🗺 Raster Data Engineer - Czech-Swiss company 🇨🇿🇨🇭
Join us in MapTiler
Are you an experienced Raster Data Specialist? Would you like to be a part of the team that works on something meaningful? Join MapTiler and help us push the boundaries of digital cartography a bit further.
We’re looking for a Raster Data Engineer to shape the way our maps and datasets power real-world applications. You’ll build and maintain automated pipelines for processing raster data, keep our datasets up-to-date across cloud and server environments, and scout new open geospatial sources. You’ll work with Earth Observation, Terrain, Weather, and Satellite data, transforming raw inputs into beautiful, scalable base maps.
You can work from anywhere in Europe or join us in our newly renovated modern office in the center of Brno.
How we work
We work in 2-week sprints.
We plan development in Jira, as well as individual tasks.
Our applications run in Docker containers, we version Ansible playbooks in Git and keep documentation in Confluence.
Google Workspace is used for electronic communication (Chat, Meet, Email).
The company's structure is based on the unFIX model, which helps innovation and agile development.
What you will do
Building and maintaining automated pipelines for raster data processing (using Python and Prefect).
Retrieving and downloading of new open geospatial (raster) data from open public sources.
Regular updating of existing datasets.
Creating and maintaining tilesets.
Processing of Earth Observation, Weather and Climate, and Terrain datasets.
What we expect from you
Understanding geospatial data basics (and GIS in general).
Understanding the basics of coordinate reference systems.
Raster data characteristics.
Process automation using Python.
Team player who can work autonomously.
Nice to have
Perfect work orchestration, Kubernetes.
GDAL and Python libraries for geospatial data processing: Fiona, Rasterio, Shapely.
Linux environment and remote access to servers (ssh).
Cloud infrastructure experience.
Familiar with OGC API.
Understanding principles of web mapping and tiling services.
What we offer
Hourly fixed salary based on your experience.
Annual personal performance bonus (can be multiples of the monthly salary).
Flexible working hours.
Work remotely or from our beautiful office in Brno (Czech Republic).
Hardware equipment (laptop and widescreen external LCD).
Work with interesting clients and major companies from all around the world.
Long-term work on innovative projects & space for professional growth.
Regular team-building events in the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
Friendly team.
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About MapTiler
We are a young Swiss company with Czech roots, and we pride ourselves on being a group of enthusiasts pushing the boundaries of digital cartography.
Our products are used by some of the best cartographers on the planet, help manage humanitarian crises, forecast global weather, monitor historical sites, map out planes or Swiss trains and much more. Whatever the subject, we ensure the “where” question is always answered. Our maps are part of apps and websites created by companies and individuals from all over the world. Read more about MapTiler's team and watch what we do.
In the past, we managed to win the prestigious Copernicus Master award or dominate the CzechInvest Startup Challenge, and in 2021, we won the Swiss Startup of the Year award.