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We serve commercial survey companies, research institutions, government agencies, and defense customers worldwide. We are currently building a next-generation cloud-native platform that brings AI/ML-powered processing to the browser, along with edge computing capabilities for real-time AUV data analysis.\nThe RoleWe're looking for a Backend Geospatial Software Engineer to architect and build the cloud processing engine powering our new platform. You'll work on large-scale geospatial data pipelines — ingesting, transforming, and serving sonar and bathymetric datasets — using modern Python-based scientific computing tools on AWS. You'll also help design lightweight edge processing solutions that run onboard autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for real-time sensor analysis and decision-making. High-impact role on a small, focused team where your work ships directly to production.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and implement scalable backend services for cloud-based geospatial data processing\n\nBuild distributed data pipelines using Dask and Xarray to process large multi-dimensional sonar datasets\n\nArchitect and optimize AWS infrastructure (S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Step Functions, SQS) for compute-intensive workloads\n\nDevelop edge computing pipelines for onboard AUV data analysis, enabling real-time target detection and adaptive survey planning\n\nDesign systems that bridge edge and cloud — syncing, validating, and enriching AUV-collected data post-mission\n\nDevelop APIs that serve processed geospatial data to the web-based frontend\n\nIntegrate ML/AI models for automated bottom tracking, target recognition, and data classification\n\nOptimize data storage, compression, and retrieval for large raster and point-cloud datasets\n\nContribute to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines\n\nWhat We're Looking ForRequired\n3+ years of backend software engineering experience with Python\n\nStrong hands-on experience with AWS (S3, EC2/ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, or equivalent orchestration)\n\nProduction experience with Dask for distributed/parallel computing\n\nProduction experience with Xarray for multi-dimensional array data\n\nSolid understanding of geospatial data formats and CRS (GeoTIFF, NetCDF, shapefiles, WGS84, UTM)\n\nExperience building RESTful or GraphQL APIs\n\nComfort with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)\n\nPreferred\nExperience with edge computing or embedded processing on resource-constrained platforms (ARM, NVIDIA Jetson, or similar)\n\nFamiliarity with AUV/UUV systems, robotics middleware (ROS/ROS2), or real-time sensor data processing\n\nExperience with marine survey, hydrographic, or oceanographic data\n\nFamiliarity with sonar data processing (sidescan, multibeam, sub-bottom profiler)\n\nExperience with GDAL/OGR, Rasterio, or similar geospatial libraries\n\nBackground in scientific computing or numerical methods\n\nExperience with ML/AI pipelines (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar), including model optimization for edge deployment\n\nFamiliarity with Zarr, Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG), or other cloud-native data formats\n\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)\n\nActive or ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance\n\nWhy Chesapeake\nHigh impact — your code processes real-world ocean data used by navies, researchers, and survey companies worldwide\n\nCloud + edge — work across the full spectrum, from scalable cloud infrastructure to real-time processing onboard AUVs\n\nGreenfield platform — built from the ground up with modern tools, no legacy constraints\n\nSmall team, big ownership — direct influence on architecture decisions and product direction\n\nDomain expertise — 25 years of sonar processing knowledge; you'll learn a fascinating domain\n\nFlexible work — fully remote within the US with a collaborative, low-bureaucracy culture\n\nCompensation & BenefitsCompetitive salary commensurate with experience. 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