Geospatial Data Annotator

Skills
ConstructionData ScienceEnglishEnhanced Data Rates For GSM EvolutionFile TransferManagementQuantum GIS
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years hands-on experience in shrimp pond operations
  • Practical familiarity with shrimp pond layouts embankment construction water management and aeration systems
  • Ability to distinguish pond types and production intensity from aerial imagery
  • Understanding of pond lifecycle stages and seasonal changes
  • Proficient in QGIS for polygon digitising layer management and export
  • Comfortable with high-resolution raster imagery and georeferenced files
  • Familiarity with GeoJSON and or shapefile formats
  • Basic understanding of coordinate reference systems and image scale
  • High attention to detail and annotation consistency
  • Proficient in written English
  • Reliable internet connection for remote collaboration
  • Ability to meet deadlines and report progress weekly

Nice to have

  • ML annotation tools experience
  • COCO JSON familiarity
  • YOLO familiarity
  • Drone imagery experience
  • Satellite imagery experience
  • Southeast Asia aquaculture knowledge
  • Intermediate Python

Day to day

  • Annotate high-resolution drone and satellite imagery of shrimp pond farms for ML training
  • Label pond polygons embankment edges canals aerators paddlewheels and ancillary infrastructure with precision
  • Validate and quality-check annotations maintain logs and flag ambiguous imagery for review
  • Work in QGIS to manage spatial layers and deliver datasets in agreed formats

Hiring process

  • Email cover note CV and examples to rui@longline.co.uk with subject line Shrimp Annotator Application
  • Include day rate or preferred rate structure and availability to start
  • Applications reviewed on a rolling basis