Remote Senior Geospatial Software Engineer - Hyperscale

Blue Bear Capital; United States; On-site; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocient is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to extend a native geospatial engine for hyperscale analytics. You will own significant portions of the geospatial surface, from spherical-math correctness to query performance against trillion-row datasets, with a hands-on, cross-functional engineering approach.

The role emphasizes core spatial development, trajectory analytics, and deep collaboration with Product and customer-facing teams to deliver robust, scalable GIS capabilities in SQL-native

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software in C++.
• Strong knowledge of geospatial geometry and spherical calculations.
• Experience with geospatial data standards and libraries.
• Ability to work across teams to turn requirements into concrete solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop core spatial engine across 120+ functions.
• Ensure spherical correctness and geodesic calculations.
• Optimize performance and indexing for large datasets.
• Implement spatiotemporal analytics and trajectory features.
• Integrate geospatial with other engine surfaces and ML features.
• Produce design docs, tests, and documentation.

Skills

C++

Geospatial geometry

Performance engineering

Distributed systems

Test and docs

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

GEOS

OGC WKT/WKB

S2

H3

PostGIS

WGS84

Job description

Ocient is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to extend a native geospatial engine for hyperscale analytics. You will own significant portions of the geospatial surface, from spherical-math correctness to query performance against trillion-row datasets, with a hands-on, cross-functional engineering approach.

The role emphasizes core spatial development, trajectory analytics, and deep collaboration with Product and customer-facing teams to deliver robust, scalable GIS capabilities in SQL-native