Orbital Sidekick is hiring a
Senior Geospatial Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Geospatial Software Engineer at Orbital Sidekick. The role involves designing and coding production data pipelines to process hyperspectral imagery from their GHOSt satellite constellation, collaborating with various teams, and implementing image processing algorithms for an automated production environment.

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 (California, Washington & New York City) / $115,000-$185,000 (Colorado)
• Orbital Sidekick's compensation packages are determined based on multiple factors including business requirements, experience and location
• Orbital Sidekick is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and invites people from all backgrounds to apply