
Senior Data Scientist, DRC
About the company:
The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.
KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.
We are hiring a a Senior Data Scientist to help accelerate our mission.
About the role:
A great Senior Data Scientist candidate will have:
Technical skills, including extensive experience with:
- Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.
- Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.
- Cloud computing resources.
- Building predictive models, applying them to different problems, and evaluating and interpreting the results.
- Data from a variety of physical systems.
- Geospatial analyses and visualizations.
Technical knowledge:
- Broad skills in and knowledge of applied statistics and Bayesian inference
- Substantial understanding of machine learning algorithms
Work practices and motivation:
- Demonstrated ability to quickly absorb and synthesize complex information, with a track record of high intellectual rigor in a professional setting.
- Exceptional curiosity and eagerness to learn, with a proactive approach to exploring new concepts and technologies.
- Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.
- Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.
It is also helpful but not required to have experience with:
- Creating machine learning models on geospatial data
- Geostatistics
- Image processing or computer vision
- Distributed computing applications for machine learning and other computations
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.
Location: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.
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