QGIS Geospatial Data Specialist

About OpenTrain
OpenTrain is the centralized, open platform where AI training and data-labeling freelancers find work, consolidate opportunities across platforms, and build a unified AI training portfolio they control. We make specialized AI training work easier to track, apply for, and grow into a durable freelance career.

About this role
OpenTrain is recruiting for a QGIS expert role focused on high-quality geospatial work that supports AI training. You will handle raw spatial data acquisition and cleaning, spatial analysis, map production, cartographic layout, and final deliverables, while documenting your workflow and reasoning in real time. The work also includes managing projections, coordinate systems, and spatial references, styling and symbolizing map layers, and troubleshooting GIS workflow issues as they arise.

What you will do
- Organize, clean, validate, and transform diverse spatial datasets
- Produce clear maps, layouts, and cartographic outputs in QGIS
- Explain design decisions, problem-solving steps, and workflow rationale
- Manage coordinate systems, projections, and spatial references for reliable output
- Deliver polished geospatial work with accuracy and consistency

Required skills
- Extensive hands-on experience with QGIS and independent GIS project delivery
- Strong understanding of spatial data formats, projections, and coordinate systems
- Clear written and verbal communication for technical documentation
- Experience troubleshooting complex GIS workflows
- Familiarity with other geospatial tools or programming languages is a plus

Schedule and location
- Remote contractor work
- Pay range: $20 to $70 per hour

Why work with OpenTrain
OpenTrain gives freelancers one place to manage AI training opportunities instead of rebuilding proof of work on every platform. A stronger OpenTrain profile helps you show credible experience, discover roles that match your skills, and turn AI training and data-labeling work into a long-term portfolio.