# Senior Software Engineer, Scientific Computing (Hardware/Sensors) at KoBold Metals

- Company: KoBold Metals
- What the company does: Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://koboldmetals.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $215K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/koboldmetals/jobs/4725284005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kobold-metals-senior-software-engineer-scientific-computing-hardware-sensors/

## About the role

At KoBold we believe that a modern scientific computing stack will enable systematic mineral exploration and materially improve our rate of mineral discovery. This role is a key ingredient to this strategy. As a member of our scientific computing team, you will apply software engineering and machine learning to remote-sensing, drillhole, imaging, geophysics and other mineral exploration data in order to build scalable ML systems to help make high-speed, high-quality decisions for our mineral exploration projects.

## What they're looking for

- At least 5 years of experience as a software engineer, data scientist or ML engineer, though most great candidates will have closer to 10
- Work experience across many distinct technical problem types
- Track record of building production quality data processing solutions or tooling that have delivered business value
- Proficiency with foundational concepts of ML, including statistical, traditional and deep-learning approaches
- Proficiency in Python, ideally including array-based packages such as xarray and numpy
- Experience with data that comes from the physical world: physical measurements, scientific instrument output, imagery, or geophysical data

Tags: Software Engineering