Geospatial Scientist

Lynker Corporation•Boulder, CO

7d•$80,000 - $110,000•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 degree in geospatial science, geography, engineering, earth science, computer science, or a related field; OR a Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of relevant experience; OR equivalent hands-on experience with DEMs, raster/vector geospatial data, or hydrologic/terrain datasets.
Proficiency in Python for geospatial data processing and automation.
Experience with Rust, or the demonstrated ability and interest to work within a Rust codebase.
Experience with GIS and geospatial tooling (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL, PDAL) and standard raster/vector formats.
Strong grasp of coordinate reference systems, reprojection, and geospatial data QA/QC practices.
Comfort with Git, Linux, and command-line workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hydrologic terrain conditioning (hydro-enforcement, flow direction/accumulation, watershed delineation) and hydrography datasets.
Familiarity with cloud-optimized geospatial formats (COG, GeoParquet) and large-scale tiled data pipelines.
Exposure to hydrologic or flood-inundation modeling (e.g., DEM-driven simulation, flood inundation mapping).
Experience with SQL and spatial databases (e.g., PostGIS).
Track record of scientific writing, presentation, or open-source contribution.
Colorado Front Range presence for periodic in-person collaboration.

Responsibilities

Acquire national and regional digital elevation models (DEMs) from public and partner sources, tracking provenance, versions, licensing, and coverage.
Process and clean DEMs, including mosaicking, reprojecting, resampling, and conditioning (void filling, hydro-enforcement, sink handling) to produce analysis-ready terrain surfaces.
Design and maintain storage for large raster and vector datasets, utilizing tiling, cloud-optimized formats (COG), and efficient access patterns for downstream modeling.
Contribute to and validate geospatial processing tools, primarily written in Rust, by writing thorough unit tests and performing numerical validation of derived terrain products to ensure correctness and numerical stability.
Perform quality assurance and quality control on vector hydrography and derived features, checking topology, geometry validity, attribute completeness, and alignment against reference data.
Design reproducible terrain-processing pipelines capable of consistently regenerating products as source data evolve.
Document methods, data sources, and QA results.
Collaborate across the Science, Modeling, and Platform teams to ensure terrain and hydrography products are fit for purpose.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost (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)
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
Personalized career growth plans for every employee