Senior GIS Software Engineer

About Us

Climate X is a purpose-driven technology company, backed by GV (Google Ventures), Western Technologies (early investors in Meta, Google, Palantir), Commerz Ventures, Pale Blue Dot, Deloitte, and other world-class investors. We’re a wonderfully diverse, growing team with physical offices in London and New York City.

Demand for Climate X is growing fast, and we need to build our team! You’ll be at the front of a nascent industry, working as part of a fantastic and diverse team, doing things that you can be proud of. We’re excited to have the opportunity to speak with you during this process.

Our mission

To deepen the understanding of our changing planet and inspire meaningful action.

What we do

We’re helping the world become more resilient to the impacts of physical climate risks (including floods, fires, storms and more). In doing so, we help drive positive global impact aligned to many of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Our team builds cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science (incorporating climate projections, remote sensing data) and translates that into financial impacts (to the value of assets or business disruption linked to failure of critical infrastructure) that our customers in the financial services industry use to identify, manage and mitigate those risks. Climate X’s customers include the world’s largest banks, asset managers and insurance companies including CBRE, Standard Chartered, Virgin Money and Federated Hermes, as well as a partnership ecosystem that includes Deloitte, Capgemini and AWS. Combined, they manage over $6.5 trillion of assets. Customer’s choose us thanks to our ecosystem of products that help solve real human problems, and drive tangible business benefits to our customers. They love our customer-centric mindset, as well as our pace of innovation in the market.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, enhancement, and maintenance of Climate X’s proprietary geospatial stack, crucial for the Spectra and Adapt products.
• Design, build, and manage high-performance spatial data pipelines, supporting real-time and batch processing of large geospatial datasets.
• Develop and implement robust backend services, leveraging Python-based APIs to handle complex business logic and spatial computations.
• Proactively engage in technical discussions, architectural decisions, and advocate for best practices around scalability, maintainability, and performance optimisation.
• Take ownership of critical system components, ensuring rigorous testing (unit, API, and integration) and high-quality documentation.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and other Engineering teams to deliver new features aligned with customer needs and strategic objectives.
• Mentor junior or peer team members around GIS, fostering knowledge sharing, growth, and continuous learning within the team.

Essential Skills

• Extensive GIS experience, proficient in spatial analysis, raster and vector data handling, and geospatial algorithms.
• Strong Python programming skills, with demonstrated expertise in libraries such as Fiona, Shapely, Rasterio, NumPy, Pandas, and GDAL.
• Robust experience developing and managing GIS pipelines and cloud-native solutions, particularly on AWS.
• Experience in performance testing, spatial data chunking, and system optimization to ensure scalability and efficiency.
• Solid understanding of database technologies including PostgreSQL, PostGIS, and cloud-based data storage solutions.
• Proficiency in software testing methodologies and tools, including PyTest and Cypress for automated integration and end-to-end t. esting.

Desirable Skills

• AWS Solutions Architect Certification or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with STAC, H3, DuckDB, and Apache Sedona for large-scale spatial analytics.
• Prior experience working within Agile methodologies in fast-paced startup environments.
• Demonstrable experience contributing to GIS-related industry events or conferences.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward-thinking company that values innovation and impact
• Lead and grow with a team that is at the forefront of climate technology
• Enjoy a collaborative work environment that encourages growth and innovation

Benefits

🌍 Contribute to a business making purposeful impact related to climate change

💡 Monthly training & conference budget to help you upskill and develop your career (£1,000 per year)

📈 6 monthly appraisals and 12 monthly pay reviews

💰 Pension contribution scheme

🏡 Flexible hours and hybrid working (3 days/week in office; core hours 10am-4pm)

🏥 Mental Health and Wellbeing support via Oliva

🏖 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays, annual 3-day Christmas-closure, and half day on your birthday (36.5 days total!)

🏏 Optional quarterly socials, dinners, and fun nights out

🥐 A fully stocked supply of snacks, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office

👶 Enhanced maternity, paternity and pawternity

Equal Opportunities

Climate X are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.