Work at the Frontier of
Something Unprecedented.
FLATUTEC is building a team of scientists, engineers, and operators who are comfortable explaining what they do for a living at dinner parties. Comfort with unusual questions is essential. A sense of humour is mandatory. An open mind about renewable energy is non-negotiable.
What It's Like to Work Here
FLATUTEC is a fast-moving, mission-driven company where the mission is, admittedly, a lot to explain at onboarding.
Mission-Driven (Seriously)
Every person at FLATUTEC understands exactly why we exist and what we're solving. The energy crisis is real. Our solution is unconventional. The alignment between "this is important" and "this is also extremely funny" creates a uniquely motivating work environment. Our employee NPS is 74. The industry average is 31. We attribute this to clarity of mission and the inability to take yourself too seriously at a company whose feedstock is what ours is.
Genuinely Novel Work
There is no playbook for what we do. No "20 years of biogenic methane capture scale-up experience" exists because the industry didn't exist 6 years ago. FLATUTEC hires curious people who are willing to figure things out in real time, publish results that shock their former colleagues, and then defend those results to a genuinely confused academic community.
Radical Transparency
All-hands meetings are weekly. Dr. Toots attends every one and answers every question. Yield data is shared company-wide. Financial performance is disclosed to all staff monthly. The only thing not discussed openly is Project STRATOSPHERE, but this is not secrecy — it is regulatory compliance, and everyone understands this because it has been explained very thoroughly on three separate occasions.
Distributed & Poland-First
Six engineers. One lab above a bar mleczny on ul. Ząbkowska in Warsaw's Praga district. Remote-friendly arrangements for Kraków and Gdańsk team members. Expansion to Washington DC in Q3 2026, at which point we will have one engineer in a different timezone who will need to buy a winter coat. "Where are you based?" is a question we ask for logistics purposes. The only eligibility requirement is that you are good at what you do and can explain the business to your mother. Polish applicants are statistically our most stoic interviewees. We have stopped testing this as a hypothesis.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and one perk that no other employer on Earth can offer.
Top-quartile compensation benchmarked annually. All employees receive equity. As we approach IPO, this is not a trivial detail.
Every FLATUTEC employee receives complimentary Elite Emitter tier status for life. Yes, this means what you think it means. Yes, the energy credits are real. Yes, several employees have eliminated their utility bills entirely. No, we will not stop mentioning this.
All FLATUTEC staff receive complimentary access to the bar mleczny downstairs, which Dr. Reinhart has quietly influenced toward a higher-fibre menu since Q2 2023. The bigos is excellent. New employees are advised to adjust their commute timing for the first two weeks.
Full medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents. Gastroenterology consultations are complimentary and, in a FLATUTEC context, also a professional development opportunity. Dr. Reinhart runs an optional quarterly gut health clinic. Attendance is high. The deductible is zero. The country's healthcare system is what it is; ours is not.
€2,000 per year for conferences, courses, and certifications. FLATUTEC also runs an internal monthly session called "Explaining FLATUTEC to Non-Employees," which has a 100% completion rate because there are 9 employees and the meeting is in the same room as the server. Attendance is, technically, unavoidable.
Plus bank holidays. "Unlimited leave" was considered and rejected on the grounds that everyone abuses it and then feels guilty. 35 days is generous, clear, and guilt-free. Take them. Come back rested. Yield data shows well-rested contributors perform 18% above baseline. This is relevant.
Employees working on the Bovine Expansion Programme are eligible for visits to our New Zealand pilot site. We have been told this is a perk. The employees who have been say it is "transformative" and "difficult to fully explain at dinner." Dr. Toots went economy class. This is noted as evidence that the runway is real but not yet long.
If the EU Horizon grant application (47 pages, submitted April 2024, currently "In Assessment") is approved, all staff receive a one-time €500 bonus. Dr. Toots has taped a printout of the application status page to the fridge. It has said "In Assessment" for 14 months. The tape is still holding.
Current Openings
We hire for attitude and capability, not specifically for experience in an industry that did not exist six years ago. All roles include Elite Emitter status.
Senior Biogenic Chemist — Methane Optimisation
We're looking for an experienced chemist with a background in gas-phase catalysis and molecular separation to join Dr. Reinhart's team and push our MY2T™ Refinery efficiency from 97.3% to something the CFO calls "genuinely offensive." You'll be working with MY2T™ AI data pipelines, real-world harvest samples, and a team that has collectively published more peer-reviewed papers in a six-year-old field than any other group on Earth — because they are the only group on Earth. Previous experience in biogenic methane science is not required and also not possible.
We're looking for: PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field · 5+ years industry experience · Comfort with the unusual · Strong publication record · Ability to describe your work at Christmas dinner without causing a scene. A history of causing scenes is also acceptable if the science is strong enough.
Gut Microbiome Research Scientist
FLATUTEC's MY2T™ Coach AI dietary service requires deeper microbiome modelling to personalise yield optimisation recommendations at scale. This role will lead research into the relationship between gut microbiota composition, dietary inputs, and methane output quality — a research area that is simultaneously cutting-edge immunology and, yes, exactly what it sounds like. Dr. Reinhart describes this role as "the most important hire we will make in 2026" and has asked us to write that here verbatim.
We're looking for: PhD in Microbiology, Nutrition Science, or Gastroenterology · Experience with 16S rRNA sequencing · Comfort with dietary data analysis · Professional stoicism.
Senior IoT Hardware Engineer — MY2T™ Mark VI
The MY2T™ Mark VI — codenamed "The Phantom" — is our most ambitious hardware project to date. We're designing a capture unit so lightweight and undetectable that it is, for all practical purposes, invisible. You'll own the sensor array, power management, and MY2T™ Core membrane integration, working alongside Chad Toots's hardware team in our Warsaw lab. The role requires hands-on prototyping, tolerance for iteration, and a personal philosophy that accepts unusual testing scenarios as a normal part of product development. Chad describes the Mark VI as "the hardware I always imagined while sitting in an engineering class I was about to drop." The Mark VI is why he dropped it. He considers this a compliment to the Mark VI. His former AGH professor has not commented.
We're looking for: 5+ years IoT hardware experience · PCB design (Eagle or KiCad) · BLE/5G embedded systems · Wearable or medical device background preferred · Able to discuss your work at industry conferences with a straight face.
Staff ML Engineer — MY2T™ AI Platform
MY2T™ AI — our analytics platform — processes data packets from 847 contributors across Poland, optimising MY2T™ Refinery throughput, predicting yield windows, and adjusting grid supply dynamically. We're scaling MY2T™ AI for the DC expansion and need an ML engineer to own model architecture and real-time inference. The data is unusual. The scale is modest today and growing fast. The impact is, at Łomianki heating bill level, already real.
We're looking for: Staff-level ML engineering experience · Production-grade model deployment at scale · Python, PyTorch/JAX · Real-time systems experience · We will not ask you what your training data looks like in the interview. You will figure that out in week one.
Washington DC Launch Manager (1 Role)
FLATUTEC is opening its first non-Polish office in Washington DC in Q3 2026. We need one person on the ground to manage pre-launch contributor enrolment, coordinate with DC building managers, and serve as the public face of the FLATUTEC US expansion. You will be explaining, in person, in the US capital, what FLATUTEC does. You will be doing this with complete professionalism and without laughing. Prior government, energy, or public affairs experience is strongly preferred. The ability to look a DC facilities manager in the eye while describing our technology is, we want to be direct, the core competency of this role. We have 12 pre-registrations. We believe there are considerably more potential contributors in the Capitol complex alone. You will be the person unlocking them.
We're looking for: 5+ years in government relations, energy policy, or commercial development in the DC area · Fluent in the dialect of institutional understatement · Existing network in DC facilities management or building operations · Exceptional deadpan delivery.
MY2T™ Refinery Operations Lead — New Zealand (MooPak™ Programme)
The MooPak™ bovine expansion programme is scaling rapidly and we need an experienced operations lead to manage our New Zealand refinery site, coordinate with partner farms, and oversee the installation of 200 new MooPak™ units across two new sites in Q3. This is a genuinely exciting role at the cutting edge of agricultural bioenergy. The location is beautiful. The work is meaningful. The smell, in certain wind conditions, is something you will adapt to faster than you expect.
We're looking for: Process engineering or agricultural operations background · Experience managing field teams · Ability to work in a rural setting · Strong project management · An immune nose is a bonus but not required. It develops.
Senior Brand Copywriter
Brittany Carson's communications team — currently Brittany, and a freelancer she sometimes calls — is looking for a senior copywriter who can sustain the FLATUTEC tone: deadpan corporate sincerity about an inherently absurd subject. You will write press releases, product copy, contributor recruitment campaigns, and the kind of FAQ answer that makes legal pace the room before reluctantly approving. The "Nie marnuj gazu" Warsaw tram campaign achieved 14K impressions. The DC expansion campaign is in development. The brief is: DC. Capitol Hill. Atmospheric methane. Professional. Earnest. Don't blink.
We're looking for: 6+ years brand copywriting · Portfolio that demonstrates range and wit · Ability to write about intestinal gas with the same voice you'd use for a luxury car · Understanding that the joke is funnier the more seriously you take it. This is the whole job.
Submit Your Application
All applications are reviewed personally by a member of our team. Our average response time is 5 business days. We do not use automated rejection emails. Every application is read by a human. A human who is also, most likely, a contributor.
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Thank you for applying to FLATUTEC. A member of our team will review your application and respond within 5 business days.
In the meantime, we recommend reading our Technology page to prepare for the first-round conversation, and eating a high-fibre dinner tonight. Not because it affects your application. Just generally.