Cloud to Street Job & Intern Positions

Cloud to Street is currently hiring for a Director of Programs and a Senior Remote Sensing Scientist, as well as a few intern positions!

Cloud to Street is a remote sensing platform that rapidly maps floods around the world and delivers risk information in a web dashboard at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional modeling. Their mission is to ensure that all vulnerable communities have the data they need to prepare and respond by reducing the scientific barrier to disaster information. Their systems will power flood insurance for 50 million new customers and provide risk data for the 100 most vulnerable watersheds around the world within 5 years. 

In partnership with Google, the Dartmouth Flood Observatory and others over the last 3 years, they've developed the core algorithms behind their technology and conducted initial socio-physical risk assessments in India, Argentina, Senegal and New York, funded primarily by the World Bank. In early 2018, they are releasing the world’s largest database of flood maps, launching the Flood Risk Dashboard product, and expanding to at least three new countries, including our first insurance projects. 

They are looking for an entrepreneurial development leader to direct programs at Cloud to Street and to create new opportunities as the company grows. This person will work closely with the CEO to fundraise, manage staff and operations, maintain key external partnerships and clients, and help set the direction of the company.

For more information about Cloud to Street and open positions, please visit www.cloudtostreet.info or read below for descriptions.


 Director of Programs:

• Location: New York, NY
• Description: Coordinate ongoing disaster risk reduction and insurance projects, maintain key external relationships, and help set strategy for the company

• coordinate 4-6 client driven projects or philanthropic programs that involve scientists, external consultants, local communities, and government or development clients
• represent Cloud to Street at relevant conferences, meetings, and other external presentation opportunities
• oversee the metrics and evaluation of the company's ongoing projects and future work
• assist with fundraising through proposal writing, investor relationships, and researching foundations
• Benefits:
• competitive start-up salary
• equity stake in company
• office space in NYC
• generous benefits package
• Requirements:
• Relevant undergraduate or graduate coursework, or equivalent in professional experience in development, financial inclusion, and/or disaster risk reduction
• 2-4 years of experience coordinating or managing projects or teams, preferably in international development
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• A commitment to justice, diversity, innovative science, and solidarity with vulnerable communities
• Ability to work on remote team with an scrappy startup mentality
• Extensive field experience in at least one international development project 
• Preferred: Proficiency in a non-english language
• Preferred: Existing connections with international development NGOs, government agencies, and donors

APPLY BY SENDING SUBMISSIONS TO hiring@cloudtostreet.info

• Email Subject Line: Director of Programs, Cloud to Street
• Attach CV/Resume
• Paragraph expressing interest within the email
• applications are reviewed on a rolling basis

Senior Remote Sensing Scientist:

• Location: New York, NY or Ann Arbor, MI; remote working is possible for the right candidate
• Description: Lead the development of new global algorithms to detect floods from a variety of sensors in Google Earth Engine
• Build on Cloud to Streets existing flood detection algorithms in Google Earth Engine using the Python API 
• Develop new algorithms to detect floods with public and commercials sensors 
• Develop methods to compare multi-satellite results to ground reference data
• Manage databases and data assets in Google Cloud Storage, Google Earth Engine Assets, and GitHub
• Technical support for clients and assist with final written reports, training materials
• Requirements:
• Masters or PhD (Ph D preferred) in geosciences or related field with focus on remote sensing and geospatial analysis
• Experience with data science related field such as computer science, applied mathematics, information technology, physics or software engineering 
• Proven track record developing new remote sensing methods
• A commitment to justice, diversity, science and solidarity with vulnerable communities
• Ability to work on remote team with an scrappy startup mentality
• Preferred: Experience with Google Earth Engine Javascript and Python APIs 
• Preferred: Experience using the Google Cloud Ecosystem
• Benefits:
• Competitive start-up salary 
• Equity stake in the company
• Office space in New York City or Ann Arbor
• Generous benefits package

APPLY BY SENDING SUBMISSIONS TO hiring@cloudtostreet.info

• Email Subject Line: Senior Remote Sensing Scientist, Cloud to Street
• Attach CV/Resume
• relevant publications or other scientific work
• Paragraph expressing interest within the email
• applications are reviewed on a rolling basis