Senior Software Engineer (GIS expertise & NodeJS)

What you ll be doing

• GIS Software Development: Lead the development of GIS solutions, leveraging Node.js to build APIs and backend services that interact with spatial data.
• Geospatial Data Integration: Integrate geospatial data sources (eg, shapefiles, GeoJSON, raster data) into applications, ensuring accurate data processing and management.
• Node.js Application Development: Design and implement backend solutions using Node.js, focusing on performance, security, and scalability to process large geospatial datasets.
• API Development: Develop and maintain RESTful APIs that expose geospatial data and GIS services, ensuring smooth integration with other systems and frontend applications.
• Spatial Data Management: Optimize databases for handling geospatial data, utilizing PostGIS, MongoDB, or other spatial database technologies.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with front-end developers, product managers, and other engineers to ensure GIS features meet business requirements. Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and best practices.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize GIS systems for performance, reliability, and data throughput.
• Documentation & Best Practices: Create and maintain clear technical documentation for geospatial APIs, services, and architectures. Ensure coding standards and best practices are followed.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in both GIS and Node.js development to drive innovation in the team.
• Support our products, identify and fix root causes of production incidents, own troubleshooting and resolution of production issues across teams.
• Own discovery, solutioning, monitoring, incident resolution - imbibe and socialize DevOps mindset.
• Own product quality and work to quickly address production defects.
• Embed a DevOps mentality within the team.
• Serve as a senior member for your team as needed or special purpose projects per business priority. Identify & own coaching opportunities.
• Stay current with learning current trends in technology and mentor and guide junior engineers and interns.
• Partner with Tech Leads, architects, engineers, development managers, product managers, agile coaches across the engineering practice in an agile environment, with scrum implemented at scale globally.
• Driver in continuous improvement processes through metrics and feedback. Welcome, change and complexity. Learn quickly and adapt fast. Be a change leader

What you need

• Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science, Geospatial Sciences, Geography, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2-3 years focused on GIS applications.
• Strong experience with Node.js for backend development.
• Expertise in GIS technologies (ArcGIS, QGIS, GeoServer, MapServer, etc) and spatial data formats (GeoJSON, KML, shapefiles).
• Experience with spatial databases (PostGIS, MongoDB with GeoJSON support, etc).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development.
• Advanced knowledge of Node.js and JavaScript (ES6+).
• Familiarity with geospatial libraries like GDAL, GeoPandas, Turf.js, or other JavaScript-based spatial libraries.
• Strong experience with version control systems like Git and agile development practices.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and deployment tools (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, with a focus on optimizing geospatial data handling and processing.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members.
• A proactive team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
• 3+ years unit testing, mocking frameworks, automation frameworks.
• DevOps mindset - 3+ years experience in CI/CD, SDLC environment, implemented exception handling, logging, monitoring, performance measurement, operational metrics knowledge.
• 3+ years experience working in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong communication, partnership, teamwork, and influencing skills required.