About Our Client

Our client is a tech company specialising in the next-generation marine navigation systems. They are rethinking marine navigation for the modern boater. Their mission is to build intuitive, reliable, and cutting-edge navigation solutions by harnessing the power of advanced software and user-centric design. Our client creates tools that bring a seamless, integrated experience to mariners, allowing them to navigate more safely and efficiently. Join us in reshaping the future of marine technology.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Geospatial Data Engineer to join our team and help build advanced marine mapping applications. In this role, you will be responsible for processing and integrating various geospatial data sources to create high-quality marine maps for our customers. Our geospatial tooling and pipelines are built on open-source technologies (OSM, QGIS, PostGIS, GDAL, Mapbox stack, etc.). You will be extending those and building new ones.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ingest and process official S57 hydrographic data from national mapping agencies
• Integrate and clean point cloud data from multi-beam sonar surveys
• Incorporate user-collected depth measurements and other crowdsourced spatial data
• Develop scripts, workflows, and pipelines using languages such as Python and Javascript to automate data ETL and processing
• Implement GIS data management best practices to ensure data integrity and reliability
• Work closely with the product and engineering teams to translate mapping requirements into technical solutions
• Stay up-to-date on the latest GIS tools, technologies, and industry standards

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in GIS data engineering or a similar role
• Strong programming skills in Python and Node.js or equivalent
• Experience working with geospatial databases, mainly PostGIS
• Experience processing and analyzing large geospatial datasets
• Have a handle on Git, Linux, terminal…
• Ability to write efficient, well-documented code and scripts
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Nice to have:

• Experience with geometry simplification and smoothing, contour generation, and having a handle on algorithms involved and the ability to customize those according to needs
• Ability to write high-performance code, when necessary, using C++ or equivalent

What they offer

Working at our clients means working on interesting problems and having a direct impact on the people who use their products. They offer an opportunity to help build a product that is loved by hundreds of thousands of boaters, while also having the potential to disrupt an entire industry. You’ll be working with talented people building state-of-the-art consumer experiences.

They offer a competitive combination of salary and benefits. They believe that good talent shall be compensated accordingly. Our client also offer flexible working hours, remote work options, and opportunities for professional development and growth.

If you are passionate about marine technology, enjoy working with geospatial data, and have the technical chops to build robust data pipelines, we'd love to hear from you!