Data Engineer – GIS, Geospatial

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Data Engineer building cloud-based pipelines and BigQuery geospatial models for Applaudo’s AI-powered business solutions. Integrating GIS, road-network, API, sensor, and external data sources.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, test, and maintain ingestion pipelines for operational and geospatial data sources
  • Develop transformations connecting source datasets with standardized geographic and road-network references
  • Implement and maintain geospatial data models and transformations in BigQuery
  • Work with GIS and ArcGIS-based datasets, including geometry and location-referencing information
  • Develop ingestion patterns for REST APIs, feeds, sensor data, and external sources
  • Implement automated validation and data-quality controls across pipelines
  • Troubleshoot data discrepancies, transformation issues, and integration defects
  • Support integration testing, data-quality triage, and defect resolution through system acceptance
  • Produce technical documentation and maintainable code following engineering standards
  • Collaborate with data, application, platform, and other engineering disciplines in a distributed delivery team
  • Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, ticketed work, and structured delivery processes
  • Use AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly for development, testing, and troubleshooting

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience
  • 4+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering or similar roles
  • Strong production experience with Python and SQL
  • Production experience with Google Cloud Platform, particularly BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Composer / Apache Airflow
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud-based data transformations
  • Hands-on production experience with geospatial and GIS data
  • Experience with ArcGIS or comparable enterprise GIS technologies
  • Understanding of Linear Referencing Systems, road-network data, route segmentation, or comparable linear geospatial models
  • Experience with GeoJSON, geometry/geography data types, spatial transformations, and spatial SQL
  • Experience integrating REST APIs, operational feeds, and third-party data sources
  • Strong relational and analytical data modeling knowledge
  • Experience implementing automated data validation, reconciliation, and data-quality controls
  • Strong testing and technical documentation practices
  • Proficiency with Git and collaborative software development workflows
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or equivalent
  • Strong written and spoken English
  • Ability to maintain at least four hours of daily overlap with U.S. Eastern business hours

Benefits:

  • Remote work
  • 4-month temporary opportunity