Earth observation and geospatial analytics for defense, space, and environmental intelligence
Magellium processes satellite imagery and geospatial data for defense, space, energy, and environmental sectors using a mature stack anchored in PostGIS, ArcGIS, and Python, now prototyping a Rust-based cartographic server. The engineering-heavy hiring focus (16 of 21 open roles) with senior/lead concentration reflects active work on large-scale data challenges: satellite ground segments, datalake implementations, and near-real-time processing pipelines that must handle massive spatial datasets at operational scale.
Notable leadership hires: Tech Lead
Magellium is a French geospatial technology company founded in 1998 with ~300 employees across two production sites (Toulouse headquarters and Paris). The company specializes in earth observation, GIS, mapping, computer vision, and robotics—delivering consulting, technical studies, and custom software systems to government and enterprise customers in defense, security, space, energy, and environmental sectors. Core competencies include satellite image processing, geographic information systems, and vision-based automation. The technical roadmap emphasizes cloud-native infrastructure and datalake consolidation to handle the massive volume and velocity of satellite and sensor data.
Magellium uses Rust, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, TypeScript, Python, C++, and Java for backend services; ArcGIS Maps SDK and React for frontend; Kubernetes, Jenkins, and GitLab for infrastructure and CI/CD; Kafka for data streaming; and Sentinel-1/Sentinel-2 APIs for satellite data ingestion.
Active projects include a Rust cartographic server prototype, satellite earth observation ground segments, cloud-native infrastructure for large data volumes, GIS data pipelines, datalake implementations, and an AI experimentation platform for near-real-time environmental monitoring (snow/ice detection).
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