Geospatial Software Engineer

Description

Satellite Vu was founded in 2016 with the aim to fill the void in high resolution thermal data from space. It has, since then, turned into a high-growth space tech company poised to help the globe address its sustainability challenges through high-resolution thermal imaging. We are on a quest to ensure any structure on the planet is energy efficient and support the reduction of businesses’ carbon footprint. In near real-time, we will use Infrared technology to monitor the Earth and will be able to assess and determine insights into economic activity. This will allow businesses to make decisions to become more environmentally friendly.

GEOSPATIAL ENGINEER ROLE

Satellite Vu is looking for a Geospatial Engineer to join our existing growing team where you will help support, create and maintain and number of internal and external APi’s for ourselves and our customers.

We are constantly working with numerous amounts of satellite imagery and transferring the images into qualitative informational data and these images can be actioned. The Engineering team are tasked with processing images where this information can used by our customers when needed.

This role is for an engineer who has experience with image processing code at scale.

This role is for engineers at all levels.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience writing software to manipulate geospatial data
• Extensive knowledge of GDAL and other open-source GIS tools

• Experience writing production code in Python (Flask)
• Knowledge of how to scale code with cloud computing resources, e.g. AWS or GCP
• Experience leveraging scientific computing using Python in a Unix/Linux environment
• A passion for Programming, Photography, Remote Sensing, Earth Sciences, and Geography
• Develop image processing software to deliver imagery products

• Implement image quality metrics

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of emerging geospatial standards e.g. STAC, COG
• Experience with existing and evolving standards for representing geospatial data on the web

• Solid background in machine learning and statistics

Benefits

Benefits 

• Attractive base salary
• 25 Days Holiday + Birthday Off
• Company Pension

• Flexible working (office in Holborn)
• Home Office Budget
• Learning & development allowance
• Access to PerkBox – www.perkbox.com/uk
• Contribution to moving to renewable energy provider at home

Satellite Vu is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all individuals.

All applications are considered at review with no consideration concerning race, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Agencies and recruiters we will reach out if assistance is needed so, please be advised Satellite Vu is not associated with any fees for any unsolicited emails.

Information

• Location: United Kingdom

Industry experience

Education: Bachelor

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 1 to 5 years

Taxonomy

• Geospatial Information Systems
• Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Geospatial Services
• GIS Spatial Analysis
• Geo Spatial Technology
• Satellite