Digital Twin & City Simulation Specialist

About the role

Placemaking AI, a location intelligence company, is looking for a Digital Twin & City Simulation Specialist to join its Ankara team. The role combines hands-on GIS and city simulation work with day-to-day project coordination, turning layers of urban data into interactive models of how cities move, grow and change. It is full-time and hybrid, with in-office days agreed in advance.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and track project timelines, milestones and deliverables, keeping the team and stakeholders aligned.
• Build, maintain and improve city digital twin models using GIS and spatial data.
• Source, clean and integrate city datasets such as mobility, demographics, land use, buildings and points of interest.
• Design and run city simulations to test scenarios and explore how changes affect people and places.
• Explore how game engines and game design thinking (e.g. Unity, Unreal) can make simulations more engaging.
• Coordinate with internal teams, clients and external partners, turning meetings into clear action items.
• Prepare visuals, demos and reports that explain complex urban data to non-technical audiences.
• Use AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT) to speed up data work, documentation and prototyping.

Required profile

• 1-2 years of experience with city digital twins, GIS, urban analytics or a closely related area.
• Solid project management experience: planning work, tracking deadlines and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with or strong interest in city simulation and modelling.
• A degree in Urban Planning, Geomatics, Geography, Computer Science, Architecture or a related field; a Master's degree is a plus.
• Strong spoken and written communication in Turkish and English.
• Based in Ankara and able to work from the office on agreed days.

Required skills

• Hands-on GIS tools such as QGIS and ArcGIS.
• Python, spatial databases (e.g. PostGIS) or 3D city formats (e.g. CityGML) are a plus.
• Interest in game engines (Unity, Unreal) is a plus.

The hiring process includes an application review, a 15-minute screening interview, a paid trial task for mutual fits, a final interview and an offer.