Find GIS JobsGeospatial Software Engineer
Zydro
- Location
- Newton, MA
- Salary
- $130k to $190k
- Job type
- Full-time
- Employer type
- Private company
- Posted
- Jun 5, 2026
About the job
About Us Zydro Marine Technologies is a venture-backed startup creating "The Geospatial Toolkit for Maritime". We're building the end-to-end ecosystem to collect, process & distribute nautical charts and other geospatial products for mission-critical usage across maritime autonomy, fleet management, and navigation applications. We're a growing team of experts in geospatial data, marine robotics, and command & control software, and we're looking for talented, driven candidates to join us! If you love building beautiful maps, wrangling data sources, developing & testing unmanned systems, or hanging out on boats... this is the job for you. The Role We’re hiring a Geospatial Software Engineer to help develop the core geospatial software powering Vector Charts and future maritime mapping & perception products. You’ll work on systems for geospatial data processing, web data visualization, sensor processing, and APIs. This role involves close collaboration with engineers working across cloud infrastructure, geospatial data, robotics, autonomy, and user interfaces. We’re looking for someone who combines strong software engineering fundamentals with practical GIS knowledge and a good eye for cartography and map design. What You'll Do - Design, develop & deploy full-stack product infrastructure for geospatial data ingestion, processing, visualization & delivery - Implement cloud-based architecture for hosting large-scale APIs-as-a-Service - Design symbology and theming for map visualization layers - Work to integrate a-priori and realtime maritime data such as S-57/S-100 charts, sonar and acoustic sensor data - Collaborate with the larger Zydro engineering team to build out our roadmap for bathymetry processing & visualization Required Qualifications - 3-5+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of shipping complex, full-stack applications. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - Experience with industry-standard GIS tools and databases (eg. GDAL, QGIS, ArcGIS, PostGIS) - Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C++, Rust, Go, etc) - Experience with the use of SQL - Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems & command-line usage Preferred Qualifications - Proficient with React, HTML, CSS and other web development technologies - Understanding of 3D graphics rendering fundamentals - Experience in Docker, Git, any CI/CD tool, and software development testing & deployment - Domain knowledge working with sonar, LIDAR, RADAR or other maritime sensors - Experience in the maritime domain (Operating on boats!) - Experience with Mapbox GL and Mapbox Vector Tiles - Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform). - A passion for great map design & visualization
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