Geospatial Data Scientist

Would you like to create success with Fortune 500 companies with a world-class Data-as-a-Service solution?

As a Geospatial Data Scientist in our boundaries product team, you are responsible for maintaining and enhancing our PostGIS-based polygon data, sourcing and cleaning data, and supporting internal projects. This position is ideal for someone with a strong interest in geography, cultural differences, and linguistics, who seeks a regular, predictable assignment in a collaborative environment.

GeoPostcodes is a fast-growing Belgian DaaS company. We are the global reference with the most complete and accurate postal code, geolocation and population databases. Fortune 500 giants like Amazon, UPS, IBM and American Express rely on our datasets and our expertise to strengthen their position as market leaders.

Your Mission

• Research, scrape, and acquire geographic and postal data sources.
• Perform data cleaning, validation, and integration into our PostGIS database.
• Integrate pre-existing polygon data or build polygon maps out of available data (e.g., open addresses, cadastre, buildings, road network).
• Insert pre-processed data into a topological model, to ensure polygons are perfectly matching, even after simplification
• Collaborate on small-scale internal projects to process and analyze data.
• Work closely with Geo Domain experts to ensure accuracy and relevance of data.
• Document workflows and maintain detailed process records.

We offer

• A great bunch of passionate international, open-minded industry experts who want to achieve results together.
• Frequent town hall meetings, team dinners and team buildings!
• The world as your playground from a funky co-working space (MeetDistrict Madou), located in the heart of Europe’s capital at a 15-minute walk from Brussels Central Station.
• A company where you can be fully transparent and open about what’s going well, but also what you are struggling with, and a group of colleagues that help each other, in order to win as a team.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with PostGIS.
• Experience with GIS software such as QGIS or ArcGIS to visualize and process geospatial data
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field such as Geomatics, Geography, Data Science, or Computer Science.

It's a plus if you have:

• Experience with PostGIS topology
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  Competency in Python for data processing and scripting tasks.
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments.
• Familiarity with bash scripting and version control using Git.
• Knowledge of web scraping tools and techniques.
• Fluency in additional languages, especially those relevant to international postal systems.