Software Engineer, Kairos Aerospace
Contributing, Senior or Staff Level
$104-233k
+ Bonus + Equity
Identifier of oilfield methane leaks and emissions
Open for applications
Identifier of oilfield methane leaks and emissions
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$104-233k
+ Bonus + Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To improve operational excellence for the oil industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions.
Role
Who you are
- Significant Python experience
- The ability to learn quickly in a self-guided manner - much of what we do is solving new problems by integrating one or more pieces of new technology
- An intimate understanding of at least one of our primary domains - cloud data processing, machine learning, statistical signal analysis, GIS analysis and processing, DevOps / systems engineering, scientific data visualization, software engineering, and release / build engineering
- A desire to solve real-world problems over working on technical problems in isolation - none of our work fits in neat boxes. Instead, we have a team that is focused on the impact our work can have on the future of life on the planet and prioritizes real-world progress over problem-focus purity
- A belief in modern development practices - we do things like code reviews, unit testing, minimal-viable products, and fast development iteration. We eschew the zealous practice of any development-process religion, but we do pick and choose techniques that help us write better software
Desirable
- Professional experience in full-stack web development
- SRE practices including automation, monitoring, testing methodologies
- Experience and deep know-how around Bazel and its administration
- Experience and deep know-how around Docker and its administration
- Strong database skills
- GIS experience
- Experience using React to build web UIs
- Familiarity with Bash, Ansible, and infrastructure-as-code
- Familiarity with AWS automation via Boto3 scripting and/or Terraform
- Previous use of continuous integration and automated testing frameworks (we use CircleCI)
- Familiarity with NumPy and Jupyter notebooks
What the job involves
- Everything that Insight M does is driven by software, from recording sensor data while flying at 3000', to ephemeral high-scale cloud-native data processing, to computer-aided GIS analysis, to using machine-learning to extract structured information from geopixels
- The software engineering team is involved in every step of our process, building the automation that allows Insight M to not only image things that humans have never seen before but to do it reliably, repeatably, inexpensively, and quickly. (Yes, you can have all four)
- We work primarily in Python, with a smattering of Bash, SQL, Terraform, and Typescript when it makes sense
- We work on single-board-computers, field laptops, in virtualized cloud environments, in containers, inside of web browsers, and even inside lab automation frameworks
- We practice compositional engineering, tying together disparate pieces of technology to create novel artifacts that solve real-world problems
- We practice continuous integration and deployment, automated testing, and have a lovely monorepo
- We expect something approximating a 40-hour workweek, but mostly we just care that your work gets done. No, really. (Full disclosure: we occasionally put in some extra hours during crunch periods, but that is the exception, not the norm)
- We do not track vacation time, nor do we have set hours to be in the office. Instead, we encourage taking real vacations, mental health days, leaving early to pick up the kids, working from home, time-shifting commutes, staying home when you're sick, ducking out to the gym - we believe work time should be flexible
Our take
Insight M provides large-scale, aerial monitoring of methane emissions to oil and gas operators. It uses methane detection algorithms and proprietary sensor hardware to identify material methane leaks before providing insights to its clients.
The company has had an impressive impact on the oil and gas industry’s emissions management strategies, having enabled its clients to eliminate over 14B cubic feet of methane emissions, which is akin to removing over 1.5M vehicles from the road. This adds up to around $500 million in savings.
Insight M has become the market leader, a position consolidated after its 2021 funding round. Its 2024 funding round is being invested into expanding its commercial teams and international operations, as well as developing new instruments and software that will increase sensitivity and improve the quality of the company’s data for customers. 2025 saw the company's methane detection gain EPA approval, cementing its position as a go-to carbon monitor.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$52m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$26m
SERIES C
Total funding: $100.4m
Company benefits
- We provide health, dental, and vision insurance, including subsidized coverage for dependents. Our 401K plan provides a 50% employer match on employee contributions up to 8%
- We think death-march hours are a bad way to run a company. We expect something approximating a 40-hour workweek, but mostly we just care that your work gets done. No, really. (Full disclosure: we occasionally put in some extra hours during crunch periods, but that is the exception, not the norm)
- We do not track vacation time, nor do we have set hours to be in the office. Instead, we encourage taking real vacations, mental health days, leaving early to pick up the kids, working from home, time-shifting commutes, staying home when you're sick, ducking out to the gym - we believe work time should be flexible
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
David Bercovich
(CEO)Previously COO at Oomnitza and was a VP Business Development & Marketing at Thimble.
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