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KoBold Metals · 4 months ago

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$170K/yr - $195K/yr

5+ years exp

KoBold Metals is a leading independent mineral exploration company leveraging AI models for mineral discovery. The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will collaborate with exploration and engineering teams to build scalable infrastructure, enhance MLOps workflows, and maintain tools that facilitate data-driven exploration insights.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)MineralMiningSoftware

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate compute infrastructure that is both scalable and reliable to support critical services

Work closely with engineering teams to embed observability, reliability, and security throughout the software development process

Create and maintain automation for monitoring, deployments, and incident response to keep operations efficient and predictable

Lead or support capacity planning, performance reviews, and system tuning to ensure stable and efficient systems

Join the on-call rotation and take part in incident response, troubleshooting, and resolution

Develop and refine monitoring and alerting to catch issues early and reduce downtime

Establish and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity practices that protect the organization against failures

Regularly review and improve our tools and processes to strengthen system visibility and reliability

Investigate points of fragility in distributed systems and understand how complex systems behave under stress in order to improve resilience

Continually learn about mineral exploration through reading, discussions with exploration team members, periodic rotation on an exploration team and time in the field with geologists

Qualification

Infrastructure EngineeringMLOps WorkflowsCloud Platforms (AWS)Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)Scripting PythonScripting GoScripting JavaIaC Tools (Terraform)JupyterHub AdministrationIntellectual CuriosityCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsProblem SolvingAdaptability

Required

5+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer or in a similar role

Strong scripting and programming skills (Python, Go, Java or JavaScript/Node.js)

Experience with IaC tools like Terraform and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS

Experience operating or administering JupyterHub in a multi-user environment

Understanding of MLOps workflows, including model training, deployment, and related tooling

Excellent communication & collaboration skills and a continuous improvement mindset

Proven ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement effective solutions

Proven ability to thrive in dynamic and evolving environments, effectively navigating uncertainty and incomplete information

Proven ability to grow expertise, influence & educate others

Comfortable making informed decisions with limited data, adapting quickly to new circumstances, and maintaining focus on strategic objectives while driving clarity for the team

Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and willing to work directly with geologists in the field

Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who are not infrastructure engineers. A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company

Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on an evolving range of responsibilities

Keen not just to build cool technology, but to figure out what technical product to build to best achieve the business objectives of the company