Cloud Native Geospatial Scientist

Lynker Corporation•Boulder, CO

7d•$80,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Lynker Corporation is a leading provider of innovative solutions in weather and climate science. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for innovation, Lynker leverages cutting-edge technologies and scientific expertise to support the creation and delivery of improved operational weather forecasts. As part of our ongoing growth and expansion, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Geospatial Scientist to join our growing team.

Requirements

Master's in geospatial science, geography, environmental or earth science, hydrology, computer science, or a related field; or a Bachelor's plus 2 years building geospatial data pipelines, tools, or cloud-native services; or equivalent hands-on experience in place of a degree.
Strong Python and solid software habits: Git, testing, and code review.
Real experience with cloud-native geospatial formats and services, and hands-on AWS experience (our primary cloud); GCP or Azure experience also welcome.
Solid geospatial fundamentals: projections, raster and vector data, and common GIS tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the STAC ecosystem and tools such as pgSTAC, stac-fastapi, or TiTiler.
Distributed processing with Dask, Spark, cloud batch, or Google Earth Engine.
The modern geospatial Python stack: xarray, rasterio, geopandas, and formats like COG, GeoParquet, and Zarr.
Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD for AWS deployments (e.g., Terraform or CloudFormation, Docker, GitHub Actions).
Turning models or analyses into operational, regularly updated products or forecasts.
Machine learning and remote sensing for environmental or land-cover work.
Background in hydrology or environmental science.
Colorado Front Range presence for periodic in-person collaboration.

Responsibilities

Write and maintain clean, tested Python that runs reliably over large areas.
Work with large raster and vector datasets using cloud-native formats and storage.
Build things other teams can use, working with the Platform, Science, Modeling, and Applications teams.
Build and maintain STAC catalogs and cloud-optimized data (COG, GeoParquet, Zarr) so large datasets are searchable and quick to access.
Write reproducible pipelines that process terrain, hydrography, and imagery at regional to continental scale, using distributed compute.
Stand up and run the services that publish and tile the data, such as pgSTAC and TiTiler, and keep them reliable and versioned.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners!
Flexible spending accounts
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Life and accident insurance
Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
Employee Referral Program
Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
Personalized career growth plans for every employee