Rhizome is an AI-powered platform that helps electric utilities identify vulnerabilities from climate threats, quantify risk at high resolutions, and measure the economic and social benefits of grid-enhancing investments.

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AI platform identifying climate risks and quantifying grid investment benefits for electric utilities.

Rhizome is seeking a Technical Implementation Manager who can lead Rhizome’s software implementations with our enterprise utility customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in B2B SaaS, deep knowledge of electric utilities, and model development who excels working and and empathizing with Fortune 500 customers and highly technical stakeholders. Critical to the success of this role is being a reliable conduit between our technology and science team and the customer during software implementation, with an emphasis on providing high-quality service with complex projects.If you’re eager to dive into the nuts and bolts of the power sector, help implement one-of-a-kind modeling platform,  and have a passion for applying your skills to solving tough challenges related to climate change, this is for you. This role will report directly to the CTO. About RhizomeRhizome is at the forefront of developing decision intelligence technology at the intersection of climate science and infrastructure systems. Our team pursues this endeavor with the wisdom and steadiness of industry veterans, and the curiosity, grit, and energy of startup and technology enthusiasts.Our climate resilience SaaS platform helps utilities, governments, and industries plan for greater resilience to climate change and extreme weather by applying AI to a vast amount of information that characterizes infrastructure assets and their vulnerability to extreme weather. Focused on the $500B resilience investment gap on the grid today, our mandate is simple: Help electric utilities proactively adapt to climate change by integrating cutting-edge climate-asset intelligence into their existing planning workflows. As the world experiences record-breaking climate-related impacts, especially related to grid failures, our platform identifies future extreme weather vulnerabilities on utility assets at high resolutions and empowers planners to optimize investment deployments that keep society safe during natural hazard events.Roles and Responsibilities<ul><li>Project Management and Customer Deliveries<ul><li>Be the point-of-contact and ensure timely delivery and implementation of Rhizome’s software platform, initially for electric utility customers.</li><li>Manage delivery expectations, technical work plan, milestones, and associated timelines, both internally and externally, with several customers.</li><li>Provide technical support, program recommendations, and be the trusted advisor for large enterprises.</li><li>Anticipate deployment roadblocks and proactively develop solutions and plans to address them. </li><li>Leverage tools such as Jira and Confluence for internal and external project management.</li></ul></li><li>Continuous Improvement<ul><li>Create and track metrics related to the implementation cycle and success criteria. </li><li>Design processes intended to streamline data ingestion, model iteration, customer feedback loops, and application stand-up; be proactive in searching for ways to improve service and shorten delivery timelines.</li></ul></li><li>Product and Technology<ul><li>Collaborate with the technology team on delivery expectations, work plan, milestones, and timelines.</li><li>Solicit customer feedback and provide insights and information to product and engineering teams. </li></ul></li><li>Commercial<ul><li>Support the business development team on sales and  product marketing efforts, identifying potential customer needs and crafting solutions leveraging Rhizome’s technology platform to meet those needs. </li><li>On an as-needed basis, assist with proposal development, keeping a focus on delivery expectations and reasonable milestones and timelines.</li></ul></li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>5+ years implementing complex software and/or AI models, preferably at early- or growth-stage technology companies</li><li>You’re someone who gets excited about solving problems and driving impact with large enterprise customers.</li><li>Extensive background in data science, data analysis, data integration, and software implementation.</li><li>Excellent programming skills in Python, SQL and data processing with large GIS datasets; ability to swiftly operate in cloud environments; familiarity with the electric utility software stack a plus. </li><li>Excellent oral and written communication skills with a particular ability to develop and present slide decks that are clear and communicate complex, technical information in an intuitive and confident manner.</li><li>Ability to ask hard questions, manage difficult conversations, and quickly get to the “why” behind client objections.</li><li>Comfort operating in fast-paced environments, adapting and pivoting when necessary, and prioritizing efforts with minimal guidance. </li><li>Comfort in a highly technical, heavy industry environment. You’re not afraid of the technical details. </li><li>Ability to execute under pressure under tight deadlines.</li><li>Knowledge of AI/ML approaches or ability to learn quickly. </li><li>Ability to creatively solve problems and independently move initiatives forward.</li><li>Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and colleagues. </li><li>Background in energy and utilities, or otherwise heavily-regulated industry.</li><li>Enthusiasm, energy, and optimism for building from scratch and growing through impact.</li><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent experience required.</li></ul>We’ll pay extra close attention if you have: <ul><li>B2B SaaS experience specifically in the utility sector</li><li>Previously worked in climate data and climate adaptation</li></ul>Culture and Core ValuesAt Rhizome, we lead with compassion and empathy, aiming to understand before we help. Our thesis as technologists is that, in order to fulfill our mission to protect society from the impacts of climate change through intentional, intelligent infrastructure planning, we need to embark on a journey of respectfully listening, learning, and then problem-solving. This sentiment is represented through our core values: Empathy: Understanding and relating to problems, customers, and each other, with humility.Creativity: Exploring with curiosity and building with intention.Aspiration: Striving for societal impact, personal fulfillment, and simply doing good work.Tenacity: Pushing past barriers and the status quo with a sense of optimism and determination.Service Excellence: Delivering high-quality outcomes for our customers, colleagues, and communities.

Technical Implementation Manager

Rhizome is seeking a Software Engineer who can develop and scale end-end Machine Learning pipelines at enterprise scale. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing ETL pipelines to ingest GBs to TBs of spatial data, extract features, perform statistical analyses, and deploy models in a Production Environment. Successful candidates will have practical experience working with GIS data, Relational Databases, and cloud environments like AWS or GCP. This role will initially report to the CTO.<h2>About Rhizome</h2>Rhizome is at the forefront of developing decision intelligence technology at the intersection of climate science and infrastructure systems. Our team pursues this endeavor with the wisdom and steadiness of industry veterans, and the curiosity, grit, and energy of startup and technology enthusiasts.Our climate resilience SaaS platform helps utilities, governments, and industries plan for greater resilience to climate change and extreme weather by applying AI to a vast amount of information that characterizes infrastructure assets and their vulnerability to extreme weather. Focused on the $500B resilience investment gap on the grid today, our mandate is simple: Help electric utilities proactively adapt to climate change by integrating cutting-edge climate-asset intelligence into their existing planning workflows. As the world experiences record-breaking climate-related impacts, especially related to grid failures, our platform identifies future extreme weather vulnerabilities on utility assets at high resolutions and empowers planners to optimize investment deployments that keep society safe during natural hazard events.<h2>Roles and Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Design, build, and manage scalable and secure cloud-based systems.</li><li>Ensure compliance with service-level agreements and implement effective recovery and mitigation strategies.</li><li>Collaborate with other professionals to iteratively develop and support Rhizome’s platform.</li><li>Adopt a proactive approach to problem-solving, demonstrating a willingness to explore multiple topics and drive innovation to enhance data quality and process efficiency.</li><li>Mentor junior engineers by guiding their professional development, conducting code reviews, and promoting best practices.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Proficiency in designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based systems on AWS with a minimum of 7 years of experience.</li><li>Expertise in using Terraform for infrastructure as Code with a minimum of 4 years of hands on experience.</li><li>Experience in designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based services to support data engineering and machine learning.</li><li>Familiarity with GitOps principles and experience in setting up robust code automation pipelines.</li><li>Ability to maintain and manage security and control standards necessary for SOC 2 Type 2 certification.</li><li>Experience setting up AWS Security Hub and other security-related services.</li><li>Understanding of Databricks Cloud is a plus.</li><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills.</li></ul>We’ll pay extra close attention if you have: <ul><li>Exposure or experience with electric utility tech stacks</li><li>Experience with GeoSpatial AI</li><li>Experience with cloud based analytics platforms like Vertex AI or Databricks</li><li>Exposure to applied ML and Data Engineering with electric utility background</li></ul><h2>Culture and Core Values</h2>At Rhizome, we lead with compassion and empathy, aiming to understand before we help. Our thesis as technologists is that, in order to fulfill our mission to protect society from the impacts of climate change through intentional, intelligent infrastructure planning, we need to embark on a journey of respectfully listening, learning, and then problem-solving. This sentiment is represented through our core values: <ul><li>Empathy: Understanding and relating to problems, customers, and each other, with humility.</li><li>Creativity: Exploring with curiosity and building with intention.</li><li>Aspiration: Striving for societal impact, personal fulfillment, and simply doing good work.</li><li>Tenacity: Pushing past barriers and the status quo with a sense of optimism and determination.</li><li>Service Excellence: Delivering high-quality outcomes for our customers, colleagues, and communities.</li></ul>Compensation and BenefitsRhizome offers competitive salaries and an excellent package of benefits and stock options. Compensation is based on a variety of factors including experience, role, and location.

Software Engineer – Applied Machine Learning

Rhizome is seeking a CloudOps Engineer who can develop and scale end-end Machine Learning pipelines with Weather, Climate and Utility data. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing code automation, IaC through Terraform with deep expertise in AWS. Successful candidates will have practical experience working with Terraform, identity and security automation, code automation, data redundancies and replication, service provisioning, security and compliance on AWS or GCP. This role will initially report to the CTO.<h2>About Rhizome</h2>Rhizome is at the forefront of developing decision intelligence technology at the intersection of climate science and infrastructure systems. Our team pursues this endeavor with the wisdom and steadiness of industry veterans, and the curiosity, grit, and energy of startup and technology enthusiasts.Our climate resilience SaaS platform helps utilities, governments, and industries plan for greater resilience to climate change and extreme weather by applying AI to a vast amount of information that characterizes infrastructure assets and their vulnerability to extreme weather. Focused on the $500B resilience investment gap on the grid today, our mandate is simple: Help electric utilities proactively adapt to climate change by integrating cutting-edge climate-asset intelligence into their existing planning workflows. As the world experiences record-breaking climate-related impacts, especially related to grid failures, our platform identifies future extreme weather vulnerabilities on utility assets at high resolutions and empowers planners to optimize investment deployments that keep society safe during natural hazard events.<h2>Roles and Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Design, construct, and maintain statistical &amp; ML pipelines to combine and analyze large volumes of geospatial, climate + weather, and electric utility data</li><li>Develop deep familiarity with electric utility datasets and take ownership of integration of new datasets into our existing environments</li><li>Work with cross-functional team to deliver results in support of analytic and ML workflows using Rhizome’s platform</li><li>Standardize and scale multi-tenant data storage and collaborate with Application Development team to deliver results through gridADAPT and gridFIRM</li><li>Contribute to ML model development at scale in context of reliability and resiliency for the grid</li><li>Develop and optimize versioned, scalable, repeatable and reliable pipelines for utility data that is in GIS and Tabular format to Delta Lake format</li><li>Scale, Automate and Maintain pipelines for statistical and ML use cases to serve  internal and external customers</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Proficiency in designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based systems on AWS with a minimum of 7 years of experience.</li><li>Expertise in using Terraform for infrastructure as Code with a minimum of 4 years of hands on experience.</li><li>Experience in designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based services to support data engineering and machine learning.</li><li>Familiarity with GitOps principles and experience in setting up robust code automation pipelines.</li><li>Ability to maintain and manage security and control standards necessary for SOC 2 Type 2 certification.</li><li>Experience setting up AWS Security Hub and other security-related services.</li><li>Understanding of Databricks Cloud is a plus.</li><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills.</li></ul><h2>Culture and Core Values</h2>At Rhizome, we lead with compassion and empathy, aiming to understand before we help. Our thesis as technologists is that, in order to fulfill our mission to protect society from the impacts of climate change through intentional, intelligent infrastructure planning, we need to embark on a journey of respectfully listening, learning, and then problem-solving. This sentiment is represented through our core values: <ul><li>Empathy: Understanding and relating to problems, customers, and each other, with humility.</li><li>Creativity: Exploring with curiosity and building with intention.</li><li>Aspiration: Striving for societal impact, personal fulfillment, and simply doing good work.</li><li>Tenacity: Pushing past barriers and the status quo with a sense of optimism and determination.</li><li>Service Excellence: Delivering high-quality outcomes for our customers, colleagues, and communities.</li></ul>CompensationRhizome offers competitive compensation packages based on a variety of factors including experience, role, and location.

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