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Freelance Geospatial Data Engineer Jobs in Alabama

EBSCO Industries Inc

GIS Data Engineer

Birmingham, AL · Remote

This role helps ensure geospatial data is identified, acquired, transformed, documented, and ... Support the Senior GIS Developer in building and maintaining GIS data workflows using open-source ...

Kaukahi

Geospatial Analyst

Huntsville, AL

$18 - $23/hr

Process field data and ensure that it meets predetermined accuracy standards * Maintain a high ... The ability to read engineering plans and interpret aerial imagery. * The ability to work ...

Kaukahi

Geospatial Analyst

Huntsville, AL · On-site

$18 - $23/hr

Process field data and ensure that it meets predetermined accuracy standards * Maintain a high ... The ability to read engineering plans and interpret aerial imagery. * The ability to work ...

Kaukahi

Geospatial Analyst

Huntsville, AL · On-site

$18/hr

Process field data and ensure that it meets predetermined accuracy standards * Maintain a high ... The ability to read engineering plans and interpret aerial imagery. * The ability to work ...

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Scientific Computing & Geospatial Engineer

Lynker

Tuscaloosa, AL • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 8 days ago

Job description

Job Summary:
Lynker is a growing, employee-owned business specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. They are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Scientific Computing & Geospatial Engineer to support large-scale hydrologic and geospatial data infrastructure, contributing to national-scale flood forecasting and terrain analysis.
Responsibilities:
• Design and build high-throughput raster and terrain processing pipelines for flood mapping, terrain analysis, and DEM conditioning workflows
• Develop and maintain cloud-native geospatial data pipelines across formats including Parquet, Zarr, and NetCDF
• Optimize memory- and compute-intensive scientific workflows for performance and scalability at national scale
• Collaborate with hydrologists, scientists, and modeling teams to translate domain requirements into reliable, maintainable software
• Build and maintain AWS-based infrastructure supporting scalable scientific computing and data delivery
• Contribute to backend API and data pipeline development feeding operational hydrologic forecasting systems
• Apply modern software practices including Docker, CI/CD, and automated testing across all development work
• Perform related duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, geospatial science, hydrology, or a related field (MS or above is a strong plus)
• 3+ years of relevant software development experience
• Strong scientific Python experience including numpy, pandas, xarray, and geopandas
• Experience processing large geospatial or environmental datasets using GDAL or equivalent tools
• Familiarity with cloud-native geospatial formats and chunked or tiled data processing approaches
• Experience with AWS storage and compute workflows (S3, EC2, batch)
• Solid software engineering fundamentals — version control, testing, CI/CD, Docker
• Ability to work independently on complex assignments and deliver sound technical recommendations
• Strong written and oral communication skills for documentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration
Preferred:
• Experience with Rust for high-performance scientific or geospatial computing
• Background in flood inundation mapping, hydrologic modeling, or remote sensing
• Cloud infrastructure automation using Terraform or AWS CDK
• HPC or accelerated computing experience
• Experience with ensemble or gridded meteorological data formats
Company:
Lynker provides innovative solutions to support global environmental security and economic prosperity. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in Leesburg, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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