Orcrist Technologies GmbH
Pioneering Future Technologies with Advanced AI and Data Analytics
Geospatial Data Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
Not specified
5 yrs expEnglishCloudGrafanaKafkaPost GISPrometheusPython
Job Description
• Build and operate data pipelines that supply GEOINT services with accurate, compliant, and performant spatial data
• Own ingestion, transformation, versioning, and distribution across cloud and air-gapped environments
• Collaborate with Data Analytics Team in creating value adding data products
• Develop ingestion pipelines using Python, GDAL, Rasterio, tippecanoe, and PostGIS for vector/raster/3D datasets
• Automate tiling, generalization, and 3D tile generation (Cesium 3D Tiles, quantized mesh, terrain) with incremental update workflows
• Implement data quality checks (topology validation, completeness, coordinate reference integrity) and provenance tracking (lineage metadata, checksums)
• Manage storage lifecycle across cloud (S3/GCS) and on-prem object stores; optimize performance and cost
• Package data for offline distribution (MBTiles, geopackages, zipped 3D tiles), including delta updates and secure transfer
• Collaborate with Data Acquisition and Licensing to enforce usage rights, export control, and compliance
• Monitor pipelines (Prometheus, Grafana), maintain runbooks, and participate in on-call/incident response
• Own end-to-end sourcing of new geospatial datasets (commercial and freely available)
Job Requirements
- 5+ years geospatial data engineering with large datasets and production ownership
- Delivered pipelines supporting map services, analytics, or offline distribution
- Worked under licensing/export constraints and documented compliance evidence
- Participated in on-call/incident response for data platforms
- German language (B1+) and knowledge of European geospatial data providers (Copernicus, HERE, Airbus, Maxar)
- Experience with geospatial data engineering in a defence and intelligence environment
- Experience with vector tile optimizations, level-of-detail algorithms, or GPU-accelerated processing (cuSpatial)
- Familiarity with NiFi, Kafka, or streaming pipelines for geospatial events
Benefits
- Build the spatial data backbone powering Orcrist’s missions
- Work with modern geospatial stack: GDAL, tippecanoe, PostGIS, Maplibre GL JS/Deck.gl, Argo, Kubernetes. Bring your own ideas forward in modernising frameworks and tools
- Remote-first Germany, equipment and learning budgets, mission-driven impact
- Collaborate with data acquisition, product, and forward-deployed teams on real-world challenges
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