Senior Geospatial Engineer
Core
Lead the development and integration of 3D, elevation, and vector geospatial data products for commercial GIS, city planning, and defense customers.
Role type
Senior Geospatial Engineer (Product & Integration)
Builds
3D digital twins, elevation models, vessel tracking (AIS), and location-based vector data products
Domain
Geospatial data, satellite imagery, defense technology, and cloud-native platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | product features (via careerplan.io/jobs/1df8344e-690e-4343-ab4d-4fb2a55c22c3-senior-geospatial-engineer-at-skywatch)
Required skills
Cloud-native geospatial formats (COG, GeoParquet, Zarr, STAC), GDAL/rasterio, containerization, 3D data modeling, CesiumJS/deck.gl, OGC standards (3D Tiles, I3S, CityGML), sensor fusion, AI agent integration
Preferred skills
Defense geospatial standards (DTED, DGIWG), open-source contributions, experience with stereo imagery processing
Technologies
CesiumJS, ArcGIS Maps SDK, deck.gl, GDAL, rasterio, COG, GeoParquet, Zarr, STAC, Docker, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Lead 3D product development and extend to elevation/vector data; integrate third-party data providers and downstream GIS platforms; build geospatial applications for city and defense use cases; ensure data accuracy and quality control; utilize AI agents for pipeline automation and testing
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC