Software Engineer

About this role

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! You'll leverage your software skills alongside nuclear engineers to model, simulate, design, and deploy advanced fission power technology. You will work at the forefront of the nuclear industry, developing novel techniques to reach new levels of safety, efficiency, and resiliency. Come be a part of powering the future with advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy.

Position Description:

Oklo is a fast-moving startup where you will be responsible for tackling a wide range of challenges in reactor design and analysis. A nuclear background is not required, but a healthy curiosity and eagerness to learn are essential in this role.

In this role you might:

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Transform and optimize the storage of reactor data and physics results

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Design and configure CI/CD pipelines to perform multiphysics analyses

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Build tools for reactor engineers to visualize, compare, and evaluate reactor designs and their physics

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Integrate simulation tools into our analyses pipelines

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Implement physics kernels to solve unanswered problems, or to improve performance of existing models

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Develop high-level reactor optimization schemes and statistical experiments to inform design changes

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Identify and improve process-related inefficiencies in reactor design that can be addressed with software

Minimum Qualifications:

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Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent work experience

• 3+ years of work experience

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Fluency in Python

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Proficiency in Git

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Experience with CI/CD

Bonus Qualifications:

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Proficiency in Rust

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Proficiency in Typescript/Javascript (especially Svelte)

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Experience in growing small software organizations

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Experience working with large data collection pipelines

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Experience with optimization, statistics and design of experiments

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Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD

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Prior work developing and implementing software quality assurance programs and testing, especially in quality-focused industries

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Curiosity and passion for nuclear power, closing the nuclear fuel cycle, and sustainable energy generation

Who you are:

A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame…