Environmental Data Scientist

Overview

Lynker Corporation is a prominent provider specializing in innovative weather and climate science solutions. The company is committed to delivering enhanced operational weather forecasts through advanced technologies and scientific expertise. Lynker is expanding its team and is looking for a skilled Environmental Data Scientist to contribute to this mission.

Key Responsibilities

• Organize and catalog diverse environmental and geospatial datasets with consistent metadata and controlled vocabularies to ensure reproducibility and clear data lineage.
• Define and manage analytical rules and logic representation, versioning, and execution against layered datasets while maintaining traceable lineage from inputs to outputs.
• Design data products by specifying the content of analytical inputs and outputs, including results, metadata, and evolving schemas.
• Apply environmental and hydrologic domain expertise to inform how data is weighted, interpreted, and encoded into analytical rules.
• Create validation procedures, tests, and QA logic to guarantee accurate, transparent, and consistent analytical outputs.
• Document data schemas, analytical processes, and data sources clearly; collaborate closely with Science, Engineering, and Platform teams to maintain system clarity and accessibility.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in environmental or earth sciences, environmental data science, hydrology, or a related discipline; alternatively, a Bachelor's degree with at least two years of relevant data science experience applied to environmental issues, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong grounding in environmental science and data science with the ability to conceptualize and implement evidence representation and combination.
• Proficiency in data science programming languages such as Python or R for data manipulation, analysis, and modeling.
• Working knowledge of geospatial data science tools, including GIS software (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth Engine) and spatial datasets.
• Ability to think structurally about data schemas and translate domain-specific logic into clear and verifiable computational rules.
• Excellent scientific and technical writing capabilities.

Preferred Experience

• Designing data schemas, structured data formats, or APIs with clear definitions for inputs and outputs tailored for downstream applications.
• Familiarity with rule-based or decision-support systems, emphasizing transparency and explainability of logic.
• Experience integrating data from multiple public and governmental sources such as USGS, NOAA, or PRISM for watershed or environmental evaluations.
• Background in applying machine learning or statistical models to environmental datasets.
• Evidence of scientific communication through publications or contributions to open-source projects.
• Physical presence in Colorado's Front Range area to enable regular in-person teamwork.

About Lynker

Lynker is an employee-owned company focused on providing specialized professional, scientific, and technical services. Its expanding team employs scientific expertise alongside process optimization to deliver efficient and technically sound solutions in hydrology, geospatial analysis, IT, resource management, and related fields. The firm's streamlined structure empowers talented professionals to address clients' scientific and technical goals with creativity and precision.

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive health insurance for employees at no monthly cost, covering medical, prescription, dental, and vision services.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) along with paid holidays.
• Competitive salary benchmarked against industry standards and location.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), offering ownership stake to employees.
• Flexible spending accounts and employee assistance program (EAP).
• Short- and long-term disability insurance; life and accident insurance.
• Tuition assistance and workforce development reimbursement annually.
• Spot bonuses recognizing exceptional performance and annual employee awards with bonuses.
• Employee referral incentives.
• Access to a centralized, self-paced Learning Management System.
• Personalized career development plans for all employees.

Diversity & Equal Opportunity

Lynker is an equal opportunity employer committed to nondiscrimination in employment decisions, considering merit, qualifications, and business needs. The company operates under E-Verify and strictly prohibits discrimination based on protected characteristics under federal, state, or local laws.