Senior Geospatial Software Engineer

Summary

Join Orbital Sidekick (OSK) as a Senior Geospatial Software Engineer and contribute to the development of SIGMA, a system for processing imagery and delivering insights. You will design and code production data pipelines for processing hyperspectral imagery (HSI) from the GHOSt satellite constellation, collaborating with payload & analytics teams to integrate research algorithms into the SIGMA platform. This role focuses on implementation, not research or data science. OSK leverages hyperspectral imagery to address global needs and help companies achieve sustainability goals. The company is building a space-based infrastructure for real-time monitoring and risk management. The salary range is competitive and varies by location.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience writing geospatial code in Python
• Extensive knowledge of GDAL, Rasterio, xarray, and other code libraries for handling raster data
• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing deployments (e.g., AWS) and Linux environments
• Experience with orchestration technologies (e.g., AWS Step Functions)
• Experience with serverless compute (e.g., AWS Fargate and Lambda)
• Experience writing code for a production environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective collaboration skills to work with a remote team

Responsibilities

• Implement image processing algorithms for an automated production environment
• Build tools to manage & monitor the processing system and imagery catalog
• Build APIs to make imagery & insights available to customers (both internal and external)
• Collaborate with the product team to determine feature priorities
• Collaborate with the satellite payload and analytics teams to implement new or improved image processing operations
• Break down & plan features & services for incremental delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of imaging principles
• Knowledge of remote sensing analytics, earth sciences and/or geography
• Experience with machine learning
• Experience with OGC APIs, STAC, or similar open source geospatial technologies
• Experience with US government imagery requirements (e.g., NITF image format)
• Experience with AWS CDK or CloudFormation

Benefits

$120,000 - $190,000 a year