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Feb 18, 2026
Overview
We are a professional land surveying firm seeking a technically strong geospatial engineer to design and implement an automated workflow for processing, organizing, and archiving survey field data.
This is backend automation for survey-grade data systems, not web mapping, not cartography.
Our crews collect GNSS and total station data, including proprietary formats and static observations. We are building a scalable Python-based pipeline to eliminate repetitive manual data handling and standardize our internal processing.
What You’ll Build
You will design and implement a Python-based automation system that:
Monitors and backs up raw field data
Parses structured and semi-structured survey files
Extracts coordinate and observation data
Identifies and extracts geographic, projected, and localized coordinate datasets
Processes static GNSS datasets
Generates automated survey quality and residual reports
Organizes processed outputs into a scalable job-based structure
Supports long-term archival and retrieval
This role focuses on survey data engineering and automation architecture.
Required Skills
Strong Python scripting experience
Experience parsing structured or semi-structured data (CSV, database exports, binary formats)
Solid understanding of coordinate systems:
Geographic (WGS84)
Projected systems (State Plane or similar)
Localized coordinate systems
Familiarity with GNSS workflows:
Static observations
Base/Rover concepts
Residual analysis
Experience with:
pandas
SQLite / relational datasets
Geospatial data structures
geospatial data libraries
Experience building automated workflows or ETL pipelines
Strongly Preferred
Background in:
Geodetic Engineering
Land Surveying
Geomatics
Geodesy
GNSS data processing
RINEX or survey instrument data
Experience with Topcon, Trimble, Leica, or similar survey data formats is a major plus.
What This Is Not
This is NOT:
A web map developer role
A cartography or visualization job
A CAD drafting position
General IT support
We are looking for someone comfortable with:
Coordinate transformations
Data parsing logic
Survey error analysis
Automation system design
Initial Scope
The first phase will focus on building a robust automation core for survey data ingestion and processing.
There is potential for long-term collaboration as we refine internal data architecture and reporting tools.
To Apply
Please include:
Examples of automation scripts or data pipelines you’ve built
Any experience with survey or GNSS datasets
A short explanation of how you would approach parsing a proprietary data format
Your experience with coordinate transformations
Your availability and expected hourly rate
Bonus: Briefly explain the difference between geographic (WGS84) and projected coordinate systems, and how you would verify that coordinate data is being stored correctly in both.