Junior GIS Engineer — Remote, Data Pipelines & Automation

Propheticsoftware; Portland, Northern (OR, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

Equity

Remote / hybrid

Office stipend

In-office perks

Team meetups

Job summary

Prophetic is hiring a Junior GIS Engineer to join our Portland-area HQ, with remote/hybrid options. You will work alongside our GIS Lead to source, validate, and deploy map layers that power our nationwide applications.

You\'ll build automated pipelines, write Python scripts, and use PostGIS to store and query spatial data. This role is ideal for someone early in their GIS career who loves detail and fast learning in a startup setting.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years hands-on GIS data work or internship
• Familiarity with GIS tools and standard data formats
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and data processing
• Comfort with PostGIS — spatial queries, indexing concepts, and schema design

Responsibilities

• Source, ingest, and deploy new GIS map layers from county assessor websites, state GIS portals, USGS, FEMA, and other authoritative data sources across all 50 states.
• Validate, QA, and troubleshoot geospatial data layers — flood zones, wetlands, zoning overlays, utility infrastructure, environmental constraints, and more.
• Respond to customer-specific GIS layer requests and deploy them on tight timelines.
• Author, validate, and transform geospatial data across common formats.
• Help design and build automated ETL pipelines for ingesting and processing geospatial data from county, state, and federal sources.
• Build data freshness monitoring and alerting systems that track when source datasets are updated and trigger re-ingestion.
• Develop automated validation and QA checks within pipelines to catch data issues before they reach production.
• Write Python scripts to process, transform, and load geospatial data.
• Work with PostGIS for spatial data storage, querying, and basic performance tuning.
• Maintain and improve our GIS layer catalog, including metadata, data freshness tracking, and layer organization.
• Build and maintain documentation for layer sourcing workflows, data dictionaries, and QA protocols.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customer success, sales, and engineering teams to understand emerging data needs and help prioritize layer additions.

Skills

GIS data

Python scripting

QGIS

PostGIS

ETL pipelines

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Tools

QGIS

PostGIS

Python

Job description

Prophetic is hiring a Junior GIS Engineer to join our Portland-area HQ, with remote/hybrid options. You will work alongside our GIS Lead to source, validate, and deploy map layers that power our nationwide applications.

You\'ll build automated pipelines, write Python scripts, and use PostGIS to store and query spatial data. This role is ideal for someone early in their GIS career who loves detail and fast learning in a startup setting.