Senior Software Engineer (Geospatial AI)

Senior Software Engineer (Geospatial AI) – Nabat

Nabat, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

We are a climate-tech startup using advanced technology to protect and restore natural ecosystems with precision and scale. Our work intersects ecological and environmental sciences, GIS, AI, and robotics. Our mission is data-driven, science-backed ecosystem management and restoration at scale and speed to address climate change, deforestation, land erosion, and biodiversity loss. Our solutions span ecosystem management software, precision aerial seeding drones, AI and ecological models, and restoration services and are already being used to plant millions of mangroves in the UAE.

Relocation to the UAE is required with generous relocation benefits and visa sponsorship for the employee and their family.

What is the role?

We are building our product development team from the ground up and are looking for highly talented, self-driven Senior Software Engineers with proven GIS and AI experience and a passion for solving big complex problems in the nature, climate and geospatial tech space.

Your responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle for Nabat’s ecosystem management platform as a senior / staff-level individual contributor, from conception through discovery, design, proof of concept, development, launch and continuous iteration.
• Design and implement well-architected, scalable, robust, high-performance, AI / ML-powered systems for ingestion, storage, processing, analysis, insight extraction, and visualization of large geospatial time-series data (geotagged, ultra-high-resolution RGB, multi- and hyper-spectral imagery, KML, LIDAR, etc.).
• Write, test and support production code and maintain cloud services as a full stack, backend, frontend, platform / infrastructure or data engineer – we welcome diverse specializations to round out the team.
• Collaborate with AI engineers / data scientists and ecologists to develop, train, validate, refine and deploy AI models in production against predefined performance criteria.
• Ideate and iterate on new and existing features , develop PoCs, prototypes, and turn them into production-ready features and services that meet real-world user needs.
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, HW engineers, ecologists, GIS data analysts, drone pilots, operations teams, and end users to deliver initiatives.
• Engage with researchers (Technology Innovation Institute) and external partners to understand what has been built, become the subject matter expert for your product domain, and lead the R&D roadmap.

What are we looking for?

Hiring process

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Technology, Information and Internet

To apply, submit your CV and tell us why you are a great fit for Nabat.

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