Scientific Computing & Geospatial Engineer
Lynker Corporation4 months ago
Tuscaloosa, AL, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design and build high-throughput raster and terrain processing pipelines for flood mapping, terrain analysis, and DEM conditioning.
- Develop and maintain cloud-native geospatial data pipelines using Parquet, Zarr, and NetCDF.
- Optimize memory- and compute-intensive scientific workflows for performance and national-scale scalability.
- Collaborate with hydrologists, scientists, and modeling teams to translate domain requirements into reliable software.
- Build and maintain AWS-based infrastructure for scalable scientific computing and data delivery.
- Contribute to backend API and data pipeline development supporting operational hydrologic forecasting systems.
- Apply Docker, automated testing, and CI/CD practices across development work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, geospatial science, hydrology, or a related field; an MS or above is a strong plus.
- At least 3 years of relevant software development experience.
- Strong scientific Python experience, including NumPy, pandas, xarray, and GeoPandas.
- Experience processing large geospatial or environmental datasets using GDAL or equivalent tools.
- Familiarity with cloud-native geospatial formats and chunked or tiled data processing.
- Experience with AWS storage and compute workflows, including S3, EC2, and Batch.
- Knowledge of software engineering fundamentals including version control, testing, CI/CD, and Docker.
- Ability to work independently on complex assignments and provide sound technical recommendations.
- Strong written and oral communication skills for documentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Preferred experience with Rust, flood inundation mapping, hydrologic modeling, remote sensing, Terraform, AWS CDK, HPC or accelerated computing, and ensemble or gridded meteorological data formats.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost, including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
- Flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life and accident insurance.
- Tuition assistance, training, and workforce improvement reimbursement.
- Spot bonuses, annual employee recognition awards with bonuses, and an employee referral program.
- Free centralized self-directed learning management system and personalized career growth plans.
- Employee-owned, team-oriented work environment.
About Lynker Corporation
Lynker Corporation provides scientific and technical consulting, geospatial solutions, and software development to U.S. environmental and water-resource agencies under services contracts. The company supports NOAA and the National Weather Service with meteorology, GIS, and forecasting tool development, and delivers program and portfolio management across conservation and resource programs. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Lynker is a privately held contractor.