Senior Remote Sensing Data Scientist
South Park Commons is a community and early-stage venture firm that helps talented founders and technologists move from an idea (-1) to a company (0). It runs a no-cost, no-equity residency program for ideation and exploration, and provides $1M to $10M in funding for founders ready to build venture-scale companies.
About South Park Commons
South Park Commons operates a talent-dense community of technical founders, researchers, and domain experts who test ideas, find collaborators, and build conviction on what to build and how to build it. Its offering spans two stages: a six-month Residency with no cost or equity focused on ideation and exploration, and Funding of $1M to $10M for members ready to build venture-scale companies. Beyond capital, SPC provides learning forums on frontier topics (embodied AI, reinforcement learning, energy-efficient computing, AI in biotech), live programming with industry leaders, partner collaboration from a team of former founders and operators, social scaffolding to counter the isolation of early company building, and up to $1M in credits and perks from partners like Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, GCP, and AWS. SPC has spaces in San Francisco, New York, and Bengaluru, and its community has produced companies such as Render, Luma Labs, Pilot, Comun, Anthropic, Unit21, and Profound.
Skills
About the Role
You will join the IR Data Products team to build Orthomosaic Tile products spanning two core missions. In the near term, you'll dive deep into real-world data from a brand new system, writing production-ready code that feeds directly into customer-facing services for the FireSat Initial Operating Capability constellation. In parallel, you'll ramp up on the Space-Based Environmental Monitoring program, leading early product design for the SBEM granule product, authoring technical and customer-facing design documentation, and owning stakeholder engagement. Looking ahead to 2027 and the SBEM launch, you'll serve as the full product owner for the SBEM granule product. You'll work at the intersection of rigorous Earth observation science and fast-moving product development, collaborating across teams while doing deep technical work.
Requirements
- PhD with 3+ years of industry experience; or MS with 6+ years industry experience; or BS +8 years industry experience
- 5+ years of experience building geospatial data products from remote sensing data
- Hands-on experience with image mosaicking, orthorectification, or related geospatial image processing techniques
- Experience working with real-world data from new or novel imaging instruments
- Familiarity with common geospatial data formats and tools (e.g., Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF, XArray, GDAL)
- Exceptional skills in Python-based development and analysis
- Ability to author and clearly communicate technical design documents and product specifications
- Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
Responsibilities
- Develop imaging products for end-users from Muon's infrared imaging missions, spanning both FireSat IOC and SBEM programs
- Research, design, and implement scalable algorithms for image mosaicking, orthorectification, and radiometric normalization of multispectral infrared imagery
- Act as product owner for critical customer-facing imagery products in the SBEM and FireSat programs
- Author and maintain technical and customer-facing design documents for imagery products
- Engage with customer technical stakeholders including Technical Interchange Meetings, customer questions, and program meetings
- Write production-ready code that integrates into customer-facing data product pipelines and operational services
- Ensure scientific quality, quantitative validation, and integrity of Orthomosaic Tile products across wildfire and SBEM missions
- Work cross-functionally with software engineers, calibration scientists, and instrument engineers to design, build, and maintain operational data product services
- Learn new topics as needed such as sensor geometry, georeferencing techniques, and cloud-native geospatial data engineering
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Short & long term disability and life insurance
- Three weeks paid vacation for new employees
- 12 paid holidays
- Unlimited sick time
- Paid parental leave