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Geospatial Data Engineer

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6 months ago
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£400-£450 per day

Deemed Outside IR35 (pending QDOS assessment) 

This Contract Geospatial Data role is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting edge data problems at a leading environmental risk consultancy. The position has arisen due to the success and growth of Bright Purple's impressive established client. They are a leading player in their field with a powerful and highly regarded platform built using the latest technologies.

You will be working in a team of software and data engineers supporting data workflow & orchestration, within an AWS environment and must have experience of RASTER data sets.

In this role, you will be:

Developing robust pipelines to process big data sets (Raster experience essential)

Configuring CI/CD pipelines

Managing data storage within an AWS environment

Improving data automation, workflow and efficiency

Developing Python based ML pipelines

Key skills for this role include:

Good knowledge of Python programming 

Experience in cloud computing (ideally AWS)

Experience with RASTER 

Strong experience across industries in both Geospatial and non-Geospatial domains

Experience with Machine Learning (sci-kit learn, tensorflow, metaflow, MLOps)

Preferred Experience:

Knowledge of Rust

Experience with frameworks like Metaflow, Prefect, etc.

Experience with geospatial libraries i.e. Raster, Geo-pandas, Vector databases 

This role would see you work in their South West office c.1 - 2 days per week ideally. It is available immediately for an urgent start.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry

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