GIS & Permit Data Analyst Intern - Summer '26

About Blumen

Blumen is rebuilding how America builds infrastructure.

There's over $2 trillion in infrastructure projects stuck in regulatory purgatory across the US right now. Every power plant, transmission line, data center, and pipeline faces the same reality: navigating thousands of federal, state, and local regulations through broken government websites, expensive services that miss critical requirements, and bespoke tools that only work in one state.

We've built the AI platform that aggregates 1,500 geospatial data layers and regulatory intelligence to generate expert-grade permitting, siting, and regulatory compliance insights in hours instead of weeks. We're working with publicly traded energy companies and the developers building the infrastructure backbone of America's energy transition.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We’re looking for a curious, detail-oriented intern with strong GIS fundamentals and a knack for working with data. You’ll help us expand the geospatial and regulatory datasets that power our platform—researching public data sources, analyzing spatial layers, standardizing attributes, and turning messy government data into structured intelligence our software can use. This is a hands-on role at the intersection of GIS, data analysis, and environmental policy.

What You’ll Do

• Research, evaluate, and integrate publicly available geospatial datasets (environmental, land-use, zoning, natural resources) into Blumen’s data ontology.
• Perform QA/QC on spatial data layers—reviewing attributes, projections, completeness, and accuracy.
• Standardize dataset descriptions, metadata, and schema to ensure consistency across 2,000 data sources.
• Analyze dataset attributes to determine which fields are customer-relevant and which should be excluded.
• Support rapid data onboarding when customers request new datasets, regulatory documents, or maps.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve how geospatial data flows into the platform.
  
  

YOU’RE A FIT IF

• You’re pursuing or have recently completed a degree in GIS, environmental science, geography, land-use planning, natural resources, or a related field.
• You have a working understanding of GIS concepts—you can navigate attribute tables, review data dictionaries, and work in platforms like ArcGIS or QGIS.
• You’re comfortable wrangling messy data: cleaning CSVs, cross-referencing sources, and spotting inconsistencies.
• You’re self-directed, organized, and energized by the satisfaction of tracking down the right dataset.
• Bonus: experience with Python for data processing, familiarity with PostGIS or spatial SQL, or background in environmental permitting or regulatory research.
  
  

What we offer

• Hands-on exposure to the geospatial data and regulatory systems behind real infrastructure projects across the U.S.
• Mentorship from a high-caliber team spanning GIS, engineering, environmental science, and AI. Work out of our San Francisco HQ
• A no-ego, get-things-done culture with high trust and high ownership.
• Potential path to a full-time role for exceptional performers.
  
  

Compensation

• $20/hr
• Lunch Reimbursement
  
  

Our values

• Put yourself in the customer’s shoes. We care deeply about serving our customers above all else.
• No job is too small. Details matter, even if nobody will ever see them.
• Every problem is an opportunity. Any solution that is clever, difficult to reproduce, or takes serious guts is an opportunity to widen our moat.
• To go far, go together. We trust, respect, win, and lose together, as a team.
• Own the problem. Not your solution. Best idea wins.
• It doesn’t get easier. We just get faster. There is no finish line. Every day is a step toward compounding success. This is a marathon toward excellence.