Senior Geospatial Software Engineer (remote)

About Element 84 

Element 84 is a woman-owned small business that works with public, private, and non-profit sector clients to develop geospatial data processing pipelines & build software that helps answer big questions about our health, our infrastructure, and our changing planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our superpower is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. Our headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA and we have a satellite office in Philadelphia, PA. Element 84 also supports a large remote workforce from a variety of other states.

A Few Other Things You Should Know

1. Element 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World.
2. Element 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging—from a technical, people, and team perspective. We make an impact on large projects through our leadership and expertise, both formal and informal.
3. Element 84 values life outside of work. We offer parental leave for everyone and support each other through family challenges like medical problems, adoptions, and new babies.
4. Element 84 has had a flexible work schedule since our founding in 2010.
5. Element 84 is committed to building an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace. We expect the entire team to share that same commitment. 

About You

You are curious about the world, are constantly learning, driven to lead (formally or informally), and have a strong work ethic. You're interested in solving impactful problems in science, medicine, and other projects that have a societal good. You can work independently or with a team, prioritize your projects, and be effective without micromanagement.

You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.

Job Description

Element 84 is hiring a Geospatial Software Engineer to help us build large geospatial processing pipelines to leverage earth observation data to answer complex questions.  You'll join a team of multidisciplinary designers working to solve challenging problems in geospatial, healthcare, disaster response, and transportation. We're a small company with big roles, and you'll be able to make an impact on day one.

Please submit your information, resume and cover letter if you are interested in this permanent full-time position.  Remote candidates are considered if located in VA, DC, MD, PA, UT, NJ, TX, MN, FL, NH, OR, NM, OH, IN, AZ, CO, KS, MI, MT, SD, CA, IL (excluding Chicago).

This position requires that applicants be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or at any time in the future, and be able to pass a general background check.

Qualifications

Here are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, GIS Systems, or other related scientific or technical discipline (or equivalent). In lieu of a Bachelor's Degree, Element 84 will consider an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Cloud computing.
• Knowledge and experience with open-source geospatial technologies and software packages and tools.
• Familiarity with STAC and Cloud-Native geospatial techniques and technologies.Experience developing in data languages for Earth science data, including Python.
• Proficiency working in a UNIX/Linux command-line environment and shell scripting.
• Experience with reading, subsetting, interpreting, and utilizing geospatially referenced and structured data for research and applications.
• Familiarity with the git source code management system.Prior scientific programming experience.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong motivation for complex challenges and learning new technologies.
• Experience with development and delivery of software documentation, such as requirements documents, test plans, and design description documents.
• Willingness to support fully operational systems (with a team, of course!) and travel to support project meetings and conferences.
• Be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS, GCP or Azure experience and certificationsHistory of open-source contributions
• Experience building and working with open geospatial standards: STAC, OGC APIs

Additional Information

Paying attention to who we are as a company–people, family members, friends, and colleagues–is our primary focus at Element 84. There are lots of ways to run a company and for us, it's wanting to come to work, being around people we enjoy, taking on big things with people you trust, and sharing our achievements as a team.

• You’ll get credit when things go right and we’ll have your back when things go wrong.
• We only take on work that is challenging and right for us. There are projects we will turn down and the team has a say.
• We may be a small company, but we have big company benefits meant to support the idea that we're here for the long term and happiness comes from much more than where you work. 
• We have an extraordinary retention rate because we hire extraordinary people. We hope that’s you.

The salary range for this position is $127,000-$167,500.

Actual compensation offered to candidate will be finalized at offer and may be above or below the posted range due to skill level, experience, industry-specific knowledge, education/certifications, or geographic location. Base salary represents just one component of the Element 84 total compensation package. Employees will also receive a number of benefits as listed below. Other compensation for this position may include bonus eligibility (dependent on employee performance and company profits).

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits
• Life Insurance, Short & Long Term disability insurance
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plans with a fixed 3% of salary employer contributions (paid regardless of employee participation)
• Health savings account with a company contribution
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care and transportation)
• Company-paid parental leave after one year of employment
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid employee assistance program
• 9 paid holidays
• 4 weeks + 1 day Paid Time Off per calendar year (pro-rated first year)
• Cell phone stipend

Element 84 is an equal opportunity employer, with a company culture that values diversity.

We embrace inclusivity and believe that diversity of thought, perspective, and experience helps us reach higher and think bigger. Element 84 is committed to hiring the best person for the team and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.