Développeur SIG (niveau staff)

NBC Universal
Montreal
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Collaboration","Leadership","Curiosity","Willingness to learn"]

Drive geospatial data sourcing and automation tooling for an AI/ML pipeline for new applications. Research and aggregate open/public and commercial sensor data for target regions (imagery, raster, vector, point clouds), then manage coverage, freshness, quality, and cost. Build and use automated tools to clean, transform, align, crop, resample, and postprocess outputs for internal teams, partnering closely with AI/ML, Pipeline, and Product groups.

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NBC Universal
2 months ago

Développeur SIG (niveau staff)

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Job Summary

Drive geospatial data sourcing and automation tooling for an AI/ML pipeline for new applications. Research and aggregate open/public and commercial sensor data for target regions (imagery, raster, vector, point clouds), then manage coverage, freshness, quality, and cost. Build and use automated tools to clean, transform, align, crop, resample, and postprocess outputs for internal teams, partnering closely with AI/ML, Pipeline, and Product groups.
Location: Montreal
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Aggregate geospatial data for target regions and ensure complete, high-quality coverage.
  • •Research open, public-domain, and commercial sensor data sources to determine area coverage, quality, and freshness.
  • •Use open-source (e.g., GDAL) and internal tools to preprocess, align, crop, resample, reformat, and otherwise prepare data for use.
  • •Contribute to internal tools that process and source geospatial datasets.
  • •Partner with AI/ML, Pipeline, and Product teams to understand GIS data needs and provide diverse datasets for model development and regional rollouts.

Key Requirements

  • •Master’s degree in GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • •4+ years of relevant industry experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment.
  • •Experience with GIS data modalities and formats, including at least orthoimagery, point clouds (e.g., LiDAR), vector data (e.g., Shapefiles/GeoJSON/OSM), and raster elevation/terrain (DTM/DSM/DEM) plus landcover.
  • •Software engineering experience designing and architecting software, including Python experience for automation and/or contributing to existing tools.
  • •Working knowledge of open-source GIS libraries/tools such as PROJ and GDAL, and ability to work outside an ArcGIS-centric workflow.
Experience:4+ years
Education:Master's in GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Skills:CollaborationLeadershipCuriosityWillingness to learn
Languages:EnglishFrench
Tech Stack:PythonGDALPROJLinuxBashGeoTIFFLiDARLAS/LAZESRI ShapefilesGeoJSONOSMDTMDSMDEMArcGIS

Company Brief

NBC Universal
NBCUniversal is a global media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, news, sports and streaming content, and operating theme parks and consumer experiences across a portfolio of well-known brands including NBC, Universal Pictures and Peacock.
Industry: Film & Television
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 2004
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