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Salary: USD 100,000 - 117,000 / annual
CivilGrid is a venture-backed Series A startup building a civil design platform for utilities, civil engineers, and municipalities. The platform consolidates utility records, geotechnical and environmental data, and jurisdictional requirements from 3,000+ utilities and agencies, enabling teams to plan, design, and build infrastructure faster and safer. Customers include PG&E, Mark Thomas, and leading engineering firms.
In this hybrid role based in downtown Kansas City (2 days/week onsite), you will design, build, and optimize geospatial workflows and spatial data engineering pipelines. You'll report to the Director of GIS and work on a small, rapidly growing team that ships real products for major utilities and public agencies.
Key responsibilities:
- Generate internal tools to support GIS Analysts in daily tasks
- Create, update, and manage spatial ETL pipelines connecting Esri, PostGIS, and open-source environments
- Design and develop Python-based geoprocessing tools and automation scripts using Esri and open-source GIS libraries
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs and web applications integrating spatial data and visualization tools
- Assist in database footprint expansion by building efficiency tools
- Perform QA/QC on converted GIS data
The company emphasizes direct feedback, real ownership from day one, proximity to customers, and a culture that balances in-person collaboration with remote flexibility. You'll have the opportunity to shape a category-defining company in the $4.7T US infrastructure market.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in GIS-adjacent field (GIS, Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science, etc.)
- 3–5 years of professional experience in GIS development or spatial data engineering, preferably with ESRI or QGIS
- Experience with ArcGIS Server
- Expert proficiency in Python with libraries such as ArcPy, GeoPandas, Shapely, Fiona, Rasterio, PyProj
- Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL/PostGIS and SQL query optimization
- Proficiency with GitHub
- Familiarity with web development frameworks (Flask, Streamlit), front-end technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS), and AI web development
- Detail-oriented and self-motivated, with ability to operate independently while working remotely
BONUS:
- Experience working with utilities and/or government agencies
- Experience with Leaflet, Mapbox GL JS, or ArcGIS API for JavaScript
- Experience with geoparquet, duckDB, and other open-source data formats
- Experience with AutoDesk and Microstation
