Geospatial Software Developer

Qualifications:5+ years as a professional software developer in scientific programming, interactions with scientists, and writing well-documented, efficient, and reliable, software. Knowledge of 508 compliance rules.Expertise on numerical modeling with geospatial data.Developing and modifying open-source programs and libraries in Python.Experience in collaborative software development using Git.Experience with Docker containers and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.Configuring and modifying application, scripts, and subsystems for cloud deployment.

Tasks:Contribute to revamping the Global Vs30 Mosaic Repository software. The Repository needs to be ported to Python, refactored, modularized, and optimized to expand its functionality and improve maintainability. The Global Vs30 mosaic is a highly cited and requested product used by Global ShakeMap (and thus PAGER), by GEM’s OpenQuake, and numerous risk modelers worldwide.Develop Python Tiling Library. Improve the performance of current codes, allowing needed product improvements. Develop higher resolution models and an optimized tiling system to load full grid data into memory.Reconstitute the Ground-Failure Road Obstruction software. The Ground-Failure Road Obstruction Product, developed circa 2019, is complex and no longer functional. Tasks are to update code in a modern Python environment, optimize calculations to reduce run time, pre-process global road data, and install the code in a container.Document software updates and fixes in the GitHub repository. Documentation will fully describe new/updated functionality.

Key Skills

• AWS
• Python