Geospatial Automation Specialist at Surveying And Mapping, LLC – Austin, Texas

Surveying And Mapping, LLC
Geospatial Automation Specialist

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Job ID: 26-7502
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Aerial-GIS
Continental United States

Overview

Founded in 1994, Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM) is a nationwide leader in geospatial and construction-phase solutions. With more than 50 offices and 1,600 professionals, we deliver the scale, technology, and expertise needed to support projects of any size. SAM streamlines project delivery through a single, coordinated team, offering in-house capabilities across land surveying, aerial mapping, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), utility coordination (UC), GIS, BIM, and construction engineering inspection (CEI).

By combining advanced technology, digital workflows, and decades of experience, we provide accurate, actionable data that helps clients move critical infrastructure projects forward with confidence. At SAM, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, growth, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the built environment.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Geospatial Automation Specialist to design, build, and maintain scalable automation solutions for large geospatial datasets, with a primary focus on lidar point clouds, aerial imagery, and derived products. This role combines geospatial expertise with hands-on software development to transform complex, manual GIS workflows into robust, repeatable, and high-performance automated systems. You will work closely with project teams to translate operational geoprocessing workflows into reliable, production-ready automated workflows.

• Design, implement, and maintain automated lidar and GIS processing pipelines
• Develop tools and utilities using C++ (Qt 6) and Python
• Create and support ArcGIS geoprocessing workflows using ArcPy
• Optimize performance for large-scale datasets and point clouds
• Collaborate with GIS analysts and domain experts to translate operational needs into reliable automation solutions
• Participate in architecture decisions and help define best practices for geospatial automation

Qualifications

• Preferred Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems, Geomatics, or other related technical field
• Four (4) plus year in related experience
• Strong experience with C++ (preferably Qt 6 or Qt 5)
• Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting
• Hands-on experience with ArcPy and geoprocessing
• Experience with geospatial libraries such as GDAL, PDAL, and Esri ArcPy
• Solid understanding of geospatial data concepts, coordinate systems, and data formats
• Experience working with large datasets and automated pipelines
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git)

Preferred Skills

• Lidar processing (classification, segmentation, feature extraction)
• PostgreSQL / PostGIS and SQL
• JavaScript or PHP for spatial or web-based geospatial applications
• Experience with parallel processing, multithreading, or large-scale workflow optimization
• Feature extraction utilizing AI/ML from imagery and/or lidar datasets
• Experience deploying or supporting geospatial workflows in cloud or hybrid environments
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira