Rain as an employer

Some of the more unusual benefits you’ll enjoy as a Rain employee are areas for personal projects in our firehouse shop, a go-kart track in the back lot, the best view of San Francisco in the entire Bay and minimum time off. Some of the more classic benefits include a 401(k), free lunch, great health insurance and a ping pong table.

At Rain we believe in diversity because we know that it drives innovation, and helps create better products and services for our community. We are also a small team and rely on each other to do big jobs, and small ones.

Why You

Incrementalism has defined innovation for two decades, but not at Rain, where our team is committed to tackling the wildfire problem head on. We are creating essential infrastructure for billions of people to coexist with climate change today and in the future. We apply a diverse set of skills and backgrounds to bring our product to life and serve our community as quickly as possible, because wildfire won’t wait.

That’s where you come in. Join a nimble team of doers, working every day to bring autonomous rapid response to complement a host of burgeoning firetech ventures—from early detection aided by AI to autonomous robots that aid agencies performing prescribed burns.

Rain’s Culture

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

The Rain team is mission-driven, resilient, resourceful and committed to getting our products out into the world. We earnestly pursue our mission to protect people, steward the planet, and shield communities near and far from catastrophic climate change. We share our time, talent, and technology to inspire our neighbors. We support each other so that together, we have the fortitude to do the hard things.

We are guided by the phrase, ‘Find A Way.’ We expect to frequently encounter enormous challenges and choose optimism. We are unflagging but pragmatic in pursuit of our objectives. Working on hard problems together builds a special kind of rapport. We value the depth of our relationships forged through collectively overcoming adversity. 

We enjoy high levels of responsibility, iterative and fast-paced learning, and believe in our ability to learn and do hard things quickly. We take turns taking out the garbage.

We appreciate in-office time, strive to make the most out of very few meetings and enjoy a little go-kart track time now & then.

If that sounds refreshing, make our mission your mission, too.

Rain’s Mission

Rain builds autonomous wildfire suppression technology to give firefighters faster, safer, and more effective tools. Our autonomous helicopters are pre-positioned in high-risk areas, enabling fire agencies to rapidly contain early-stage ignitions—before they become catastrophic.

We’re motivated by a simple truth: firefighters put their lives on the line to protect communities, and they deserve the most advanced technology we can provide. Rain’s autonomy expands response options, enhances safety with pilot workload reduction and collision avoidance, and allows aircraft to continue working in spite of dangerous conditions, including at night, in strong winds, and in other degraded visual environments. 

With a network of pre-positioned autonomous aircraft, we can:

• Increase the number of firefighting resources available in the earliest, most critical minutes.

• Automate essential tasks like hotspot detection and perimeter control.

• Help crews respond faster, with greater precision, and at lower risk.