Climate Scientist (Storms)

About Us 

We are a leading global climate risk and analytics provider located in London, UK and New York, US. Earlier this year, we closed Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) and are on a fast trajectory to lead the financial services and asset management industries with our B2E SaaS platform, comprised of three products, Carta, Spectra and Adapt, which resolve customer climate risk challenges across their entire workflows.

We are at a pivotal point in scaling our product offering, expanding our market reach, and refining our product strategy to sustain continued success. 

About the role

As a Climate Scientist focusing on storms, you’ll join an interdisciplinary science team, with three other climate scientists, as well as hazard scientists, geospatial experts and loss modellers. Together, we’re building global-scale models to assess the physical risks of climate change. This role is focused on the continual support and development of our storm based hazard models, currently tropical cyclones, storm surge and European extra-tropical cyclones.

We’re seeking an enthusiastic and capable climate scientist with expertise in the modelling of (extra-) tropical cyclones to join the team and support the continual development of our internal hazard models and asses the impact of climate change on the risk posed by these perils.

We work in a commercial environment, so the end product needs to meet a client requirements and this drives our development. However, we want to do be informed by and do good science, and then make this useful for people!

The impact you’ll own

• Undertake cutting-edge scientific model development by leading the refinement of our storm models based on scientific research and applying tropical cyclone and storm surge models in new geographies.
• Lead robust model evaluation and verification work to evaluate the model outputs and document models for internal and external communication for banking clients.
• Disseminate scientific insights and methods to engage with stakeholders, customers, the scientific community - representing the team at international conferences and industry events.
• Collaborate across scientific and technical domains through working with other climate and geospatial scientists co-develop integrated storm risk (hazard and loss) models

Essential Skills

• 3 years relevant industry or post-doctoral experience working on tropical cyclones or extra-tropical cyclones.
• Experience leveraging scientific computing techniques using Python in a cloud/remote environment.
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts to a non-technical audience.
• A desire to use scientific expertise to drive real-world impact by understanding client and product needs, and work under tight deadlines to enhance our customer offering.

Desirable Skills

Experience in any one of these areas makes you stand out but are not required for the role and if you are passionate and interested in the role we encourage you to apply!

• Experience researching (extra) tropical cyclone impacts and risk.
• Experience working with catastrophe models, particularly for wind based perils.
• Experience with Bayesian statistics and/or Extreme Value Theory for extreme events

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent experience in climate science, hazard modeling or statistical analysis.

Benefits 

🌍 Contribute to a business making purposeful impact related to climate change 

💡 Monthly training & conference budget to help you upskill and develop your career (£1,000 per year) 

📈 6 monthly appraisals and 12 monthly pay reviews 

💰 Pension contribution scheme 

🏡 Flexible hours and hybrid working (3 days/week in office; core hours 10am-4pm) 

🏥 Mental Health and Wellbeing support via Oliva  

🏖 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays, annual 3-day Christmas-closure, and half day on your birthday (36.5 days total!) 

🏏 Optional quarterly socials, dinners, and fun nights out 

🥐 A fully stocked supply of snacks, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office 

🚴 Cycle to work scheme via gogeta

🍼 Enhanced maternity and paternity

🐶 Pawternity leave

🐕 Dog friendly office (official residence of Alfie, Chief Mischief Officer) 

Equal Opportunities 

Climate X are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.