GIS QA - Contractor
- Jun 11, 2025
- full-time
- remote, remote. United Kingdom
We are looking for candidates that live and work in one of these countries: United States, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark and Canada.
The role
As a GIS QA contractor at Overstory, you will be conducting GIS analysis, primarily reviewing geospatial data for accuracy and quality issues, supporting QA and finalization of customer product data, feeding back on Geospatial related bugs and customer issues and collaborating with the engineering team on GIS features and implementation.
In detail
You’ll spend most of your time working in QGIS and within our own product to conduct QA on the various different layers of data which make up our deliveries. You will work on multiple datasets in parallel, switching between them as you get blocked and ensuring the relevant stakeholders are kept updated. You’ll work with other QA Specialists on the team to plan and implement improvements to the QA processes and tools.
Skills
- You are familiar with GitHub, and tools such as Slack, Notion, Google Suite.
- Your written and verbal English communications skills are excellent, and you have empathy and understanding of different roles in the company.
- You manage your own time effectively, across multiple projects and occasionally under pressure, able to prioritize short and long term activities with a strategic approach.
- You are creative and curious and have strong attention to detail. You are well-organized, keeping many files in the right places and clear documentation up-to-date.
- You can talk to software engineers and data engineers. Teamwork is at your core.
- You have an eye for quality, your work is thorough, and you pay attention to both the small details and the larger picture.
- You are flexible and ready and able to learn new things, and able to quickly adapt to new working practices and technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience working with GIS data in public or private utility.
- Experience with Geospatial software such as QGIS.
- Experience with Python
- QA experience
- Knowledge about electric utilities
- Experience in a remote team
About you
- You are fluent in English.
- You have at least 2 years of relevant experience
- Teamwork is at your core, and you like to help others grow and succeed
Contract
- 40 hours per week - full time
- For a period of 6 months
Overstory
remote, remote. United Kingdom
