Senior GIS Engineer

Lifesight; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health insurance

Daily breakfast

Weekday lunches

Fun O'Clock Fridays

Unlimited coffee, tea & snacks

Job summary

A geospatial intelligence company in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior GIS Engineer to design and optimize geospatial data pipelines. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in SQL and Python, along with hands-on experience with GIS tools and spatial databases. This role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance our location intelligence capabilities. Competitive benefits include health insurance, daily meals, and a vibrant work culture that emphasizes impact and agility.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in SQL, including complex joins and spatial queries.
• Hands-on experience with GIS tools such as QGIS or ArcGIS.
• 3-5 years of experience in GIS engineering or geospatial data processing.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable geospatial data pipelines.
• Develop and optimize complex spatial SQL queries for high-performance analytics.
• Collaborate with data engineering and data science teams on spatial modeling.

Skills

SQL proficiency

GIS systems

Python programming

Spatial databases

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant field

Tools

QGIS

ArcGIS

Job description

Working Model : Work From Office (5 days)

About us

Factori is a rapidly growing location and consumer intelligence company built for an AI-first world. Each day we ingest billions of privacy-compliant signals and maintain the world’s most comprehensive consumer, mobility and point-of-Interest database.

Our AI-driven insights help Fortune 500 brands, global media agencies and technology innovators decide where to invest, build and grow. Headquartered in New York City with hubs across APAC, EMEA and the Americas, we operate with the ownership mindset of a startup and the global footprint of an enterprise data leader.

About the Role

The GIS Engineering team at Factori plays a critical role in building and maintaining scalable geospatial data infrastructure that powers our location intelligence platform. We are looking for a Senior GIS Engineer who can design, develop, and optimize geospatial data pipelines, spatial databases, and analytics systems.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in SQL, GIS systems, and Python, along with hands-on experience handling large-scale spatial datasets.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable geospatial data pipelines for ingestion, processing, and transformation of large mobility and POI datasets.
• Develop and optimize complex spatial SQL queries (PostGIS/BigQuery GIS/Spatial extensions) for high-performance analytics.
• Build geospatial processing workflows using Python (GeoPandas, Shapely, etc.).
• Manage and optimize spatial indexing, tiling strategies (e.g., H3), and geospatial data storage architectures.
• Perform spatial operations such as buffering, clustering, point-in-polygon, spatial joins, proximity analysis, and geofencing.
• Collaborate with data engineering and data science teams to support advanced spatial modeling and mobility analytics.
• Ensure data quality, accuracy, and compliance in spatial datasets.
• Research and integrate alternative geospatial data sources into the existing data ecosystem.
• Support deployment of geospatial services and APIs for internal and external consumption.

What we are looking for

Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in GIS, Geoinformatics, Geography, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Technical Skills:
• Strong proficiency in SQL, including complex joins, window functions and spatial queries.
• Hands-on experience with GIS tools and platforms such as QGIS/ArcGIS.
• Experience with spatial databases (PostGIS, BigQuery GIS, Snowflake Spatial, etc.).
• Strong programming skills in Python (GeoPandas, Shapely, Pandas, NumPy).
• Understanding of spatial indexing systems such as H3, Quadkeys, Geohash.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to translate business problems into scalable geospatial solutions.
• Strong communication skills and cross-functional collaboration mindset.
• Ownership-driven and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment.

Good to have

• Experience in mobility analytics, location-based advertising, or spatial data science.
• Familiarity with Shell scripting.
• Exposure to visualization tools (Kepler.gl, Tableau Maps, Mapbox, etc.).

Experience

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in GIS engineering or geospatial data processing.

Benefits

Early impact – Help shape the tech stack and build products from the ground up. Agile culture – Small teams, zero bureaucracy.

Great benefits – Competitive pay, health insurance, daily breakfast, weekday lunches, Friday team lunch, Fun O’Clock Fridays, and unlimited coffee, tea & snacks.

How to apply

If this sounds like you, apply now at [e-mail]. We’d love to hear from you!

For more information visit - https://factori.ai/