographic data and integrate it into KoBold’s proprietary data system.</li><li>Build models to make statistically valid predictions about the locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth’s crust.</li><li>Create effective visualizations for evaluating model performance and enabling rapid interaction with the underlying data and key features.</li><li>Develop and apply a range of data processing, statistical, and physics-based techniques to geoscientific data — from computer vision to geophysical inversions — and use the results to guide our targeting efforts and inform our acquisition and exploration decisions.</li><li>Present to and collaborate with our external partners and stakeholders.</li></ul>QualificationsA great Principal  Data Scientist candidate will have:Technical skills, including extensive experience with:<ul><li>Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.</li><li>Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.</li><li>SQL, as well as familiarity with non-relational databases.</li><li>Cloud computing resources.</li><li>Building a wide variety of predictive models, applying them to different problems, and evaluating and interpreting the results.</li><li>Working with a broad range of types of data including data from physical systems.</li><li>Geospatial analyses and visualizations.</li></ul>Technical knowledge:<ul><li>Broad skills in and knowledge of applied statistics</li><li>Substantial understanding of Machine Learning algorithms</li></ul>Training and work experience:<ul><li>An advanced degree in the physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or mathematics.</li><li>10 years of post-degree work experience as a data scientist or data engineer. KoBold is willing to consider candidates at the Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist, or Staff Data Scientist levels, with commensurate compensation, however recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive.</li></ul>Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.</li><li>Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul>It is also helpful but not required to have experience with:<ul><li>Creating machine learning models on geospatial data</li><li>Geostatistics</li><li>Image processing or computer vision</li><li>Distributed computing applications for machine learning and other computations</li><li>Containerization solutions</li></ul>KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $225,000 - $265,000.

Principal Data Scientist

<h3>Staff Data Scientist</h3>KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Staff Data Scientist to help accelerate our mission.About the positionIn this role, you will build predictive models and apply a wide range of scientific computing, statistical, and physics-based methods to find places where there is evidence of ore-forming processes at work and to predict the locations of ore-grade mineralization in 2D and 3D. You will help build a worldwide dataset that underlies our exploration program, with careful attention to identifying and quantifying uncertainty in the data and in our predictions. You will create models and develop software to accelerate discovery of critical battery metals.You will join an outstanding team of data scientists and engineers and will work closely with KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists to incorporate our best understanding of the chemical and physical processes that create ore deposits. Working with your geoscience colleagues, you will create 2D and 3D geologic predictions, identify exploration targets, design field programs to collect data, and use that data to reduce the uncertainty in our predictions and guide the next phase of field work.Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by building data tools to solve scientific problems. As one of the early members of this team, you will help build these tools from the ground up.ResponsibilitiesThe Staff Data Scientist will:<ul><li>Help develop KoBold’s proprietary software exploration tools.</li><li>Find and curate  geophysical, geochemical, geologic, and geographic data and integrate it into KoBold’s proprietary data system.</li><li>Build models to make statistically valid predictions about the locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth’s crust.</li><li>Create effective visualizations for evaluating model performance and enabling rapid interaction with the underlying data and key features.</li><li>Develop and apply data processing, statistical, and physics-based techniques to geoscientific data — from computer vision to geophysical inversions — and use the results to guide our targeting efforts and inform our acquisition and exploration decisions.</li><li>Present to and collaborate with our external partners and stakeholders.</li></ul>QualificationsA great Staff Data Scientist candidate will have:Technical skills, including extensive experience with:<ul><li>Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.</li><li>Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.</li><li>Cloud computing resources.</li><li>Building predictive models, applying them to different problems, and evaluating and interpreting the results.</li><li>Data from a variety of physical systems.</li><li>Geospatial analyses and visualizations.</li></ul>Technical knowledge:<ul><li>Broad skills in and knowledge of applied statistics and Bayesian inference</li><li>Substantial understanding of machine learning algorithms</li></ul>Training and work experience:<ul><li>An advanced degree in the physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or mathematics.</li><li>A minimum of 6 years post-degree work experience as a data scientist or data engineer. KoBold is willing to consider candidates at the Senior Data Scientist, Staff Data Scientist, and Principal Data Scientist with commensurate compensation, however recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive.</li><li>Experience leading technical teams to apply novel scientific approaches to core business problems </li></ul>Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to design, scope and implement technical solutions to novel exploration problems </li><li>Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul>It is also helpful but not required to have experience with:<ul><li>Creating machine learning models on geospatial data</li><li>Geostatistics</li><li>Image processing or computer vision</li><li>Distributed computing applications for machine learning and other computations</li></ul>KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $175,000-$275,000.Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States for Canada

Staff Data Scientist

KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Senior Decision Scientist to help accelerate our mission.About the positionIn this role, you will work to create intelligent systems to guide mineral exploration decisions. You will develop probabilistic models of subsurface geology that fuse domain expert knowledge and quantitative data from geophysical, geochemical, and other measurements. You will design filters to robustly update models of geological uncertainty with new data. You will build intelligent agents to recommend exploration strategies to optimally reduce uncertainty about prospective targets. You will work with geoscientists to build understanding of the quantitive methods and their recommendations. The systems you implement will be used to accelerate discovery of critical battery metals.You will join an outstanding team of data scientists and engineers and will work closely with KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists to incorporate our best understanding of the chemical and physical processes that create ore deposits. Working with your geoscience colleagues, you will rigorously define and quantitatively model geological hypotheses, create simulations of exploration programs, and ultimately design field programs to collect new data that will best reduce uncertainty over critical prospect parameters.Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by quantitatively deciding how to best use exploration time and resources to quickly understand mineral prospects. As one of the early members of this team, you will help build these tools from the ground up.ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Decision Scientist will:<ul><li>Help develop KoBold’s proprietary software exploration tools.</li><li>Collaborate with geoscientists to create quantitative models of geological systems.</li><li>Create generative models of geological systems for specific prospects using Monte Carlo and other statistical methods.</li><li>Develop Bayesian filters to rigorously track uncertainty throughout exploration data gathering.</li><li>Implement intelligent agents using methods such as Monte Carlo tree search and reinforcement learning to guide data-gathering and other exploration activities.</li><li>Create visualizations to communicate results and build understanding in the exploration team.</li><li>Present to and collaborate with our external partners and stakeholders.</li></ul> QualificationsA great Senior Data Scientist candidate will have:Technical skills, including extensive experience with:<ul><li>Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.</li><li>Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.</li><li>Applied Bayesian statistics including non-parametric models, such as particle filters, Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling, and other methods of statistical inference.</li><li>PyTorch, Tensorflow, or other deep learning and probabilistic programming modules.</li><li>Modeling partially observable Markov decision processes and constrained optimization problems.</li><li>Optimizers for sequential decision problems, including Monte Carlo tree search and reinforcement learning.</li><li> </li></ul>Technical knowledge:<ul><li>Broad skills in and knowledge of applied statistics, especially Bayesian statistics.</li><li>Understanding of classical and deep machine learning algorithms.</li><li>Knowledge about autonomous system design and high-level intelligent behavior automation.</li></ul> Training and work experience:<ul><li>An advanced degree in the physical sciences, computer science, mathematics, or engineering. Preference is for academic work with a computational focus.</li><li>Post-degree work experience as an autonomy or AI engineer or research scientist. KoBold is willing to consider candidates at the Decision Scientist, Senior Decision Scientist, or Staff Decision Scientist levels, with commensurate compensation, however recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive.</li></ul> Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.</li><li>Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul> It is also helpful, but not required, to have experience with:<ul><li>Geostatistics.</li><li>Deep generative/probabilistic models.</li><li>Distributed computing applications for machine learning and other computations</li><li>Collaborative, multi-agent systems optimization.</li></ul> KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000-$250,000.Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States for Canada

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<h3>Senior Data Scientist</h3>KoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBold’s business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBold’s objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.KoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methodsKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.We are hiring a Senior Data Scientist to help accelerate our mission.About the positionIn this role, you will build predictive models and apply a wide range of scientific computing, statistical, and physics-based methods to find places where there is evidence of ore-forming processes at work and to predict the locations of ore-grade mineralization in 2D and 3D. You will help build a worldwide dataset that underlies our exploration program, with careful attention to identifying and quantifying uncertainty in the data and in our predictions. You will be creating models and developing software to accelerate discovery of critical battery metals.You will join an outstanding team of data scientists and engineers and will work closely with KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists to incorporate our best understanding of the chemical and physical processes that create ore deposits. Working with your geoscience colleagues, you will create 2D and 3D geologic predictions, identify exploration targets, design field programs to collect data, and use that data to reduce the uncertainty in our predictions and guide the next phase of field work.Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by building data tools to solve scientific problems. As one of the early members of this team, you will help build these tools from the ground up.ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Data Scientist will:<ul><li>Help develop KoBold’s proprietary software exploration tools.</li><li>Find and curate a wide variety of geospectral, geophysical, geochemical, geologic, and geographic data and integrate it into KoBold’s proprietary data system.</li><li>Build models to make statistically valid predictions about the locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth’s crust.</li><li>Create effective visualizations for evaluating model performance and enabling rapid interaction with the underlying data and key features.</li><li>Develop and apply a range of data processing, statistical, and physics-based techniques to geoscientific data — from computer vision to geophysical inversions — and use the results to guide our targeting efforts and inform our acquisition and exploration decisions.</li><li>Present to and collaborate with our external partners and stakeholders.</li></ul>QualificationsA great Senior Data Scientist candidate will have:Technical skills, including extensive experience with:<ul><li>Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.</li><li>Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.</li><li>SQL, as well as familiarity with non-relational databases.</li><li>Cloud computing resources.</li><li>Building a wide variety of predictive models, applying them to different problems, and evaluating and interpreting the results.</li><li>Working with a broad range of types of data including data from physical systems.</li><li>Geospatial analyses and visualizations.</li></ul>Technical knowledge:<ul><li>Broad skills in and knowledge of applied statistics</li><li>Substantial understanding of Machine Learning algorithms</li></ul>Training and work experience:<ul><li>An advanced degree in the physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or mathematics.</li><li>Post-degree work experience as a data scientist or data engineer. KoBold is willing to consider candidates at the Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist, or Staff Data Scientist levels, with commensurate compensation, however recent bachelor’s/master’s candidates are unlikely to be competitive.</li></ul>Work practices and motivation:<ul><li>Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.</li><li>Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.</li><li>Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers.</li><li>Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.</li><li>Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.</li></ul>It is also helpful but not required to have experience with:<ul><li>Creating machine learning models on geospatial data</li><li>Geostatistics</li><li>Image processing or computer vision</li><li>Distributed computing applications for machine learning and other computations</li><li>Containerization solutions</li></ul>KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000-$210,000.Location: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in Australia

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