Senior Quality Engineer
Kairos Power · Albuquerque, NM · Senior Level · Manufacturing and hardware engineering · posted yesterday
Kairos Power · Alameda, CA · posted 5 days ago
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 08/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
| Employer | Kairos Power |
|---|---|
| Location | Alameda, California |
| Field | Technology › Software engineering |
| Level | Senior Level |
| Source category | Software Engineering |
| Posted | 2026-11-03 (5 days ago) |
| Work arrangement | A remote or flexible location is listed |
| Pay | Not published in the source listing |
Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.
Job Summary
Kairos Power is looking for a Senior Scientific Software and Developer Platform Engineer to work within a small software and infrastructure team that supports the needs of our design, research, and development organizations. This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You will architect and build the scientific software, developer tooling, and delivery systems that nuclear engineers and computational scientists use to design and analyze nuclear power systems.
The work spans Python and C++ development, computational modeling, build and packaging systems, reproducible artifact delivery, CI/CD, containerization, software quality assurance, and high-performance computing workflows. You will set software architecture direction, establish the design and maintainability standards the group works to, and raise engineering practice through design review, code review, and mentoring. The group favors simple, proportionate designs assembled from standard, well-supported technologies, and this role is expected to be a leading voice for that standard. Success means writing and shaping software that engineers other than its original author can operate, extend, and maintain.
Responsibilities
Scientific and engineering software
Build, packaging, and artifact delivery
Software quality assurance and controlled delivery
Scientific computing platform
Engineering standards and mentorship
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Physical Conditions
Environmental Conditions
Safety and PPE
Travel
Additional Requirements
The salary range for this position is $140,611 to $165,425 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that maybe used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, ability and the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
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About our Benefits
We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.
Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.
Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810
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This is a Senior Level role in the Technology field (Software engineering) at Kairos Power. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.
The closest occupation in the official wage statistics is Software developers (a match by name, so treat it as an estimate). Nationally its median pay is $135,980 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), employment is projected to change by +10.2% between 2025 and 2035, and the typical entry route is: Bachelor's degree.
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area the median for this occupation is $186,640 a year with 69,030 jobs (BLS OEWS, May 2025). This is a statistic for the occupation, not an offer from this employer.
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Estimate for a wage earner: 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction (IRS), Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare 1.45% (+0.9% above $200,000 single / $250,000 married), and a state rate you set; set your own state tax rate. It ignores credits, pre-tax deductions, local taxes and benefits. Sources: IRS: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments · SSA wage base per Federal Register notice 2025-19763.
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The job is in Alameda, CA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.
How Alameda compares. Among the 145 largest places in California, Alameda is #116 by population, #14 for remote work (#1 = most), #24 for college degrees (#1 = most), #118 for long commutes (#1 = fewest). Its county, Alameda County, is #4 of 58 counties for average pay ($98,026).
Alameda has 77,238 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.2% of the population of California. It covers 10 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 7,427 people per square mile. The median age is 41.0, 8% older than the state median (41.0 against 37.9).
The median gross rent is $2,474 a month (rent plus utilities), 22% above the state median ($2,474 against $2,036). Over a year that is 21.6% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $1,235,700, which is 9.0 times the median household income ($137,697); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 50.7% of households own their home, 9% below the state average (50.7% against 55.9%).
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area has 2,373,920 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $74,260 a year, 46% above the national median ($74,260 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (226,320 jobs, median $62,120); management (223,100 jobs, median $176,340); business and financial operations (207,030 jobs, median $112,960). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.9 times) and life, physical, and social science (1.8 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($176,340) and computer and mathematical ($167,770). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Alameda County was 4.7%. 66.0% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Alameda County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.
Among workers, 44.2% drive alone, 10.0% use public transit, 3.1% walk, 32.7% work from home. 27.3% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 41% above the state average (27.3% against 19.4%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.
61.5% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 66% above the state share (61.5% against 37.1%). 25.7% of residents were born outside the United States, 5% below the state share (25.7% against 27.0%). The poverty rate is 7.2%, 40% below the state rate (7.2% against 12.0%).
The warmest month is Sep, averaging 61°F (16.0°C), and the coolest is Jan at 51°F (10.7°C). About 515 mm (20 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (115 mm) and Jul the driest (2 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.
Closest cities in this guide: Oakland (3 miles, rent 20% lower); San Leandro (6 miles, rent 12% lower); Brisbane (8 miles, rent 4% higher); South San Francisco (9 miles, rent 13% higher). Rent differences are against Alameda; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.
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Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Alameda, CA that have a guide, with what living there costs. The last-but-one column divides a year of rent by the median pay of the closest occupation ($186,640 a year), an estimate, not this employer's pay.
| Place ⇅ | Distance from the job city ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ | Median home value ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Commute 45+ min ⇅ | Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅ | Open jobs there ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda, CA | 0 mi | $2,474 | $1,235,700 | $137,697 | 27.3% | 15.9% | Jobs |
| Oakland, CA | 3 mi | $1,979 | $929,900 | $101,600 | 21.9% | 12.7% | Jobs |
| San Leandro, CA | 6 mi | $2,186 | $844,200 | $101,420 | 23.7% | 14.1% | — |
| Brisbane, CA | 8 mi | $2,574 | $1,232,200 | $156,169 | 29.8% | 16.5% | — |
| South San Francisco, CA | 9 mi | $2,802 | $1,188,800 | $136,578 | 15.2% | 18.0% | — |
| Berkeley, CA | 9 mi | $2,133 | $1,413,900 | $108,092 | 20.8% | 13.7% | Jobs |
| Daly City, CA | 12 mi | $2,551 | $1,115,000 | $123,547 | 19.6% | 16.4% | — |
| Hayward, CA | 12 mi | $2,391 | $854,400 | $113,318 | 25.7% | 15.4% | — |
| Burlingame, CA | 12 mi | $2,785 | $2,000,001 | $174,000 | 23.1% | 17.9% | — |
| Foster City, CA | 12 mi | $3,501 | $1,838,200 | $199,143 | 20.6% | 22.5% | Jobs |
| San Bruno, CA | 12 mi | $2,773 | $1,207,500 | $141,272 | 12.2% | 17.8% | — |
| Millbrae, CA | 13 mi | $3,272 | $1,934,900 | $163,476 | 21.8% | 21.0% | — |
| San Mateo, CA | 13 mi | $3,077 | $1,618,700 | $153,504 | 15.8% | 19.8% | — |
| Pacifica, CA | 15 mi | $3,098 | $1,249,800 | $160,523 | 15.5% | 19.9% | — |
| Richmond, CA | 16 mi | $1,960 | $668,200 | $95,391 | 28.8% | 12.6% | — |
| Belmont, CA | 16 mi | $2,875 | $2,000,001 | $205,297 | 18.6% | 18.5% | Jobs |
| Redwood City, CA | 16 mi | $2,968 | $1,801,700 | $157,814 | 10.2% | 19.1% | Jobs |
| Union City, CA | 16 mi | $2,713 | $1,104,900 | $133,715 | 24.0% | 17.4% | — |
| San Carlos, CA | 17 mi | $2,854 | $2,000,001 | $237,470 | 14.9% | 18.3% | — |
| San Ramon, CA | 18 mi | $2,968 | $1,509,500 | $196,161 | 34.3% | 19.1% | — |
Occupations close to Software developers in the official classification, with pay, outlook and whether there are open jobs for them on this site right now.
| Occupation ⇅ | National median pay ⇅ | Growth 2025–35 ⇅ | Openings a year (US) ⇅ | Open jobs here ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer user support specialists | $61,860 | -3.5% | 39,700 | none right now |
| Computer and information research scientists | $140,300 | +21.8% | 2,900 | none right now |
| Information security analysts | $129,180 | +21.0% | 14,100 | 1 open |
| Database architects | $139,500 | +9.4% | 3,900 | 2 open |
| Computer network architects | $134,050 | +7.7% | 9,600 | none right now |
| Computer occupations, all other | $116,580 | +5.1% | 27,000 | none right now |
| Computer systems analysts | $105,850 | +7.9% | 32,900 | 1 open |
How far Alameda, CA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.
| From ⇅ | Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅ | Population of that city ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 39 mi | 990,138 |
| San Francisco, CA | 42 mi | 830,235 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 335 mi | 3,857,263 |
| San Diego, CA | 446 mi | 1,389,526 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 639 mi | 1,642,323 |
| Seattle, WA | 682 mi | 754,195 |
| Denver, CO | 945 mi | 718,877 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,378 mi | 697,125 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 1,442 mi | 963,194 |
| Dallas, TX | 1,473 mi | 1,307,930 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,476 mi | 1,479,835 |
| Austin, TX | 1,489 mi | 979,539 |
| Houston, TX | 1,632 mi | 2,328,253 |
| Chicago, IL | 1,845 mi | 2,711,226 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1,938 mi | 885,860 |
| Columbus, OH | 2,102 mi | 914,802 |
| Charlotte, NC | 2,290 mi | 903,844 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 2,361 mi | 977,670 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 2,510 mi | 1,579,706 |
| New York, NY | 2,562 mi | 8,483,844 |
| City ⇅ | Straight-line distance ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont, CA | 16 mi | 2 |
| Redwood City, CA | 16 mi | 27 |
| Pleasanton, CA | 21 mi | 1 |
| Fremont, CA | 24 mi | 2 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 25 mi | 24 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 28 mi | 12 |
| Milpitas, CA | 29 mi | 2 |
| Campbell, CA | 36 mi | 7 |
| San Jose, CA | 39 mi | 661 |
| San Francisco, CA | 42 mi | 587 |
| Capitola, CA | 56 mi | 1 |
| Sacramento, CA | 71 mi | 38 |
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