Scientific Computing, Geospatial Engineer
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Senior Scientific Computing & Geospatial Engineer supporting hydrologic and geospatial data infrastructure. Designing high-throughput pipelines and collaborating with scientists for operational forecasting.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build high-throughput raster and terrain processing pipelines for flood mapping, terrain analysis, and DEM conditioning workflows
- Develop and maintain cloud-native geospatial data pipelines across formats including Parquet, Zarr, and NetCDF
- Optimize memory- and compute-intensive scientific workflows for performance and scalability at national scale
- Collaborate with hydrologists, scientists, and modeling teams to translate domain requirements into reliable, maintainable software
- Build and maintain AWS-based infrastructure supporting scalable scientific computing and data delivery
- Contribute to backend API and data pipeline development feeding operational hydrologic forecasting systems
- Apply modern software practices including Docker, CI/CD, and automated testing across all development work
- Perform related duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, geospatial science, hydrology, or a related field (MS or above is a strong plus)
- 3+ years of relevant software development experience
- Strong scientific Python experience including numpy, pandas, xarray, and geopandas
- Experience processing large geospatial or environmental datasets using GDAL or equivalent tools
- Familiarity with cloud-native geospatial formats and chunked or tiled data processing approaches
- Experience with AWS storage and compute workflows (S3, EC2, batch)
- Solid software engineering fundamentals — version control, testing, CI/CD, Docker
- Ability to work independently on complex assignments and deliver sound technical recommendations
- Strong written and oral communication skills for documentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration
Benefits:
- Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
- Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
- Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we’re all company owners!
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
- Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
- Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
- Employee Referral Program
- Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
- Personalized career growth plans for every employee
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