Key skills
PostGISPythonSQLJupyterParcelPostman
About this role
Role Overview
- Play a strategic role in advancing the capabilities of Cotality’s flagship geocoding product.
- Join a cross-functional team of product managers, geospatial data scientists, software engineers and architects engaged in the mission of providing best in class address standardization and geocoding services to our external and internal customers.
- Build robust systems to handle the nuances of US addressing.
- Innovate new mechanisms to transition geolocation precision from areal to specific.
- Develop validation loops using multiple contributor data sources to verify geocoded points.
- Evaluate and benchmark third-party geocoding services.
- Evolve automated “confidence” scoring systems to measure and report on addressing and geocoding data over time.
- Collaborate with the engineering team to take features from idea to production.
- Work with in-house data acquisition team to evaluate data vendors.
Requirements
- Mastery of USPS CASS/NCOA processes, TIGER data, and the nuances of the US postal system
- Experience of working with commercial as well as publicly available road networks datasets
- US land parcel data and relationship to addresses
- Census data
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Be able to prototype and demonstrate ideas through hands-on coding in a Jupyter notebook oriented environment
- Python and SQL coding skills are a must
- Emphasis on geospatial and address and routing focused on Python libraries Geopandas, Shapely, Proj, Kepler/Pydeck Libpostal Valhalla
- Spatial data formats: Legacy formats such as shapefiles, Modern formats such as geojson, geoparquet, fgb
- PostGIS spatial SQL
- GDAL command line tools
- QGIS
- Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON structures, PostMan
- Statistics fundamentals
Tech Stack
- PostGIS
- Python
- SQL
Benefits
- Generous PTO and 11 paid holidays, plus well-being and volunteer time off.
- Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a baby stipend.
- Multiple medical plan options with mental health and wellness support offerings.
- 401(k) with company match and vesting after one year.
- $400 annual well-being stipend and tuition assistance up to $5,250.
- Recognition Rewards, Referral bonuses, exclusive discounts and more!