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Job Title: Geospatial Software Engineer
Maxar is looking for a Geospatial Software Engineer to join its
eGIS(Enterprise Geospatial Information Systems) team, with a passion for
solving complex problems with customer driven objectives and is willing to
learn and develop the tools and technologies related to GIS applications.
Our talented eGIS team at Maxar consists of full stack developers, data
scientists, Enterprise Architects and database experts who work closely
together to build plugins, dashboards, tools and workflows for our
Geospatial Products and Production systems supporting our internal and
external stakeholders.
Location: Westminster, CO
Life with Us
Your Project: This role would require the team member to be a quick learner
and develop full stack solutions to enable and automate workflows within
client-side software and also web based
applications. You will contribute your expertise to develop front-end UI and
also back-end
architecture necessary to meet customer requirements. You will be responsible
for gathering customer requirements, driving toward deadlines,
collaborating with the eGIS DBA, and providing guidance as a
SME related to the GIS applications. You would be occasionally tasked with
upgrading the GIS environment and infrastructure maintenance and deployments.
You will assist with training, documentation, and presentations related to
custom solutions.
Your Career: We are profoundly serious about professional development and
continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity
to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to
support learning and development. You will work with your manager to set goals
and design a development plan to advance your career.
Our team is full of talented individuals wearing many hats to accomplish our
jobs effectively. We believe in supporting each other in our day-to-day tasks
to ensure deadlines are met. We believe in trying creative solutions with
cutting edge technology to push the envelope for geospatial solutions. We work
in a highly collaborative environment striving toward the same goals. We work
to grow ourselves and each other professionally. We encourage open-dialogue
and to think outside the box.
What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, peer group
collaboration, hackathons, education reimbursement and student loan
forgiveness
This position is hybrid with several days a week on-site with your colleagues
in Westminster, CO.
What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):
Develop new ESRI/ QGIS related add-ins using the SDK, webapps and tools to
support internal and external stake holders.
Adapt mission requirements to develop new tools, capabilities, or
enhance/upgrade existing ones.
Incorporate customer feedback into software products.
Participate in code reviews to ensure quality.
Build and optimize REST APIs necessary for application or internal customer
consumption.
Write and optimize ETLs in both Linux and Windows environments using scripting
languages: Python and other ancillary languages with associated libraries.
Expand the company's geospatial capabilities with open-source and cloud
native services and software.
Develop tools or workflows to assist other production teams like Vivid,
Tasking, Collection Planning and other Constellation Management teams.
Collaborate with other developers throughout the development process, both
those on your immediate team and those on other teams that build supporting
software.
Evolve your language skills by staying current with complementary programming
languages, development methodologies, user interface design techniques,
and database tools and technologies.
Minimum requirements for this position:
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Bachelor's degree in related field or the equivalent combination of training
and experience. Desired degree's include Geographic Information Systems
(GIS), Computer Science, Information Systems, Software
Engineering, Geosciences, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of professional experience
4+ years of strong coding experience in Python, C#, Java, JavaScript
GIS experience and knowledge of raster & imagery
Experience with GIS technology in an operational environment via ESRI
ArcPro, ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap and Catalog), or QGIS. Experience with
Add-ins for QGIS/ESRI is a major plus.
Experience with DevOps and automation tools (e.g. Docker, Ansible, Gitlab).
Experience with Kubernetes.
Experience developing microservices or web services.
Familiarity with writing complex queries using database languages.
Must be able to quickly shift priorities due to business and/or customer
requests.
Ability to work in a geographically dispersed, collaborative team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in related field or the equivalent combination of training
and experience.
Desired degree's include Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
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