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# Senior Operations Data Analyst at KoBold Metals

- **Company:** KoBold Metals
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/koboldmetals/jobs/4731301005

## Job description

Senior Operations Data Analyst

## 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. Since founding in 2018, 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.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 80 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and strategic natural resources companies BHP and Mitsubishi.

## About the Role

Senior individual contributor reporting to the Head of Operations Data, coordinating day to day with the broader team and functional stakeholders. Owns systems end to end — data model, ETL, application, and stakeholder relationships — with minimal oversight from day one, and mentors junior analysts. Approximate initial allocation:

## Responsibilities

- 45% Build & integration — new data models, ETL/API integrations, and app support (Foundry et al.)
- 25% Platform maintenance & data quality — OPSDB stewardship, sync reliability, alerting, production support
- 15% Governance & technical debt — RBAC, scoped roles, dbt semantic layer, documentation
- 15% Mingomba support & cross-functional mentorship — commitments register, peer mentorship and skill growth, coordination with Mingomba functional growth like Procurement, Inventory

## Qualifications

- 5+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data operations owning production systems independently
- Strong SQL and data modeling (PostgreSQL)
- Proven ETL and API integration
- Experience and comfort with AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)
- Dbt, cloud tooling (AWS/S3), finance-systems (NetSuite/Tipalti), or geospatial data a plus.
- 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 technical. 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.
- A valid passport and willingness to travel to observe our work at Mingomba or at an exploration site around the world. Light travel is required when necessary.

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.

This position is Full-time Exempt

The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $100,000 to $125,000 plus equity and benefits including 401k matching.

Location: KoBold is a remote-first workplace. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in one of the following countries: United States or Canada.

## About KoBold Metals

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company that uses artificial intelligence and human intelligence to discover and develop critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, and nickel.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C – raised $491M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Berkeley, California, USA (with global operations in Zambia, Canada, Finland, Australia, and the UK)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Kurt House, Ph.D., Josh Goldman, Ph.D., and Jeff Jurinak

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Mineral exploration and mining (critical minerals / battery metals)
- **Target customers**: B2B – partners include major mining and energy companies; end-users are manufacturers of electric vehicles, batteries, and renewable energy infrastructure
- **Mission or purpose**: To fundamentally change how exploration is done and turn it into a repeatable science, addressing the critical mineral supply gap needed for the global electrification transition

## Products & Services
- **Predictive AI Models**: Proprietary machine learning models that integrate geological, geophysical, and geochemical data to predict where mineral deposits are located.
- **Data Systems**: Centralized platform that organizes and standardizes all known earth science data for exploration teams.
- **Novel Sensors**: Custom-built hardware and software for collecting higher-quality field data faster than traditional methods.
- **Mine Development (Mingomba)**: Developing the Mingomba copper mine in Zambia, one of the world’s largest copper deposits, discovered by KoBold.
- **Joint Ventures & Partnerships**: Exploration projects globally on both 100%-owned and partnered properties.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Total Funding**: $491M raised (Series C led by T. Rowe Price, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BHP, and others)
- **Key Metric**: Discovered the Mingomba copper deposit in Zambia, one of the highest-grade copper deposits ever found
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (Bill Gates), T. Rowe Price, BHP, Standard Chartered, and others
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid team expansion (28+ open positions as of mid-2025), global expansion into Zambia, Canada, Finland, Australia, and the UK, major mine development underway at Mingomba, and a strong pipeline of exploration projects

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full-stack approach**: Combines AI, custom hardware, and human expertise under one roof – not just a software layer but a complete exploration and development company.
- **Bayesian decision-making**: Rigorous scientific methodology applied to every decision, from field exploration to business strategy.
- **Proven discovery**: Mingomba is tangible proof that their AI-driven approach can find world-class deposits.
- **Multidisciplinary team**: World-class geologists, data scientists, software engineers, hardware engineers, and mining experts working collaboratively.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale discovery**: Turn exploration into a repeatable, scientific process to consistently find new mineral deposits.
- **Mine development**: Advance the Mingomba copper mine toward production, which will be one of the world’s largest copper mines.
- **Global expansion**: Continue exploring across Africa, North America, Europe, and Australia for copper, cobalt, lithium, and nickel.
- **Technology innovation**: Invest in novel sensors, data systems, and AI models to stay ahead of traditional exploration methods.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, multidisciplinary environment where geoscientists, data scientists, software engineers, and hardware engineers co-create. The company emphasizes “Bayesian thinking” (hypothesis-driven, iterative learning), ownership mentality, and intellectual honesty.
- **Remote/hybrid**: Offers both on-site and remote positions globally; many roles are labeled “Remote” or “Remote - US” on their careers page.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on meaningful problems (critical minerals for electrification), equity ownership, global travel to field sites (Zambia, Finland, Canada, Australia), and exposure to cutting-edge AI/ML applied to real-world geology.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on scientific rigor, open dialogue, and challenging ideas respectfully. Teams are structured to encourage co-creation between technical experts.

## Sources
1. [koboldmetals.com](https://koboldmetals.com/)
2. [koboldmetals.com/about-us](https://koboldmetals.com/about-us/)
3. [koboldmetals.com/careers](https://koboldmetals.com/careers/)
4. [koboldmetals.com/team](https://koboldmetals.com/team/)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/koboldmetals](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/koboldmetals)

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