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Orbital Sidekick · 5 months ago

Senior Geospatial Software Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$120K/yr - $190K/yr
date5+ years exp

Orbital Sidekick (OSK) is seeking a Senior Geospatial Software Engineer to join the software engineering team building SIGMA, a system for processing imagery and delivering insights to customers. In this role, you will design and code production data pipelines for hyperspectral imagery and work closely with analytics teams to implement research algorithms.

AerospaceInformation TechnologySatellite Communication

Responsibilities

Implement image processing algorithms for an automated production environment
Build tools to manage & monitor the processing system and imagery catalog
Build APIs to make imagery & insights available to customers (both internal and external)
Collaborate with the product team to determine feature priorities
Collaborate with the satellite payload and analytics teams to implement new or improved image processing operations
Break down & plan features & services for incremental delivery

Qualification

Geospatial coding in PythonGDALRasterioCloud computing (AWS)Image processing algorithmsOrchestration technologiesServerless computeImaging principlesRemote sensing analyticsMachine learningOGC APIsUS government imageryAWS CDKCommunication skillsEffective collaboration skills

Required

5+ years of experience writing geospatial code in Python
Extensive knowledge of GDAL, Rasterio, xarray, and other code libraries for handling raster data
Extensive knowledge of cloud computing deployments (e.g., AWS) and Linux environments
Experience with orchestration technologies (e.g., AWS Step Functions)
Experience with serverless compute (e.g., AWS Fargate and Lambda)
Experience writing code for a production environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Effective collaboration skills to work with a remote team

Preferred

Knowledge of imaging principles
Knowledge of remote sensing analytics, earth sciences and/or geography
Experience with machine learning
Experience with OGC APIs, STAC, or similar open source geospatial technologies
Experience with US government imagery requirements (e.g., NITF image format)
Experience with AWS CDK or CloudFormation

Company

Orbital Sidekick

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OSK is a satellite-based hyperspectral monitoring service helping organizations meet their sustainability and security goals.
dateFounded in 2016
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.orbitalsidekick.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$55.4M
Key Investors
Energy Innovation CapitalTemasek HoldingsAllied Minds
2024-11-07Series Unknown· $8.63M
2023-01-31Series Unknown· $10M
2021-01-04Series A· $16M

Leadership Team

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Daniel Katz
CEO & Co-Founder
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Tushar Prabhakar
COO & Co Founder
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Recent News

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2025-07-08
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2025-07-08
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