Fully Remote Sensing Engineer: Change Detection & Pipelines

Impact Observatory, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K/Roth IRA

Paid Holidays

Paid Professional Development Days

Unlimited Flexible PTO Program

Extended Leave Program (Sick, Caretake

Parental)

Fully Remote

Job summary

Impact Observatory in Washington, DC is seeking a remote sensing scientist-engineer to advance change-detection products from algorithm to production. You will write scalable code, improve accuracy and reliability, and own core algorithms while developing new methods to expand capabilities.

You will join the Product Development team and work in a fast-moving, fully remote startup environment, collaborating with scientists and engineers to deliver global-scale solutions for governments, industry,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field and 3+ years of professional experience.
• Strong Python skills and experience building and operating production analytical workflows.
• Applied understanding of remote-sensing physics and how sensors, acquisition conditions, and atmospheric effects influence results.
• Experience with imagery time series or change detection, including masking, compositing, and seasonal variability.
• Familiarity with geospatial libraries such as GDAL, Rasterio, PyProj, GeoPandas, and Shapely.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, Git, and collaborative software development.
• Clear communication and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-moving, remote-work startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve remote sensing algorithms and ML models for change detection.
• Build and operate global-scale pipelines, from data ingestion and preparation through inference and delivery.
• Manage cloud infrastructure, troubleshoot failures, and improve reliability, scalability, and processing efficiency.
• Validate analytical results and automate product quality checks.
• Maintain tested code, reproducible workflows, and clear technical documentation.
• Translate customer needs into product improvements with scientific and engineering colleagues.

Skills

Python programming

Production analytics workflows

Remote sensing physics

Time-series imagery/change detection

Geospatial libraries

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Git and collaboration

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field

Tools

GDAL

Rasterio

PyProj

GeoPandas

Shapely

Git

Job description

Impact Observatory in Washington, DC is seeking a remote sensing scientist-engineer to advance change-detection products from algorithm to production. You will write scalable code, improve accuracy and reliability, and own core algorithms while developing new methods to expand capabilities.

You will join the Product Development team and work in a fast-moving, fully remote startup environment, collaborating with scientists and engineers to deliver global-scale solutions for governments, industry,