Full-Time
Junior Geospatial Data Analyst
US Only
Posted on 9/4/2025
KatRisk
11-50 employees
Catastrophe modeling for flood and wind
No salary listed
Remote in USA
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- MSc, MEng, or equivalent in hydrology, environmental science, geosciences, engineering, data science, or a related quantitative field.
- Quantitative skills with proficiency in R (preferred) or python for data processing and analysis.
- Experience working with large data sets including data manipulation, merging and remapping.
- Experience with geospatial data and tools (e.g., GDAL, R spatial packages, ArcGIS, QGIS).
- Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills—even in remote or hybrid team settings.
- Work with geospatial datasets for use in catastrophe risk modeling workflows.
- Assist Clients by answering support questions related to geospatial data formats, content, and usage.
- Perform quality control checks on incoming and processed data to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Maintain clear documentation for geospatial datasets, transformation processes, and metadata.
- Convert customer-provided datasets into KatRisk’s internal formats, ensuring data integrity and compatibility.
- Support model validation efforts by preparing data inputs and comparing/packaging outputs.
- Research and acquire new geospatial datasets to improve model coverage and resolution.
- Understanding of catastrophe modeling concepts (hazard, exposure, vulnerability, loss).
- Understanding of insurance risk metrics (AAL, PML, return periods) and probabilistic modeling concepts.
- Client facing support experience, particularly involving technical data questions or geospatial products.
- Familiar with Linux operating systems.
KatRisk provides GPU-accelerated catastrophe modeling for flood and wind risk, offering hosted or on-premise solutions with API access for insurers, reinsurers, and brokers. It runs high-resolution risk models on powerful GPUs to produce fast hazard and loss estimates, which can be deployed in a hosted platform or on a client’s systems and integrated into existing workflows via APIs. The company emphasizes transparency around data and methodologies and works closely with clients to test and customize models. Its goal is to deliver fast, accurate, and transparent catastrophe risk quantification to help clients manage climate-related hazards and make informed decisions.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Freiburg, Germany
Founded
2016
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Property Guardian partnership embeds three wildfire datasets into Perilfinder at RIMS RISKWORLD 2026.
- RED acquisition accelerates US earthquake model and integrates European earthquake into SpatialKat.
- Gamma acquisition adds Perilfinder's property-level visualization for precise underwriting.
What critics are saying
- Technosylva integration of RED, Symfos, Gamma dilutes modeling focus, causing client churn in 12-24 months.
- Moody's cloud-native platform erodes SpatialKat share with faster scenarios in 6-12 months.
- NAIC scrutiny downgrades KatRisk models, barring use by US insurers in 12-18 months.
What makes KatRisk unique
- KatRisk Intelligence uses physics-based models for flood, wildfire, earthquake across 190 countries.
- Orchestra enables model-agnostic integration of KatRisk and third-party risk views.
- SpatialKat leverages GPU computing for high-resolution, climate-adjusted catastrophe simulations.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Performance Bonus
Company News
KatRisk, a catastrophic risk modeling software provider, has acquired RED, a specialist in catastrophe models including earthquake, flood, landslide and wind risk. The acquisition will accelerate development of a high-fidelity US earthquake model and expand KatRisk's multi-peril catastrophe modeling portfolio for insurers, reinsurers and financial institutions. RED's European earthquake model will be integrated into KatRisk's SpatialKat platform, giving clients access to earthquake risk alongside existing perils. The acquisition adds RED's proven European earthquake platform and climate peril models to KatRisk's capabilities in flood, tropical cyclone wind, severe convective storm and wildfire modeling. Founded in 2012, KatRisk operates in over 190 countries. The acquisition strengthens its position in catastrophe and property risk analytics across North America and Europe.
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KatRisk, a global catastrophe risk modelling and climate analytics provider, has acquired Symfos, the UK-based company behind the Orchestra underwriting and portfolio intelligence platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition combines KatRisk's climate and catastrophe risk modelling capabilities with Symfos' underwriting and portfolio decision tools. Orchestra provides insurers with a unified view of portfolio risk, enabling real-time exposure management, scenario evaluation and dynamic pricing without dependency on a single catastrophe model. The combined entity aims to help insurance and reinsurance organisations respond to increasingly frequent and costly climate-driven events including floods, storms and wildfires. The platform will integrate KatRisk's solutions to strengthen risk translation across underwriting, exposure management and executive reporting functions.
In September last year, KatRisk launched a severe convective storm model to aid the insurance industry in managing risks associated with severe weather events.
KatRisk, a La Jolla-based catastrophic risk modeling software provider, has acquired Gamma, a Dublin-based company specializing in location intelligence and property-level risk assessment. The financial terms were not disclosed. This acquisition will enhance KatRisk's offerings with Gamma's expertise in property-level visualization and spatial analytics. The deal is supported by TA Associates and General Atlantic BeyondNetZero.