Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration, mine development, and technology development company that integrates artificial intelligence, human intelligence, and new technology to discover critical minerals. The Senior Operations Data Analyst owns data systems end to end, including data models, ETL, applications, and stakeholder relationships, while supporting platform maintenance, governance, Mingomba operations, and mentoring junior analysts.
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
Skills
- 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.)
- 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
- 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
- All candidates must be legally authorized to work in one of the following countries: United States or Canada
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Equity
- 401k matching
- Remote-first workplace
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