Senior Data Engineer-Maps

Job Description

Apple Maps is seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Engineer to join their Data Evaluation team, focusing on spatial data evaluation, automation, and data quality measurement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Geography, Geomatics, Computer Science, or a related field and 8+ years of experience
• 4+ years of experience developing tools and frameworks to improve developer and QA productivity
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing large software or data systems
• 3+ years of recent experience developing Spark applications on big data systems such as Hadoop or Kubernetes
• Strong experience developing and deploying applications on Cloud infrastructure such as AWS
• Passion for good software practices and building extensible and reusable software modules
• Experience leading development initiatives within the team and across the organization

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing geospatial databases, data models, and ETL processes using tools like Postgres/PostGIS
• Developing quality checks and metrics on large scale spatial data
• Collaborating closely with data scientists, analysts, and partners to understand data requirements and provide geospatial solutions
• Integrating geospatial data with other systems and applications using AWS/GCC services like EKS, EMR, and working with big data technologies like Spark
• Optimizing spatial queries for performance and scalability across multiple toolsets
• Ensuring data quality, consistency, and accuracy through automated testing and validation processes
• Documenting processes, systems, and datasets for future reference and replication
• Providing technical support and solving for geospatial data systems