Senior GIS Engineer

Location: Lifesight - Innovation Hub - Bengaluru, KA, India

Working Model : Work From Office (5 days)

About us

Factori is a rapidly growing location and consumer intelligence company built for an AI-first world. Each day we ingest billions of privacy-compliant signals and maintain the worlds most comprehensive consumer, mobility and point-of-Interest database.

Our AI-driven insights help Fortune 500 brands, global media agencies and technology innovators decide where to invest, build and grow. Headquartered in New York City with hubs across APAC, EMEA and the Americas, we operate with the ownership mindset of a startup and the global footprint of an enterprise data leader.

About the Role:

The GIS Engineering team at Factori plays a critical role in building and maintaining scalable geospatial data infrastructure that powers our location intelligence platform. We are looking for a Senior GIS Engineer who can design, develop, and optimize geospatial data pipelines, spatial databases, and analytics systems.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in SQL, GIS systems, and Python, along with hands-on experience handling large-scale spatial datasets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable geospatial data pipelines for ingestion, processing, and transformation of large mobility and POI datasets.
• Develop and optimize complex spatial SQL queries (PostGIS/BigQuery GIS/Spatial extensions) for high-performance analytics.
• Build geospatial processing workflows using Python (GeoPandas, Shapely, etc.).
• Manage and optimize spatial indexing, tiling strategies (e.g., H3), and geospatial data storage architectures.
• Perform spatial operations such as buffering, clustering, point-in-polygon, spatial joins, proximity analysis, and geofencing.
• Collaborate with data engineering and data science teams to support advanced spatial modeling and mobility analytics.
• Ensure data quality, accuracy, and compliance in spatial datasets.
• Research and integrate alternative geospatial data sources into the existing data ecosystem.
• Support deployment of geospatial services and APIs for internal and external consumption.

What we are looking for :

Skills :

Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in GIS, Geoinformatics, Geography, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Technical Skills:

Strong proficiency in SQL, including complex joins, window functions and spatial queries.

Hands-on experience with GIS tools and platforms such as QGIS/ArcGIS.

Experience with spatial databases (PostGIS, BigQuery GIS, Snowflake Spatial, etc.).

Strong programming skills in Python (GeoPandas, Shapely, Pandas, NumPy).

Experience handling large-scale geospatial datasets.

Understanding of spatial indexing systems such as H3, Quadkeys, Geohash.

Knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) is a plus.

Soft Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Ability to translate business problems into scalable geospatial solutions.

Strong communication skills and cross-functional collaboration mindset.

Ownership-driven and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment.

Good to have

Experience in mobility analytics, location-based advertising, or spatial data science.

Familiarity with Shell scripting

Exposure to visualization tools (Kepler.gl, Tableau Maps, Mapbox, etc.).

Experience :

35 years of hands-on experience in GIS engineering or geospatial data processing.

Benefits :

Early impact Help shape the tech stack and build products from the ground up. Agile culture Small teams, zero bureaucracy.

Great benefits Competitive pay, health insurance, daily breakfast, weekday lunches, Friday team lunch, Fun OClock Fridays, and unlimited coffee, tea & snacks.

How to apply :

If this sounds like you, apply now at careers@lifesight.io. Wed love to hear from you!

For more information visit - https://factori.ai/