Geospatial Solution Developer

Position Description: 

This full stack dev position offers the ideal candidate an opportunity to participate directly in designing and developing state-of-the-art geospatial solutions that provide insight, deliver efficiencies, and help solve real world problems.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Participating in solution design and architecture. 

  • Contributing to multiple phases of project work, including Discovery and Requirements; Planning and Design; Implementation; Testing; and Production Rollout. 

  • Helping to anticipate and clear obstacles to technical work execution. 

  • Helping to ensure the technical team's work is informed by best practices and aligned with organizational strategy and the technology roadmaps of relevant software systems and platforms.  

  • Providing unwavering customer advocacy in selecting and applying technologies and advising on the design and delivery of geospatial solutions.  

  • Working with attention to and investment in process improvement, work velocity and productivity, quality, and team satisfaction.  

  • Coordinating closely with Project Managers, Tech Leads, Scrum Masters, and QA Leads to define and manage work-aligned project schedules and budgets.  

  • Designing, configuring, coding, and helping create and deliver robust solutions that perform at scale.  

  • Bringing experience in designing, building, and maintaining cloud-deployed solutions focused on AWS and/or Azure platforms.  

  • Bringing strong Python and JavaScript chops, work samples, and experience to draw from.  

  • Bringing chops with databases and resilient, performant storage solutions.

  • Helping to maintain and enrich customer-centered management & communications on technical projects and ongoing service delivery. 

 Experience, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Preferred degree in computer science, software engineering, GIS engineering, or related field.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

  • 4+ years of technical experience working in GIS software development and solution design. 

  • 2+ years working with cloud resources & cloud-deployed solutions. 

  • 2+ years developing database-integrated solutions using JavaScript, Python. 

  • Experience with traditional RDBMS systems as well as AWS RDS, Azure SQL, and/or Postgres aaS solutions. 

  • Experience with DevOps & CI/CD. 

  • Experience designing and implementing enterprise-level geospatial solutions. 

  • Deep practical knowledge of the Esri technology stack and ecosystem; ArcGIS Enterprise, & related APIs, back office, web, and mobile tooling; understanding of Esri best-practices, strengths, pitfalls, workarounds, and areas of weakness.

  • Practical experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms. 

  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills – what questions do you ask to get to the root of the matter? 

  • Eager to learn, adapt, and perfect your work; you are curious but seek out help when needed and put it to good use.

  • You are very personable - an excellent communicator (both written and verbal) who enjoys interacting with others. 

  • You are highly responsible and self-motivated, with exceptional attention to detail. 

Location: Flexible - remote is fine or, if you happen to be in Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, or Chicago, IL, on-site is an option.

Travel: Occasional travel

Clearance: Not required

** Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by Gartrell. 

The Gartrell Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity on our team. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. 


We invite interested candidates to send letters of introduction, resumes, and related materials to: recruiting@gartrellgroup.com, identifying the position for which you are applying.