Senior Software Engineer – Spatial Analytics, Open Formats

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Senior Software Engineer defining CARTO’s cloud-native spatial analytics, SQL, and open-format strategy. Shaping AI-agent execution across warehouses, lakehouses, and geospatial standards.

Responsibilities:

  • Shape how the Analytics Toolbox framework is packaged, versioned, and deployed across partner engines and AI-agent consumers
  • Set the strategy for SQL execution across BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, and Oracle
  • Define CARTO’s spatial-first Iceberg and open-format direction
  • Represent CARTO in OGC working groups, Cloud Native Geospatial communities, FOSS4G, conferences, and standards work
  • Help define the interface for AI agents using the Analytics Toolbox
  • Shape the technical direction of the Workflows team and broader Spatial Analytics group
  • Write strategy documents and ship production code that proves the strategy

Requirements:

  • Significant career experience in the cloud-native geospatial world
  • Experience building with or shaping DuckDB, GeoParquet, STAC, Arrow, Iceberg, point cloud formats, MobilityDB, or similar
  • Advanced SQL knowledge at the engine level
  • Ability to read execution plans across BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, and Databricks
  • Understanding of partitioning, clustering, file pruning, pushdown, and cost for spatial workloads
  • Production experience shipping LLM-powered features
  • Experience with agentic patterns and a perspective on their impact on analytics
  • Visible community participation through talks, maintained open-source projects, standards working groups, or influential technical writing
  • Low-ego technical leadership and production-code development experience
  • Experience in cloud-native, serverless environments on GCP or AWS
  • TypeScript / Node.js experience is a plus, not a primary hiring requirement

Benefits:

  • Annual bonus of up to 10% based on company objectives
  • Employee Stock Options Plan
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Flexible compensation
  • Education stipend
  • Remote work stipend
  • English classes
  • Compensation based on experience, discussed transparently during the process