Database Quality specialist at MobilityData

About the position

• Full time, 40h/week
• Permanent
• Starting annual salary range: 70 000 CAD - 80 000 CAD
• Location: we’re primarily recruiting a Montreal-based person
• Type: 75% Remote/Working from home and 25% travel for conferences, summits, etc.

Perks and benefits:

• Open-minded and inclusive team that values care, collaboration, communication, accountability, pragmatism and diversity
• 20 annual vacation days and additional paid time off for sick days, parental obligation, bereavement, etc.
• Closed between Dec 25th and January 1st of every year (i.e. additional employer paid time off)
• Health premium reimbursement (employer contribution may vary per country of employment)
• Virtual health care service
• RRSP (Canada) and 401K (USA) employer contributions
• Compensations for public-transit and shared-mobility passes, home office material and coworking space

Hundreds of millions of public transit passengers around the world rely on apps to get information on how to get around. These apps and transportation providers rely on data standards to structure and exchange this information on things like subway routes, bus schedules, network disruptions, fares, and many other useful pieces of passenger information.

GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) is a widely adopted open standard used by several thousand agencies across the globe such as the New York MTA, Tokyo Metro, and Paris RATP. This standard facilitates the dissemination of transit information to passengers through popular apps like Apple Maps, Google Maps, Transit, and Moovit.

At MobilityData, our mission is to enhance the traveler experience through the usage of open data standards for the mobility ecosystem in order to empower people to travel in the most sustainable ways across the globe. Our work includes facilitating discussions to advance standardization efforts for the benefit of global users, proposing new functionalities, and offering support through comprehensive documentation and training.

What You Will Do

MobilityData is hiring a Database Quality Specialist to play a critical role in improving the coverage and reliability of the Mobility Database (https://mobilitydatabase.org/), a globally trusted open transit data platform. This role ensures that open transit data is reliable and easy to discover for transit authorities, application developers, and researchers who are making riders’ daily lives better.

In this role, you’ll be at the frontlines of improving the Mobility Database’s international data coverage, accuracy, and freshness. You’ll investigate data issues, identify missing or outdated feeds, and collaborate directly with transit agencies to identify impactful fixes.

This role is ideal for someone who combines a technical background, a passion for public transportation, and a proactive, investigative mindset.

Responsabilities:

Data Input and Analysis (40%)

• Update, enter and analyze GTFS, GBFS and related transport data feeds into the Mobility Database.
• Monitor feed coverage across regions to ensure completeness and relevance.
• Compare and validate GTFS feeds, identifying discrepancies or duplicated data sources.

Feed Monitoring and Quality Assurance (30%)

• Use tools likeMobilityData’s GTFS Schedule Validator to find and document issues in published feeds.
• Flag expired, broken, or incorrect feeds and replace them where possible.
• Support regular feed audits and review dashboards to track feed health and timeliness.
• Document and share common data quality pitfalls with internal and external stakeholders.

Stakeholder Outreach and Data Coordination (30%)

• Identify key contacts at transit authorities responsible for data maintenance.
• Communicate clearly with external partners to resolve quality issues e.g. expired data, accuracy issues, authentication bugs, etc.
• Build and maintain productive relationships that support long-term data quality improvements.

Who You Are

• At least 1 to 3 years of experience in data quality assurance, analysis, or a similar technical role.
• Understanding of GTFS and other transit-related open data formats.
• Experience working with APIs and geospatial data
• Familiarity with SQL.
• Excellent investigative skills: comfortable identifying problems and following leads to resolve them.
• Strong communication skills—able to reach out confidently to agencies and external data stewards.
• A collaborative, mission-driven mindset with the ability to work independently across time zones.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written);

It Would Be Great If

• Experience in the public transit or transportation technology sectors.
• Proficiency in Python strongly preferred
• Knowledge of European or global open data ecosystems (e.g., National Access Points).
• Previous work with international teams or clients.
• Fluency in other languages such as French, German, or Spanish is an asset.
• Familiarity with GTFS-realtime and other open mobility standards.

What to expect after you apply

• We do our best to contact you within two weeks of receiving your application to let you know if your candidacy will progress.
• Our hiring process usually spreads over 2 to 4 weeks, including interviews and technical testing.