Geospatial Software Developer

ADNET Systems, Inc.•Hampton, VA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

ADNET is seeking a full-time Developer for the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Science Directorate’s Crowdsourcing team in Hampton VA. This team collocates crowdsourced Earth observations and satellite data, maintains a collocation database, communicates with the observers, and provided the data to scientists. This requires coordination both internal and external to NASA with relevant collaborators, users, and stakeholders. The candidate will develop and maintain collocation code for existing and new satellite missions, support crowdsourcing campaigns, provide documentation, and communicate with stakeholders. This position is funded for one year.

Requirements

Experience working with NASA’s ESDS (Earth Science Data Systems) and Earth Data products from different satellite missions.
Experience using Python's scientific and geospatial data stack (specifically libraries like Xarray, GeoPandas, and Numpy) to process and manipulate multi-dimensional Earth science datasets.
Experience programmatically querying geospatial catalogs (such as NASA's Common Metadata Repository [CMR] API) to discover data, alongside familiarity with subsetting tools and cloud-optimized data access (AWS, Zarr, OPeNDAP).
Proven ability to extract variables from complex scientific formats (NetCDF4, HDF5) and develop algorithms that accurately match ground-based point observations with diverse satellite swaths and grids in both space and time.
Understanding of relational or NoSQL databases for storing, indexing, and querying scientific or geospatial datasets.
Ability to produce clear technical documentation, data dictionaries, workflow guides, and reproducible code examples.
Familiarity with version control (Git), code modularization, testing, and reproducible workflow design.
Ability to translate complex scientific or technical concepts into clear, user-friendly explanations for interdisciplinary teams.
Demonstrated ability to plan, manage, and deliver tasks with minimal supervision.
Ability to work behind the firewall at ASDC, following all security and access protocols.
US Citizen or Permanent Resident and ability to obtain Public Trust level clearance for work at Civilian Government Agency.