Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. onXmaps, Inc. is a high-growth tech company focused on outdoor exploration technology. They are seeking a Senior Geospatial Analyst to support the Offroad vertical, ensuring reliable geospatial content delivery and collaborating with various teams to enhance product offerings.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Senior Geospatial Analyst supporting the Offroad vertical, owning the technical approach, sequencing, and delivery of geospatial work defined by the Offroad Geospatial Project Manager
- Execute geospatial work that supports connected content initiatives by implementing datasets and workflows that enable Offroad content to be used consistently across multiple product features and experiences
- Support content trust initiatives by executing audits, refreshes, and cleanup of high-impact Offroad datasets, applying technical judgment to ensure content is accurate, maintainable, and fit for long-term use, including identifying dataset candidates for update, replacement, or retirement
- Leverage existing geospatial pipelines and contribute to the improvement and development of new processes as needed, ensuring reliable delivery of data from source systems into customer-facing products and services
- Lead complex geospatial processing and analysis such as multi-source data integration, conflation, and large-scale QA/QC, applying expert judgment to resolve ambiguity and edge cases
- Use Claude Code and other AI tools to generate, optimize, and automate geospatial workflows, including feature extraction, segmentation, classification, conflation, and QA
- Proactively identify data quality risks, pipeline gaps, or platform limitations and surface recommendations to the Offroad Geospatial Project Manager
- Analyze data, create dashboards, and monitor data health metrics to provide insights that inform business decisions and support overall product health
- Research and evaluate geospatial data sources, making recommendations for new sources or improvements to existing ones
- Partner closely with engineers to ensure geospatial solutions are performant, maintainable, and aligned with platform best practices
- Own the end-to-end execution quality of assigned initiatives, from intake through production release and post-launch validation
- Use version control (Git) and collaborative workflows to drive consistency and repeatability across the broader Geospatial team
- Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to other Geospatial Analysts as needed
- Communicate clearly and confidently about technical decisions, risks, and progress to cross-functional partners
- Other ad hoc duties as assigned by the Supervisor.Look for opportunities to embed AI as a repeatable co-pilot in daily workflows by integrating experimentation into real work, and continuously refining its use with sound judgment and validation
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Geospatial, Geospatial Engineering, Computer Science, Hydrology, Geography, or related field; or equivalent technical experience
- 8+ years of geospatial industry experience, including dataset sourcing, development, transformation, and deployment
- Expert-level proficiency in QGIS and advanced geoprocessing techniques
- Expert with SQL, cloud-based analytical databases (e.g., BigQuery), PostGIS, spatial indexing, and performance optimization
- Strong Python skills, including experience with GDAL, geopandas, PyQGIS, and automation frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to operate within complex spatial data pipelines, using version control (Git), and collaborative workflows to deliver reliable, maintainable solutions
- Proven ability to use Claude Code or other AI coding assistants to generate scripts, automate tasks, and accelerate spatial workflows
- Familiarity with Offroad-relevant datasets such as trail networks, road and route conditions, terrain data, land ownership, or other location-based content used in off-road recreation and land-access contexts
- Familiarity with trail data sources, vendors, and key players in that space
- Proven ability to work autonomously on complex, ill-defined projects, bringing structure, clarity, and execution rigor to ambiguous problem spaces
- Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical partners
- Ability to travel bi-annually for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp
- Master's degree in Geospatial, Geography, Computer Science, or a related field
- Experience with graph-based data systems, including knowledge graphs or hierarchical spatial data stores
- Experience working with modern geospatial data formats such as GeoParquet for scalable storage and processing
- Experience building micro-services or distributed workflows for spatial data
- Familiarity with cloud-based storage, Airflow, and Docker
- Interest in off-road recreation, trail and route planning, terrain navigation, or related outdoor recreation products
- Experience with distributed or remote teams
Benefits
- Full-time onX employees are eligible for a grant of common share options with a vesting schedule
- An annual bonus of 10% based on company performance
- Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth
- Comprehensive health benefits, including a no-monthly-cost medical plan
- Paid parental leave of 13 weeks for birthing parents and 5 weeks for non-birthing parents
- 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
- Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
- Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds to fuel your active lifestyle
- Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, and paid holidays
Company Overview
Important Alert: There is an active job scam using the false domain of careers-onXmaps.com. It was founded in 2009, and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.onxmaps.com/.