Contract Geo Spatial Developer- Digital Elevation Model Specialist

About Us

Jupiter is the global market leader in analytics for resilience planning and enterprise climate risk management.  We are led by pioneers in data, climate, and earth and ocean sciences, as well as technology, risk management, company building, and public policy. Our climate risk modeling solutions save lives and mitigate potentially catastrophic impacts inflicted by hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, drought, and other extreme weather events on homes, businesses, infrastructure, food and water supplies, and entire economies.

Jupiter is also committed to the world community. Through our Jupiter Promise initiative we provide services to under-resourced countries and communities to promote sound decision making while including the potential impacts of climate change. Employees are encouraged to provide their expertise to various programs under the Jupiter Promise initiative.

Jupiter is bringing diversity to prepare a diverse planet for our changing climate. Jupiter was founded on the principle that with the right approaches and the right team, we can prepare Earth’s economies to meet the challenges associated with climate change. The world is a diverse place; a diverse workforce in an inclusive environment is essential to meet our goals. We go forward together.

Jupiter is seeking a highly skilled Geospatial Developer for an 8-week contract, with a specialized focus on the processing and enhancement of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) to support our advanced flood risk modeling pipelines. In this critical role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing innovative methods for DEM acquisition, processing, and analysis. Your work will directly contribute to the accuracy and efficiency of our hydrologic and climatological research and development efforts, with a direct impact on our flood risk assessment products.

• Acquire, process, and analyze large-scale Digital Elevation Model (DEM) datasets from various sources in support of flood risk modeling. This includes tasks such as data cleaning, resampling, vertical and horizontal datum adjustments, cataloging and terrain analysis.
• Collaborate with science and software engineering teams to integrate DEM solutions into scientific processing workflows and perform quality control assessments.
• Proven ability to work independently within an interdisciplinary team environment.

• Expertise in Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data sources and processing in support of hydrologic modeling.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with libraries such as NumPy,  GDAL, Rasterio, Xarray, and Pandas.
• Demonstrated experience with the open-source geospatial Python ecosystem and open-source tools like QGIS.
• Hands-on experience with GeoTiff and other geoscience data formats.
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices and cloud computing.

• Master’s degree in geography, geographic information systems, environmental science, or a related scientific field; OR a Bachelor’s degree in a related field combined with a minimum of two years of experience applying or developing geospatial tools, methods, algorithms, etc. and working with disparate data sources.

Please submit your Cover Letter and Resume to us to see if there might be a great fit.

Jupiter Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Please also note: Successful candidates must be authorized to work in the US