Backend & Data Engineer - GIS / Photogrammetry

About the role

A U.S.-based technology company working with large-scale geospatial data and imagery is looking for an experienced Backend & Data Engineer to join its data team, with an expected start as soon as possible. The role combines software engineering, backend development and data processing, with hands-on experience in GIS, photogrammetry and geospatial imagery processing. It is remote and full-time.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and support backend and data-processing systems using Python.
• Work with core processing systems and large-scale geospatial imagery.
• Process imagery captured from drones/UAVs, fixed-wing aircraft and/or high-resolution satellites.
• Build and maintain reliable data-processing workflows and pipelines.
• Apply GIS and photogrammetry expertise to imagery-processing workflows.
• Use tools such as GDAL, Agisoft Metashape, Pix4D or similar.
• Collaborate with engineering and data team members to improve processing solutions.
• Troubleshoot backend, data-processing and imagery-processing issues.
• Support the scalability, reliability and performance of systems handling large-scale geospatial data.

Required profile

• Strong professional experience in software engineering, backend engineering and/or data engineering.
• Hands-on experience with GIS and geospatial data processing, and with photogrammetry and imagery processing.
• Proven experience processing imagery from drones/UAVs, fixed-wing aircraft or high-resolution satellite imagery.
• Experience developing or maintaining data-processing systems, workflows or pipelines.
• Ability to work with large-scale datasets and imagery-processing workflows.
• Availability to join the project as soon as possible.

Required skills

• Strong Python proficiency.
• Geospatial and photogrammetry tools such as GDAL, Agisoft Metashape, Pix4D or similar.
• Nice to have: strong AWS experience and cloud-based data-processing systems.