Geospatial Scientist: Terrain & DEM Automation

Lynker Corporation; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

PTO

401(k) matching

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Lynker Corporation is seeking a Geospatial Scientist to join our weather and climate science-focused team in Boulder, CO. You will work on DEM acquisition, terrain modeling, and hydrography QA within scalable pipelines, leveraging Rust-based tooling and Python automation.

We value expertise in GIS, cloud-optimized formats, and reproducible workflows, with in-person collaboration across the Colorado Front Range expected. This role offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Master's in geospatial science, geography, engineering, earth science, computer science, or related field; or Bachelor's + 2 years of relevant experience; or equivalent hands-on experience with DEMs, raster/vector geospatial data, or hydrologic/terrain datasets.
• Proficiency in Python for geospatial data processing and automation.
• Experience with Rust, or ability to work within a Rust codebase; core processing tooling is in Rust; contribute to unit tests and validation.
• Experience with GIS and geospatial tooling (ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL, PDAL) and standard raster/vector formats.
• Strong grasp of coordinate reference systems, reprojection, QA/QC practices.
• Comfort with Git, Linux, and command-line workflows.

Responsibilities

• DEM acquisition from public and partner sources with provenance tracking.
• Process and clean DEMs: mosaic, reproject, resample, void filling, and terrain surface creation.
• Design and maintain storage for large raster and vector datasets; use cloud-optimized formats like COG.
• Contribute to geospatial processing tools and write unit tests for terrain products.
• Perform QA/QC on vector hydrography and derived features; ensure topology and attributes are complete.
• Design reproducible terrain-processing pipelines that adapt as data evolves.
• Document methods, data sources, and QA results; collaborate across teams.

Skills

Python

Rust

Geospatial data processing

Education

Master's in geospatial science

Bachelor's + 2 years of relevant experience

equivalent hands-on experience with DEMs

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

GDAL

PDAL

Linux

Git

Job description

Lynker Corporation is seeking a Geospatial Scientist to join our weather and climate science-focused team in Boulder, CO. You will work on DEM acquisition, terrain modeling, and hydrography QA within scalable pipelines, leveraging Rust-based tooling and Python automation.

We value expertise in GIS, cloud-optimized formats, and reproducible workflows, with in-person collaboration across the Colorado Front Range expected. This role offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.