Geospatial Jobs #85: May 6, 2025
Welcome to the 85th issue of Geospatial Jobs, a career newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climate-tech, 🌽ag-tech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more).
The paywall on issue #81 is removed and it’s now freely accessible.
🕵️💵 Recent Fundraisings / Updates:
Nothing interesting this time.
💡📚 Useful Resources:
I wrote an article on why LinkedIn is an essential tool for career improvement and job hunting, and I’ve shared suggestions for best practices:
LinkedIn: Your annoying best friend for job hunting
Let’s be honest — LinkedIn can feel like a strange mix of corporate self-promotion, awkward networking, and recycled motivational posts. For many, it evokes images of endless scrolling, generic connection requests, and the nagging feeling that you should be doing more. It can feel like that well-meaning but slightly overbearing friend who constantly advises you, even when you'd rather just be left alone. Unfortunately, in the high-stakes world of job hunting, LinkedIn transforms from an annoying obligation into your most valuable, albeit sometimes persistent, ally.
Data science challenge: Using satellite data to classify pixels for crop identification in West Africa
Two exciting data release announcements:
ForTy (v1) from Google DeepMind: A Benchmark Dataset for Global Forest Types Mapping (10m resolution)
110TB of analysis-ready cloud optimized data are being added to https://EcoDataCube.eu, including dynamic soil properties and vegetation height annual soil carbon density. Learn more
Data Science / Engineering Positions:
Internships:
Arcadis (New York): Climate Risk Data Intern
Firescape: Geospatial AI & Wildfire Modeling Intern
National Renewable Energy Lab: Graduate Intern – Building Performance Modeling Software Engineer
NASA DEVELOP: Remote sensing and Earth science intern
InterDev (Roswell, GA): Geospatial Solutions Intern
🇬🇧 Sylvera (London): Geospatial Data Science Intern
🇮🇳 Aurassure Private Ltd: Climate Research Fellow Intern
🇮🇳 Council on Energy, Environment and Water (New Delhi): Research Intern – Industrial Emissions & Boiler Performance
Amazon (Seattle): Applied Scientist II – Worldwide Sustainability
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (Boston):
EarthDaily: Full Stack Software Engineer – Geospatial Analytics
Near Space Labs: Data Analyst – Stratospheric Operations
Southwest Airlines (Dallas, TX): Meteorologist
BAE Systems (McLean, VA): Imagery/Geospatial Analyst
Land Use Atlas: Zoning Code Analyst
ClimateWorks Foundation: Strategist – Climate Displacement & Resilience
🇨🇦 Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (Newmarket, ON): Geoscientist in Training & Source Water Protection Hydrogeologist
🇬🇧 Natural England (London): Senior Data Scientist – Earth Observation Analyst
🇬🇧 Ecologi (Bristol): Carbon Accounting Specialist
🇩🇪 Allianz SE Reinsurance (Munich): (Senior) Cat Portfolio Analyst
🇨🇭 Swiss Data Science Center (Zurich): Data Scientist – ML Weather Forecasting
🇨🇭 World Meteorological Org (Geneva): Multiple Positions – Climate Change & Health
🇪🇸 Carto: Senior Data Scientist
🇪🇸 Lobelia Earth (Barcelona): Climate Impact Consultant
🇮🇹 EGO (Genoa): ML Engineer (Xarray & Zarr)
The Nature Conservancy (Africa or Latin America): Junior Data Developer – Program Intelligence
Postdoc / Research Positions:
U Albany: Postdoc – Rainfall Predictability & NYC Water Supply
U Florida: Postdoc – Precision Water Management
Yale Inclusion Economics: Geospatial Data Scientist Consultant – Flood Early Warning Systems
🇨🇦 U Calgary: Postdoc, Coastal Flood Modeling
🇪🇺 European Commission, Joint Research Centre: Scientific Project Officer – Sustainable Bioeconomy
🇬🇧🇩🇪 ECMWF (Reading or Bonn): Head of S2S Section
🇬🇧 U Bristol: Senior Research Associate – PEATSENSE Project
🇫🇷 École Polytechnique: Postdoc – Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Modelling
🇮🇹 CMCC Foundation: Junior Scientist or Postdoc, Water-Energy Systems & Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
🇸🇦 King Fahd U: Postdoc – Marine Science