Sand — Critical Systems. Intelligent Outcomes.

Build what matters.
Shift perceptions.

Sand builds the intelligence layer for the infrastructure billions depend on water, energy, health, connectivity, cities. We are looking for people who want technical depth and visible impact, and refuse to choose between them.

Adventurers, and counting
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Continents: Africa, Europe, the Americas
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Millions
Of lives improved

Why Sand

We turn ambition into impact.

Sand builds products that make critical industries safer, more reliable, and more accessible. Our teams solve the most pressing problems for humanity through deep science and hands-on field work. The scale of what we build matches the scale of what you care about.
01

There are

No false trade-offs

Engineers, researchers and domain experts don’t choose between technical depth and visible impact, the work demands both.

02

We are

Diverse by design

A team as diverse as the contexts it operates in across continents, cultures and critical systems.

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This is a

Career that compounds

We build in ways no single-industry, single-geography role can replicate.

What we stand for

Our 13 Leadership Principles

The specific ways of being that guide how we work, decide and show up for each other.

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Do Hard Things

02

There is no failure

03

Get stuff done

04

Surf like Yvon

05

Our clients run the company

06

Play the long game

07

Decide

08

K.I.S.S

09

Each one, teach ten

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Everybody is welcome

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Pioneer

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Raise the bar

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Choose growth

Who we are

We are 400+ Adventurers.

Being an Adventurer is to have the willingness to go where the problem is, to operate in unfamiliar systems and cultures, to stay when the work gets hard, and to find meaning in the challenge.


If “adventurer” sounds like your career, you are probably right for Sand. If it sounds exhausting, you are probably not. Are you here to be successful… or do you want to do something significant? To us, that answer is clear.

Who we look for

We hire for how people think, not where they come from.

No archetypes. Just motivations. Each one works across backgrounds, geographies and career stages. You might recognise yourself in one.

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I want to be significant, not just successful.

02

I want my work to run.

Care

I want a challenge to mean something.

04

I want to be around people who make me better.

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I want my career to go somewhere I can’t predict.

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I want to work somewhere I’m not embarrassed to explain.

Benefits

Work that's sustainable.

Location

Distributed by default

Work from where you do your best thinking. Our teams span continents and the work follows the deployment, not a postcode.

Pay

Pay that's competitive and reviewed

Compensation is benchmarked and revisited regularly. Never the headline of the offer, but never a sacrifice either.

Health

Health cover that travels

Medical cover designed for distributed and field-based teams, so the people on the ground are looked after wherever the work takes them.

Time

Time that's actually flexible

Lives outside work matter to us, so schedules flex to reflect that. We care that the work is done well, not that you were online at nine sharp.

Setup

Setup & wellbeing stipend

A discretionary stipend to kit out your space and look after yourself, wherever in the world you happen to be working from.

Growth

Growth that compounds

Time, budget and mentorship to keep learning new domains, new systems, conferences, and the depth that comes from hard problems.

Open positions

Find your adventure.

Roles span engineering, research, delivery and operations. If the work sounds like your kind of hard, come find it.

Job Board

Hear from our Adventurers

Straight from the people doing the work.

Stories, blog posts and field notes from the Adventurers across Sand.
Film · Palo Alto

Meet Sand's Chief Science Officer

Field film · Nairobi

A day on a water network

Film · 90 sec

Why we build for accountable autonomy

Engineering · Read · 6 min

What "Forward-Deployed" actually means By a Forward-Deployed Engineer

Field notes · Read · 5 min

A week embedded on a city's power grid From the field

Career · Read · 4 min

Why I left big tech to work on infrastructure An Adventurer's story

How we show up

Leadership Principles

Principles are fundamental, universal truths that transcend time, geography, culture and context. They shape how we work and how we show up. These are guiding stars that shape how Sand works and shows up for each other.

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Play the Long Game

Build lasting, genuine relationships based on trust and care. Prioritize long-term success over short-term gains.
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Do Hard Things

Tackle meaningful and challenging problems. Push boundaries and leave a lasting impact.
03

Everybody Is Welcome

Build inclusive teams that value and respect diversity across all dimensions.
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Each One, Teach Ten

Mentor and share knowledge generously to grow the next generation of leaders and innovators.
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Raise the Bar

Deliver exceptional work and set new standards for quality. Strive for excellence in everything you do.
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There Is No Failure

View setbacks as opportunities to learn. Aim high and take risks to achieve extraordinary results.
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Pioneer

Be bold and innovative. Research, experiment, and work on the cutting edge to solve complex problems.
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Choose Growth

Embrace a growth mindset. Continuously learn, remain curious, and challenge yourself to improve.
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Get Stuff Done

Prioritize execution over perfection. Move fast and adapt as needed to deliver impact.
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Decide

Take initiative. Make decisions quickly and adjust if necessary. Don’t wait for permission; move forward in service of client needs.
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K.I.S.S.

Cut unnecessary processes and policies. Focus on simplicity and common sense to drive efficiency.
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Our Clients Run the Company

Serve clients obsessively; everything revolves around delighting them. Avoid distractions like internal politics.

Open positions

Featured Roles

A current selection of roles open across our engineering, research, field, product, and GTM teams. Filter by team or location.
Team
Location
Engineering 01

Senior ML Engineer

Bucharest View role
Research 02

Staff Research Scientist

London View role
Field Operations 03

Field Deployment Lead

Kigali View role
Product 04

Product Manager, Consequence Models

San Francisco View role
Engineering 05

Senior Data Engineer

Cape Town View role
GTM 06

Solutions Architect

Jakarta View role
Engineering 07

Site Reliability Engineer

Bucharest View role
Research 08

Research Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

London View role
Field Operations 09

Programme Director

Kigali View role
GTM 10

Partnerships Lead, Healthcare

London View role
Engineering 11

Software Engineer, SandOS Platform

Cape Town View role
Engineering 12

Hardware Systems Engineer

San Francisco View role
Field Operations 13

Forward-Deployed Engineer

Jakarta View role
Product 14

Senior Designer, Operator Tooling

London View role
GTM 15

Customer Engineering Lead, Utilities

San Francisco View role
Research 16

Data Scientist, Network Optimization

Bucharest View role

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If our work sounds like your kind of adventure, come find it.
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