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<h1 class="app-title">Data Engineer</h1>
<span class="company-name">at KoBold Metals</span>
<div class="location">Remote</div>
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<p>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&rsquo; Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>About The Role:</strong></p>
<p>One of KoBold&rsquo;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.</p>
<p>Responsibilities of this role include:</p>
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<li>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, &hellip;), and comes in a variety of formats and cleanliness. This role will handle the idiosyncrasies of each data set.</li>
<li>Build tooling to support our field operations such as dashboards, visualizations, data processing pipelines, integrations with third party software.</li>
<li>Build scalable, reliable, and performant systems to support the above operations, in collaboration with the engineering team</li>
<li>Eliminate work through automation and efficiency improvements</li>
<li>Optimize existing systems and processes to increase scale and velocity of our data processing</li>
<li>Evangelize automation and engineering best practices throughout Kobold. Mentor other team members to adopt them</li>
<li>Work with data scientists and geoscientists to generate data that meet their data quality and accessibility requirements</li>
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<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<p>Our ideal candidate will have:</p>
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<li>At least 5 years of experience in a Data Engineering or Software Engineering role, ideally working on a data product</li>
<li>Proficiency in large-scale system design&nbsp;</li>
<li>Proficiency in Python, including data processing libraries such as pandas and distributed computing frameworks such as Dask</li>
<li>Proficiency in performance optimization for data storage and serving</li>
<li>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>Track record of scaling a fast-growing product, in a startup or as a member of a small team</li>
<li>Collaborative attitude to work with stakeholders with different backgrounds (data scientists, geoscientists, software engineers, operations)</li>
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<p>It is helpful but not required to have:</p>
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<li>Experience working with scientific or geospatial datasets</li>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $140,000-$180,000.</p>
<p>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.&nbsp;</p>
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AI-powered KoBold Metals® is revolutionizing electrification and combatting climate change with breakthrough discoveries and top-tier industry talent.

Senior Data Engineer

<p>Tomorrow.io’s Space &amp; Sensors team is responsible for the development of unique RF and acoustic-based sensing systems, such as radar, radiometer and sonar, from architecture through implementation. The team is also responsible for the  development of corresponding spacecraft and constellations in support of Tomorrow.io’s Operation Tomorrow Space, which will collect data to be integrated seamlessly into our existing forecasting and modeling systems, revolutionizing global weather intelligence.</p><p>We are looking for a <strong>Senior FPGA Firmware Engineer</strong> to join a cutting edge, multidisciplinary team to help us execute complex development programs. Applications include, but are not limited to, weather and climate remote sensing, navigation and situational awareness, as well as enabling the most capable weather intelligence platform in the world.  As a <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>FPGA Firmware Engineer</strong> at Tomorrow.io, you will play a critical role in firmware/hardware and sensor development through all phases of the development cycle: design, development, implementation, testing, integration, calibration, quality assurance, and documentation.</p><p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p><ul><li>Execute engineering tasks including the analysis, design, development, and testing of next-generation radar and radiometer systems</li><li>Contribute to and/or lead the integration, test, and automated validation  of various digital designs including requirements development, test plans/test cases to meet system needs.</li><li>Setup laboratory equipment for integration and test.</li><li>Perform system and subsystem testing and debugging, performing root cause analysis.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>What you bring:</strong></p><ul><li><div>B.S. in Electrical Engineering. 5+ years minimum relevant experience or M.S. degree in electrical engineering or related discipline with 3+ years minimum relevant experience</div></li><li>Experience with FPGAs, firmware design, development, and testing.</li><li>Experience with integrating and testing of complex systems.</li><li>Experience with  laboratory test equipment, network configuration, PC setups.</li><li>Experience with SystemVerilog/Verilog.</li><li>Experience with ARM/Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim.</li><li>Experience with Python, Linux, embedded systems.</li><li>Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and associated automations, Git.</li><li>Strong communication and technical writing skills and ability to work well collaboratively and independently.</li></ul><p>Desired:</p><ul><li>Experience with Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+ or equivalent SoC/MPSoC processors and their integration into complex circuit designs.</li><li>Electrical engineering experience with RF systems.</li><li>Experience working with complex systems involving multi-disciplinary technical teams with coupled hardware and software development for space, aircraft, and/or unmanned platform applications.</li><li>Experience in a startup environment.</li></ul><p>So if your passion is to design a cutting edge next-generation RADAR to provide weather intelligence to the world and have fun while doing so, then this team is for you.</p><p><em>If you have reached this point and you are super excited but not sure you check all the boxes - we still want to speak with you! Your passion is priceless. Other things can be learned.</em></p><p>This position requires access to technology that is controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Accordingly, this position is restricted to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and protected individuals unless and until any required licenses are obtained.</p><p>Tomorrow.io is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Tomorrow.io participates in the E-Verify program in all US states, as required by law.</p><p>At Tomorrow.io we have established a workplace culture that values fairness and equal opportunities and we believe it is crucial for fostering a positive and productive environment. Regularly reviewing and adjusting pay practices to align with legitimate drivers of pay, such as job level, geographic location, and performance, demonstrates a commitment to maintaining equity within the organization.This commitment to ongoing assessment and improvement is key to creating a workplace that is not only diverse and inclusive but also fair and just. Anticipated salary range for this role is $130k-160k subject to local market and candidates skills and experience. Comprehensive health benefits, unlimited paid time off and other benefits included. Relocation assistance may be offered/available for certain roles.</p><p>Tomorrow.io is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at jobs@tomorrow.io<em><br><br></em></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>About Tomorrow.io:</strong></p><p>Tomorrow.io is helping Countries, Businesses and Individuals better manage their Climate Security Challenges. Fully customizable to any industry impacted by the weather, customers around the world including Uber, Delta, Ford, National Grid and more use Tomorrow.io to dramatically improve operational efficiency. Tomorrow.io was built from the ground up to help teams predict the business impact of weather, streamline team communication and action plans, improve productivity, and optimize profit margins.</p><p><strong>Space:</strong> In case you have not heard, we are also going to space with our Operation Tomorrow Space initiative. We are building the first-of-its-kind proprietary satellites equipped with radar, and launching them into space to improve weather forecasting technology for everyone on Earth. </p><p><strong>Ethos:</strong>  Our ethos guides us in everything we do - The people of Tomorrow are here to make an impact, they show true grit, and always put people first.</p><p><strong>How we roll:</strong> We believe that magic happens when people work together. The People of Tomorrow take ownership with a bias for action. We believe in transparency and directness, putting work before ego, and empathy. The People of Tomorrow have a can-do attitude, are resilient, and curious. They are growth oriented, value people striving to be experts, and love to have fun. Here, your success is achieved by your impact and deliveries and not by the hours you put in. We have flexible hours and unlimited vacation days policy. The People of Tomorrow show empathy, mutual respect and work as one diverse team. We grow fast and move faster but we always see people first. Each person has their own career growth path for we believe that the only way for the company to grow is if you grow.</p><p> </p>

Unlock the power of weather intelligence for enhanced operations and increased profitability with Tomorrow.io.

Senior FPGA Firmware Engineer

<p>Tomorrow.io’s Space &amp; Sensors team is responsible for the development of unique RF-based sensing systems, such as radar and sonar, from architecture through implementation. The team is also responsible for the  development of corresponding spacecraft and constellations in support of Tomorrow.io’s Operation Tomorrow Space, which will collect data to be integrated seamlessly into our existing forecasting and modeling systems, revolutionizing global weather intelligence.</p><p>We are looking for a <strong>Radar Test Engineer</strong> to join a cutting edge, multidisciplinary team focused on advancing the design, development and deployment of next-generation spaceborne, airborne and ground-based RADAR and radiometer systems.  Applications include, but are not limited to, weather monitoring and remote sensing from space-based and airborne platforms.  As a Radar Test Engineer at Tomorrow.io, you will play a critical role in hardware and sensor development through work including development, execution, and documentation of complex hardware test systems; growing/enabling the hardware test capabilities of Tomorrow.io, especially through test automation; and ultimately validating systems for operational deployment across underwater, airborne, and in-space environments.</p><p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p><ul><li>Work closely with mechanical, digital, RF hardware, software and systems engineers within small engineering design teams</li><li>Design and document test plans, procedures, protocols, and generate automation scripts to assess, qualify, and verify performance of RF, analog and digital hardware to meet system requirements</li><li>Set up and build test fixtures, harnesses, and apparatus</li><li>Complete tests of subsystems and systems; analyze and document results </li><li>Develop technical reports as well as user guides for RF Systems</li><li>Provide feedback, recommendations, and design modifications to overcome design limitations and improve performance and testing</li><li>Track laboratory equipment calibration and supplies</li><li>Oversee laboratory technicians and staff </li></ul><p><strong>What you bring:</strong></p><ul><li>B.S. degree in electrical or computer engineering with 3+ years experience testing complex hardware, developing test setups; working with relevant test equipment including, but not limited to network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, noise figure meters, power meters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.</li><li>Expertise with Linux operating systems and with Python or similar scripting languages, especially as they apply to control and automation of test equipment. </li><li>Enjoy and understand the importance of documented test procedures and well analyzed test results over broad use environments.</li><li>Experience with specifications of custom test equipment: breakout boxes, level translators, custom harnesses.</li><li>Excellent time-management and communication skills.</li></ul><p> </p><p>So if your passion is to test cutting edge next-generation RADAR systems to provide weather intelligence to the world and have fun while doing so, then this team is for you.</p><p>If you have reached this point and you are super excited but not sure you check all the boxes - we still want to speak with you! Your passion is priceless. Other things can be learned.</p><p>This position requires access to technology that is controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Accordingly, this position is restricted to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and protected individuals unless and until any required licenses are obtained.</p><p>Tomorrow.io is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Tomorrow.io participates in the E-Verify program in all US states, as required by law.</p><p>At Tomorrow.io we have established a workplace culture that values fairness and equal opportunities and we believe it is crucial for fostering a positive and productive environment. Regularly reviewing and adjusting pay practices to align with legitimate drivers of pay, such as job level, geographic location, and performance, demonstrates a commitment to maintaining equity within the organization.This commitment to ongoing assessment and improvement is key to creating a workplace that is not only diverse and inclusive but also fair and just. Anticipated salary range for this role is $80k-$125k subject to local market and candidates skills and experience. Comprehensive health benefits, unlimited paid time off and other benefits included. Relocation assistance may be offered/available for certain roles.</p><p>Tomorrow.io is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at jobs@tomorrow.io</p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>About tomorrow.io:</strong></p><p>Tomorrow.io is helping Countries, Businesses and Individuals better manage their Climate Security Challenges. Fully customizable to any industry impacted by the weather, customers around the world including Uber, Delta, Ford, National Grid and more use Tomorrow.io to dramatically improve operational efficiency. Tomorrow.io was built from the ground up to help teams predict the business impact of weather, streamline team communication and action plans, improve productivity, and optimize profit margins.</p><p><strong>Space:</strong> In case you have not heard, we are also going to space with our Operation Tomorrow Space initiative. We are building the first-of-its-kind proprietary satellites equipped with radar, and launching them into space to improve weather forecasting technology for everyone on Earth. </p><p><strong>Ethos: </strong>Our ethos guides us in everything we do - The people of Tomorrow are here to make an impact, they show true grit, and always put people first.</p><p><strong>How we roll: </strong>We believe that magic happens when people work together. The People of Tomorrow take ownership with a bias for action. We believe in transparency and directness, putting work before ego, and empathy. The People of Tomorrow have a can-do attitude, are resilient, and curious. They are growth oriented, value people striving to be experts, and love to have fun. Here, your success is achieved by your impact and deliveries and not by the hours you put in. We have flexible hours and unlimited vacation days policy. The People of Tomorrow show empathy, mutual respect and work as one diverse team. We grow fast and move faster but we always see people first. Each person has their own career growth path for we believe that the only way for the company to grow is if you grow.</p>

Radar Test Engineer

<div><b>About KOKO Networks</b></div><div>KOKO Networks is a venture-backed climate-tech company with 1,800+ employees across East Africa, India, and the United Kingdom. Our mission is to imagine and deliver technology that improves life in the world’s fastest growing cities. We offer a fast-paced and highly collaborative work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth.  Our core lines of business currently include: (1) KOKO Fuel, an ultra-clean liquid bioethanol cooking fuel solution delivered via a network of smart fuel ATMs and leveraging existing downstream liquid fuels infrastructure; and (2) KOKO Climate, which retails the emissions reductions that occur from switching households from deforestation-based charcoal to KOKO Fuel. In 2021, KOKO was selected as the world’s leading emerging markets climate technology solution by FT/IFC. </div><div><br></div><div>As KOKO grows within and outside Kenya, our team is looking for a motivated engineer who is passionate about data and who will lay the foundation for more effective and efficient data management, analytics, and developing insights in business strategy, operations planning, and product design.</div><div><br></div><div>As one of our first data engineers, you’ll work with our Business, Analytics, Product and other Engineering teams to enable them to do more with KOKO’s data, and faster.  You’ll formulate a strategy for our data processing and data stores, and own implementation and maintenance of these designs, ensuring continued high performance and availability.</div><div><br></div><div>KOKO’s suite of products spans multiple technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, and so experience in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this role. IoT and real time data processing feature heavily in our technology suite.</div><br><br><h3>What you will do</h3><ul><li>Design, implement and support KOKO’s data infrastructure</li><li>Design and implement ETL pipelines, selecting the most appropriate tools and products in collaboration with KOKO’s analytics, product and engineering teams</li><li>Build logical and understandable data models and data stores to house data from KOKO’s various live products and other diverse data sources for consumption by other teams</li><li>Build systems to track data quality and consistency, ensuring that our data is accurate &amp; up to date</li><li>Help continually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes, automating or simplifying self-service use of KOKO’s data (create tools that assist teams in this process).</li><li>Keep our data secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions</li><li>As the team grows, help recruit and manage additional data engineers</li><li>Represent the Data Engineering discipline during sprint planning meetings and retrospectives</li><li>Help build the engineering culture at KOKO, attracting similar minded people with a passion for using technology to tackle hard challenges</li></ul><h3>What You Will Bring to KOKO</h3><ul><li>At least three years experience in software development, data engineering, business intelligence, data science, or a related field</li><li>Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.</li><li>A track record of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large datasets</li><li>Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development and optimisation, and data warehousing</li><li>Experience working with big data technologies (preferably within AWS)</li><li>Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement</li><li>Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets</li><li>Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source management, build processes, testing, and operations</li><li>Strong initiative, project management and organizational skills</li><li>Strong communicator, both written and verbal, who is calm and decisive under pressure</li><li>Proactive approach to knowledge sharing and developing best practices</li><li>Strong experience taking part in sprints, being involved in planning, retrospectives and estimations with cross-functional teams</li></ul><h3>What We Offer</h3><ul><li>Competitive salary plus a quarterly cash bonus</li><li>Annual compensation reviews - we reward great work</li><li>Discounted health insurance with no-cost financing for you and your dependents (in Kenya)</li><li>21 days of annual leave plus public holidays plus examination leave</li><li>Ongoing investment in you and your skills, incl. full access to over 5,000 online courses</li><li>The right equipment for the job - a choice of MacBook, Windows, or Linux laptop</li><div><br></div><div>We believe that our people are critical for our ambitious growth plans in Kenya and beyond. We want to build an organisation where people thrive, feel included, grow professionally, and enjoy having high impact through their work.</div></ul><br><div>KOKO is committed to gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply!</div>

"Revolutionizing the way we communicate and connect with our loved ones through immersive virtual experiences."

<div><b>About KOKO Networks</b></div><div>KOKO Networks is a venture-backed climate-tech company with 1,800+ employees across East Africa, India, and the United Kingdom. Our mission is to imagine and deliver technology that improves life in the world’s fastest growing cities. We offer a fast-paced and highly collaborative work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth.  Our core lines of business currently include: (1) KOKO Fuel, an ultra-clean liquid bioethanol cooking fuel solution delivered via a network of smart fuel ATMs and leveraging existing downstream liquid fuels infrastructure; and (2) KOKO Climate, which retails the emissions reductions that occur from switching households from deforestation-based charcoal to KOKO Fuel. In 2021, KOKO was selected as the world’s leading emerging markets climate technology solution by FT/IFC. </div><div><br></div><div>As KOKO grows within and outside Kenya, our team is looking for a motivated engineer who is passionate about data and who will lay the foundation for more effective and efficient data management, analytics, and developing insights in business strategy, operations planning, and product design.</div><div><br></div><div>As one of our first data engineers, you’ll work with our Business, Analytics, Product and other Engineering teams to enable them to do more with KOKO’s data, and faster.  You’ll formulate a strategy for our data processing and data stores, and own implementation and maintenance of these designs, ensuring continued high performance and availability.</div><div><br></div><div>KOKO’s suite of products spans multiple technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, and so experience in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this role. IoT and real time data processing feature heavily in our technology suite.</div><br><br><h3>What you will do</h3><ul><li>Design, implement and support KOKO’s data infrastructure</li><li>Design and implement ETL pipelines, selecting the most appropriate tools and products in collaboration with KOKO’s analytics, product and engineering teams</li><li>Build logical and understandable data models and data stores to house data from KOKO’s various live products and other diverse data sources for consumption by other teams</li><li>Build systems to track data quality and consistency, ensuring that our data is accurate &amp; up to date</li><li>Help continually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes, automating or simplifying self-service use of KOKO’s data (create tools that assist teams in this process).</li><li>Keep our data secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions</li><li>As the team grows, help recruit and manage additional data engineers</li><li>Represent the Data Engineering discipline during sprint planning meetings and retrospectives</li><li>Help build the engineering culture at KOKO, attracting similar minded people with a passion for using technology to tackle hard challenges</li></ul><h3>What You Will Bring to KOKO</h3><ul><li>At least three years experience in software development, data engineering, business intelligence, data science, or a related field</li><li>Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.</li><li>A track record of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large datasets</li><li>Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development and optimisation, and data warehousing</li><li>Experience working with big data technologies (preferably within AWS)</li><li>Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement</li><li>Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets</li><li>Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source management, build processes, testing, and operations</li><li>Strong initiative, project management and organizational skills</li><li>Strong communicator, both written and verbal, who is calm and decisive under pressure</li><li>Proactive approach to knowledge sharing and developing best practices</li><li>Strong experience taking part in sprints, being involved in planning, retrospectives and estimations with cross-functional teams</li></ul><h3>What We Offer</h3><ul><li>Competitive salary plus a quarterly cash bonus</li><li>Annual compensation reviews - we reward great work</li><li>Discounted health insurance with no-cost financing for you and your dependents (in Kenya)</li><li>21 days of annual leave plus public holidays plus examination leave</li><li>Hybrid working model - allowing you to split your time between in-person collaboration at one of our offices and working remotely</li><li>Ongoing investment in you and your skills, incl. full access to over 5,000 online courses</li><li>The right equipment for the job - a choice of MacBook, Windows, or Linux laptop</li><div><br></div><div>We believe that our people are critical for our ambitious growth plans in Kenya and beyond. We want to build an organisation where people thrive, feel included, grow professionally, and enjoy having high impact through their work.</div></ul><br><div>KOKO is committed to gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply!</div>

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