UN World Food Programme: Geospatial Data Engineer

[Valentin Pesendorfer]

We're hiring a Geospatial Data Engineer at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) HQ in Rome, Italy (hybrid / remote possible).

Looking for someone who's deep in cloud-native geo (geoparquet, DuckDB, OGC APIs, AWS, STAC, COGs, ...) and wants to use it operationally - help building the location-data backbone behind WFP's work to end hunger (and contribute to other projects we have going on). More details in the link!

- Rome (Italy) or home-based · 11 months (extendable)
- Apply by 21 June 2026

Link: https://wd3.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/wfp/job_openings/job/Rome-Italy/Geospatial-Data-Engineer_JR123646

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.