At a Glance
- Tasks: Source and assess weather data, develop clear methodologies, and prepare customer-facing reports.
- Company: Dynamic startup in London with a focus on innovative meteorological solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, equity options, and hybrid working model.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with ownership from day one and direct customer exposure.
- Why this job: Make a real impact with your expertise and work closely with the founders.
- Qualifications: Degree in meteorology or related field, data analysis skills, and clear writing ability.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Hybrid, London | Full time | £35,000 to £45,000 dependent on experience, plus equity options
The role
A role with a lot of responsibility. You will be the meteorologist inside the product: making sure the data we ingest is sound, the methodology is fair, and the evaluations we send to customers are correct and easy to understand. You will report to the CEO and work day to day with the CTO. The scope is broad: in a given week you might source a new observation dataset, stress-test a verification method, and write the report a customer uses to choose a provider.
What you will do
- Source and assess weather observation data: national weather station networks, third-party observation APIs and customer-side data
- Ingest and quality-check forecast data from commercial weather providers via their APIs, working with the software team on pipelines
- Maintain a fair verification methodology: hits, misses, false alarms, hit rate, overall skill (CSI), forecast tendency (bias) and warning lead across providers, thresholds and lead times
- Develop clear, succinct methodology options that customers can understand and choose between
- Analyse large datasets (millions of forecast rows per month) to produce provider evaluations
- Prepare customer-facing reports in plain scientific language, stating confidence, sample sizes and limitations
- Contribute to product decisions: which metrics we show and how we explain them
What you will need
- A degree in meteorology, atmospheric science or a closely related field
- A working understanding of forecast verification and what makes an evaluation fair
- Data analysis skills, ideally in Python, and comfort with APIs and large datasets
- Clear, concise writing: our reports go straight to customers
- Business orientation: the analysis has to help a customer make a decision
- Initiative: you spot problems, propose fixes and follow through, and you ask for help when you need it
- The right to work in the UK
Working here
This is a startup. Priorities shift and there is no playbook for most of what we do. In return you get real ownership from day one: your methodology decisions and reports go directly to customers, with a direct line to the founders.
What we offer
- Dependent on experience, plus participation in the company option pool
- Hybrid working from our London base
- Direct exposure to customers, providers and the commercial side of the business
Meteorologist in London employer: Carbon13
Carbon13 is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment at the forefront of climate innovation in both Cambridge and Berlin. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to shape your role and contribute to meaningful projects that protect Earth's vital systems, all while enjoying competitive benefits such as performance-related pay, share options, and hybrid working arrangements. Join us to be part of a purpose-driven team that values diversity and fosters a culture of collaboration and ambition.
