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Hydrosat

Hydrosat

Software Engineering, Data Science
Carlsbad, CA, USA
USD 150k-190k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 17, 2026

Job description

Hydrosat is a space and data analytics company building a new Earth Observation constellation and software to unlock the power of thermal infrared imagery. Our mission is to capture and deliver high spatio-temporal resolution thermal infrared data, currently not available from other sources, to provide insights that benefit the environment, enhance food and water security, and serve other critical applications. Our ground segment engineering team combines best-in-class remote sensing, software engineering and large scale cloud computing to take data from our in-house satellites to deliver novel data products.

We are looking for bright, creative, and ambitious people who can work in a dynamic and collaborative start-up environment. Hydrosat is determined to change the way people use space imagery and revolutionize agriculture. Join us on this mission and help transform the world.

As a Software Engineer, Remote Sensing and AI, you will help power future innovation at Hydrosat by working closely with our product and sales team to develop new products and solutions from Hydrosat data. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams - including software engineering, marketing, and sales - to develop customer-centric solutions and products. Your work will include developing technical use cases for different product verticals, developing ML models to demonstrate new capabilities & products, and working closely with our product team to develop SDKs and documentation for our products/APIs.

Responsibilities

  • Apply your expertise in remote sensing and geospatial technologies to help develop targeted data products for Hydrosat’s customers

  • Influence the direction of Hydrosat’s products and offerings by gathering insights from customer engagements and build rapid prototypes of new product offerings

  • Work closely with the Image Processing engineering team to improve products and services

  • Develop novel technical approaches for generating new product offerings, including ML and statistical approaches

  • Develop technical documentation and SDKs to enable customers to easily interact with Hydrosat services and data

  • Own projects end-to-end: from design and prototyping through deployment, monitoring, and iteration

  • Contribute to quality by conducting code reviews, writing tests, and improving engineering processes

  • Leverage modern technologies such as Python, AWS, Docker to deliver performant and maintainable systems

Job requirements

  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience

  • Strong expertise in Python and comfortable writing clean, modular code

  • Solid understanding satellite data products, processing levels, and general domain experience in remote sensing

  • Experience training ML models, the ML lifecycle, and producing products from ML approaches

  • Experience working with APIs, developing and maintaining technical documentation, and writing SDKs for customer services

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment

Benefits

  • Employee options

  • Health insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental

  • Flexible time off

  • Maternity, Paternity & Parental Leave

  • 401K Matching

Remote
  • Carlsbad, California, United States
$150,000 - $190,000 per year
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