Senior GIS Product Engineer

Xoople SL; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Xoople is building Earth's System of Record and is seeking a Senior GIS Product Engineer to design and deliver geospatial Data & AI products. You will create cloud-native platforms, services and map interfaces that turn complex spatial data into accessible, actionable products for advanced analytics and AI-driven use cases.

Flexible work model depending on location (Spain or the UK). You will own scalable architectures, STAC catalogues, tiling pipelines, and robust GIS applications while

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering geospatial Data & AI products from design to production.
• Hands-on creation of interactive geospatial visualisations and web maps.
• Experience with raster/vector tiling using COG, Zarr, STAC, TiTiler, PostGIS.
• Strong knowledge of OGC standards (API, WMS, WFS, WMTS, WCS) and STAC.
• Expertise in geospatial data modeling, indexing and CRS handling.
• Proficient Python/SQL for geospatial processing (GDAL/OGR, rasterio, GeoPandas, xarray, PostGIS, FastAPI).
• Pragmatic, high-quality AI-assisted and agentic tooling development.
• Proven ability to collaborate in cross-functional international teams.
• Degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Geography/Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable geospatial data products and services.
• Build and operate GIS serving layers, STAC catalogues, tiling pipelines and vector tile workflows.
• Developrobust GIS applications and map interfaces using cloud-native ESRI/open-source tech.
• Model geospatial data and workflows with trust-worthy freshness and lineage metrics.
• Contribute to product innovation, including AI models in production over geospatial archives.
• Ensure interoperability across the data ecosystem and customer tools.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Skills

Geospatial product development

Interactive geospatial visualisations

Web mapping applications

Raster & tiling solutions

OGC standards

Geospatial data modeling

Python for geospatial

AI-assisted development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science/Geography/Engineering

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

ESRI technologies

MapLibre GL JS

deck.gl

OpenLayers

CesiumJS

TiTiler

PostGIS

GDAL/OGR

rasterio

GeoPandas

xarray

FastAPI

Job description

We are Here to Protect Tomorrow.

Xoople is Earth's System of Record™

At Xoople, we're building the Earth's data infrastructure layer for AI. Our mission is to enable AI to understand and predict physical changes on the world's surface by creating Earth’s System of Record™-a trusted, enterprise-grade data foundation that connects the physical world to digital systems.

By transforming vast amounts of Earth observation data into actionable insights, we help enterprises and governments make faster, smarter decisions about risk, operations, sustainability, and growth. Working at Xoople means joining a team creating a world-first capability that will fundamentally change what AI can understand and do, bringing real-world context into every business decision.

About the Role

As a Senior GIS Product Engineer, you will design and deliver Xoople's geospatial Data & AI products, enabling scalable and efficient access to Earth observation data. Combining GIS, remote sensing and data engineering expertise, you will build the cloud-native platform, services and map interfaces that turn complex spatial data into reliable, accessible products for advanced analytics and AI-driven use cases. Flexible work model depending on location (Spain or the UK)

Impact You Own

• Enable scalable geospatial data products by designing architectures that support efficient and scalable access to Earth observation data.

• Build and operate the serving layer that makes the archive usable, including STAC catalogue and search, dynamic raster tiling, and vector tile pipelines.

• Develop and maintain robust GIS applications, tools and interactive map interfaces using cloud-native and ESRI-based technologies.

• Design and optimise geospatial data models, workflows and spatial analysis capabilities, including the freshness, completeness and lineage metrics that make a data product trustworthy.

• Contribute to product innovation and R&D, including putting AI models into production over the archive and emerging remote sensing capabilities.

• Support interoperability across Xoople's data ecosystem and with the tools our customers already use, ensuring reliable, observable and secure operation.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into impactful technical solutions, and evaluate emerging GIS, cloud and AI technologies to apply them pragmatically to the platform.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience developing geospatial Data & AI products or GIS solutions across the full product lifecycle, owning technical delivery from design through to production operation.

• Hands-on experience building interactive geospatial visualisations and web mapping applications using ESRI or open-source technologies (MapLibre GL JS, deck.gl, OpenLayers, CesiumJS).

• Experience designing and operating raster and vector tiling solutions using COG, Zarr, STAC, TiTiler, PostGIS or similar technologies, with sound judgement on dynamic versus pre-rendered tiling and its caching and cost consequences.

• Strong understanding of OGC standards, including OGC API, WMS, WFS, WMTS and WCS, as well as XYZ tile schemes, STAC API and CQL2 filtering.

• Strong expertise in geospatial analysis, spatial data structures, algorithms and geospatial data modeling, including spatial indexing and coordinate reference system handling.

• Solid programming skills in Python and SQL applied to geospatial processing, APIs and data platforms (GDAL/OGR, rasterio, GeoPandas, xarray, PostGIS, FastAPI).

• A pragmatic, expert-level approach to AI-assisted and agentic development tools, holding the same quality bar as hand-written work.

• Effective collaboration and communication skills gained in cross-functional, international teams.

• A degree in Computer Science, Geography, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

What Makes You Stand Out

Experience integrating AI models into production, working with geospatial foundation models and embedding-based approaches, running distributed remote sensing workflows, designing cloud-native geospatial architectures, or contributing to open-source projects and R&D in Earth observation.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and growth, together with meaningful ownership, continuous learning and the opportunity to build a world-first Earth data capability with a global, mission-driven team.

Our Value in Action

Our vision is 'To be the most trusted source of Earth intelligence'.

We live it through four guiding principles:

• Everyone is welcome. We value uniqueness and authenticity.

• Think beyond boundaries. Real change comes from listening and thinking differently.

• Make a positive difference. We exist to protect tomorrow - for the planet and people's lives.

• Together we are stronger. We partner, share expertise and win as one.

DEI & Belonging

At Xoople, our strength lies in our differences. We're building a workplace where everyone feels safe to be themselves, heard, valued and empowered to shape a more inclusive future. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and are glad to make reasonable adjustments during hiring, just let us know.

Ready to help build Earth’s System of Record™?

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