Lead Wetland Scientist: Cloud Geospatial & Modeling

Lynker Technologies; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalized career growth plans

Job summary

Lynker Technologies in Boulder, CO, seeks a Senior Wetland Scientist to lead large-area wetland mapping and validation efforts, combining wetland science with cloud-native geospatial computing. You will contribute to model development, validation, and data integration across regional to national extents.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of wetland or ecological modeling experience, strong Python/R skills, and familiarity with cloud-based geospatial tooling.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in wetland science, ecology, geography, environmental or earth science, hydrology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Roughly 5+ years of relevant experience, or a PhD plus a few years of relevant work.
• Demonstrated experience mapping wetlands, land cover, or comparable features at large spatial scale.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native geospatial tooling, formats, and workflows.
• Experience implementing or adapting geospatial or ecological models (wetland potential, habitat, boundary and extent, or comparable).
• Proficiency in Python and/or R for geospatial analysis, with sound coding and reproducibility practices.

Responsibilities

• Duties of the Senior Wetland Scientist will include the following: Mapping at scale and producing versioned wetland maps across large extents.
• Cloud-native geospatial: build and run mapping and modeling workflows using cloud-native tools.
• Wetland modeling: implement and improve models for wetland potential and boundary/extent.
• Data integration: incorporate LiDAR elevation, hydrology, imagery, soils, and inventories into pipelines.
• Validation & QA: design validation, quantify uncertainty, and QA maps for accuracy.
• Communication: document methods/results and partner with Platform, Modeling, and Applications teams.

Skills

Wetland science

Geospatial analysis

Python

R

Cloud-native geospatial tooling

Education

Master's or PhD in environmental or earth sciences

Tools

Google Earth Engine

Dask

Job description

Lynker Technologies in Boulder, CO, seeks a Senior Wetland Scientist to lead large-area wetland mapping and validation efforts, combining wetland science with cloud-native geospatial computing. You will contribute to model development, validation, and data integration across regional to national extents.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of wetland or ecological modeling experience, strong Python/R skills, and familiarity with cloud-based geospatial tooling.