Sofar is on a mission to connect the world’s oceans. We design, build, and deploy the largest privately owned network of marine weather sensors to power the world’s best marine weather forecasts. Our data helps our customers to increase efficiency and reduce emissions, delivering tools to governments and other stakeholders to understand impacts of climate change on extreme weather and ocean health. We live on Planet Ocean, and our goal is to create the ocean intelligence needed to ensure a sustainable future.
Sofar is committed to the health of the Earth and the Earth’s oceans. Sofar’s marine weather forecasts help maintain safety at sea, and support the reduction of global shipping emissions through Sofar’s Wayfinder application. Sofar’s software stack is built entirely on the cloud, which enables seamless transition between research and operations. That means your contributions can be transitioned to benefit real-time operational forecasts in a timeline measured by months rather than years.
Sofar is looking for new team members to help us advance the frontiers of numerical weather prediction (NWP) and produce industry leading forecasts over the global oceans. We are building a world class NWP team, spanning model development, to data assimilation, to operational forecasting. The team is a close collaboration between scientists and software engineers focused on creating Sofar’s next-generation operational marine weather forecast system.
We at Sofar Ocean acknowledge that careers in the marine sciences “... have traditionally been, and remain, non-diverse work environments”, thereby limiting the entry and prosperity of underrepresented groups in the space. (Johri et al., 2021) Many of these same groups are disproportionately affected by climate change, and are often excluded from decision-making that directly address their interests and needs.
We are committed to addressing these climate injustices and highly encourage people who identify as women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to apply.
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
