
Dunia is a company focused on accelerating the discovery of electro-active materials for the chemical industry, aiming to support a sustainable future and the energy transition. They achieve this by integrating cutting-edge robotics and advanced algorithms, creating an autonomous laboratory environment named Iris. This platform facilitates a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, significantly reducing the R&D timeline for material innovation from years to months and potentially lowering costs. Their mission is to decarbonize chemical processes, with an initial goal of developing the world's first cost-effective CO2 electrolyzer. They work with industries like fuels, plastics, fertilizers, and textiles to innovate carbon-neutral processes and create new markets for sustainable chemicals and fuels.

Dunia is a company focused on accelerating the discovery of electro-active materials for the chemical industry, aiming to support a sustainable future and the energy transition. They achieve this by integrating cutting-edge robotics and advanced algorithms, creating an autonomous laboratory environment named Iris. This platform facilitates a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, significantly reducing the R&D timeline for material innovation from years to months and potentially lowering costs. Their mission is to decarbonize chemical processes, with an initial goal of developing the world's first cost-effective CO2 electrolyzer. They work with industries like fuels, plastics, fertilizers, and textiles to innovate carbon-neutral processes and create new markets for sustainable chemicals and fuels.
Mission: Accelerate discovery of electro-active materials to decarbonize chemical processes
Core product: Iris — an autonomous closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) laboratory platform
Founded: 2022
Recent funding: $11.5M (Oct 2024)
Headcount (approx.): 51
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Accelerating discovery and manufacturability of electrochemical materials for chemicals, fuels, and related industries to enable carbon-neutral processes.
2022
DeepTech
$11,500,000
Syndicate included Elaia, Redalpine, Kindred Capital, Anglo American, Deep Science Ventures, Pace Ventures and others.
“Investor syndicate includes corporate and VC participation (e.g., Anglo American, Elaia, Redalpine, Kindred Capital, Deep Science Ventures, Pace Ventures)”
Your mission Build the software backbone letting AI reason about and experiment on the physical world Dunia is building AI for one of the hardest unsolved problems in science: turning materials discovery from an academic, trial-and-error process into a programmable, scalable discipline.
At Dunia software doesn’t just serve users, it coordinates robots, experiments, simulations, and learning systems that interact with matter itself.
As Software Engineer, Infrastructure, you will own the systems that make this possible. Your work sits directly between scientific intent and physical execution: if infrastructure is unclear, brittle, or slow, discovery stalls. If it’s well-designed, the entire system accelerates.
This role is for an engineer who wants their software decisions to have real, measurable consequences in the world.
Your tasks will include: Production systems that matter
Tools people rely on daily
Infrastructure as a first-class product
The full loop: software → compute → science
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About Us Dunia, meaning “world” in over 20 languages, reflects our global mission: to drive clean energy innovation in the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors. With cutting-edge physics AI technology, we’re accelerating breakthroughs in materials science to help reduce global CO2 emissions by billions of tons annually. Join us and make a real difference in a dynamic, impact-driven environment.
We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and safe to be their authentic self. Non-traditional career paths are welcome and valued. If you share our vision, you can be certain that we want you to succeed. You might be just the right candidate for this or for other roles that have not opened yet. Reach out!