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GIS Engineer

Tunnll , Anywhere · tunnll.com · Full-time employment · Programming

We are looking for team members with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Geoinformatics and Civil Engineering backgrounds who love to solve spatial problems and can leverage their personal experience to grow our team. If outstanding technical opportunities interest you, you should consider this position. We are interested in universal engineers who like to solve original problems with simple solutions.

What you will do:

  • At Tunnll we need our digital maps to be as accurate as possible, which means that streets, roads, foot paths, buildings and POIs are all present on the map. This means manual and automatic geographical data processing: acquiring, analyzing, refining and improving the spatial data.
  • Data acquisition: by using manual tools like QGIS, automatic tools like TurfTileReduceand OpenStreetMap QA and hi-res satellite imagery data (we are supported by the European Space Agency and by the Copernicus program), the GIS engineer is expected to create an accurate digital representation of any urban area.
  • Data analysis, refinement and improvement: by using simple tools like JOSM and QGIS and advanced utilities like osm2postgresql the GIS engineer will ensure that the digital representation of any urban area stored in a PostGIS-enabled PostgreSQL database is up to date.
  • Deployment, maintenance and administration of spatial databases with Docker in cloud services like Azure, Amazon and Google Cloud Services.

Minimal qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Geoinformatics, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or other related fields;
  • MSc in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Geoinformatics, Civil Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent is preferred and BSc is required;
  • You should demonstrate a completed, delivered, shipped and live online/mobile application that contains a digital map which you have developed or have helped to develop.

You will get bonus points for these skills:

  • A certificate of completion of PostGIS-related courses 
  • A certificate of completion of a QGIS-related course 
  • A certificate of completion of a set of online courses 

General requirements

If you would like to join Tunnll’s team you are able to demonstrate (all the requirements below can be satisfied by default if you have completed a relevant BSc/MSc degree):

Workplace requirements

Remote and distributed teams enjoy great flexibility in terms of where from and when the team members do their work. You can even work with your laptop from a beach in Thailand, but it is very important that the workplace conditions stay reliable and uninterrupted. All remote team members in Tunnll are required to organize their workplaces to meet the following requirements:

  • The workplace should be a single, ideally separated room with no interruptions by noises, other people, etc.
  • To allow uninterrupted video calls, a headset/microphone with a noise cancellation feature should be used.
  • The workplace should be connected to a stable high-speed internet connection (at least 100 MB/s) ideally backed up with a secondary connection for redundancy.
  • The working computer should have at least 16GB of RAM for engineers and designers and at least 8GB for the rest of roles.
  • The working computer should be properly maintained on a regular basis (security updates, disk cleanup, antivirus checks, dust cleaning, etc.).

Compensation levels

Initial proposal

The size of the proposed compensation may depend on your experience, demonstrated professional skills and your communication skills. For entry-level positions (no or small experience) we may find it reasonable to propose a level of compensation which is typical for your current location (example).

Growing the compensation rate as we work together

We are interested in investing in long-term relationships and that is why all compensations are subject to regular increases based on factors like gained experience, overall time spent in the company, number of new books read over the working period and number of the successfully completed online courses.

Why this position is cool

  • Remote from day one. Tunnll has been a remote setup from day one. This means we know what is good for being remote and how to overcome the shortcomings of the distributed setup.
  • Flexible schedule. You can work 9 to 5 or at night or early in the morning – or at any other time slots suitable for you as long as they overlap with the working hours of the rest of the team;
  • Interesting and meaningful projects. You will work on projects that matter and which make people’s lives better;
  • High-quality tools provided. We provide all team members with full access to the high-quality productivity and development products from Microsoft (Office 365, SharePoint, Visual Studio Enterprise, etc.).
  • We pay for your education. As a part of this position you can get your online education expenses reimbursed (Coursera, Safari Books OnlineXamarin University).
  • Holiday allowance. When you take days off for the official holidays in your country or just because you don’t feel well, we do not cut your compensation, it stays the same.
  • Informal and flexible atmosphere. Do you have a suit? Good, you do not need one at this position;
  • Your voice can be heard. The more experience you accumulate over time, the more freedom in decision making you will get.

Why you should join

We are a team with a flat organizational structure with each team member doing tasks he or she really enjoys doing. Please, check out the Open positions page to know more about how our team works.

Would like to know even more? You can read about what we do and how we do it by reading our TwitterFacebook or the News and Blog pages or by simply searching the Web for “Tunnll”. There is a quite a decent amount of news and mentions of Tunnll from various newspapers, media outlets, and other sites.

Whom we expect to see in the team

We prefer to enhance our team with self-organized generalists because they tend to perform more efficiently compared to a specialist in ever-changing situations. That means that it is absolutely ok if you lack some specific skills in your CV, but it also means that the range of the tasks assigned to you will be very broad.

How to apply for this position

The only way to apply for this position is to successfully complete the introductory task and a send a web form. Please, proceed to the web form in order to apply: Apply to start a career with Tunnll

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