Software Developer (Transit & Mobility)

Company Description

We are a global team of dedicated and experienced architects, engineers, planners, designers, and technology professionals who share a common desire - to help our clients create liveable, sustainable, and advanced urban environments. 

Arcadis has officially purchased IBI Group and with this transaction now complete, IBI will now be known as Arcadis IBI Group moving forward. Please refer to our website for more information.

Job Description

Overview:

Arcadis IBI Group's Transit & Mobility Data team is hiring a Software Developer/Designer to join their team. This position is part of a distributed team and can be remote from anywhere within the continental United States. Current team members are located in Portland OR, Atlanta GA, Seattle WA, Chicago IL, Buffalo NY, and New York NY.

Arcadis IBI Group's Transit & Mobility Data team focuses on helping transit agencies manage their data, provide high-quality real-time information to passengers, analyze service quality, and measure performance. The Transit Data practice also has a special emphasis on open source software like OpenTripPlanner, open data, and open data standards like GTFS/GTFS-real-time (transit), and GBFS (micromobility).

The Transit & Mobility Data team has been working closely with many agencies to build and maintain multimodal trip planning applications built on OpenTripPlanner and tools for managing and editing open transit data (TRANSIT-data-tools). Some of our recent projects are with Portland TriMet, New York State DOT, San Francisco Bay Area MTC, the ATL in Atlanta, GA, amongst others.

Most of the things you'll do:

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of open source transportation software (OpenTripPlanner-based multi modal trip planners and the GTFS management platform TRANSIT-data-tools software).
• Customize and deploy implementations of OpenTripPlanner and/or TRANSIT-data-tools  (described above) to meet the needs of client transit agencies.
• Write tests to enhance the reliability of our codebase. 
• Develop wireframes and user interface mockups for new features.
• Work closely with product managers, development team and end users to design and architect new product features.
• Develop and maintain engaging and practical system documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve our software development process.

Qualifications

You'll need to have:

• Programming experience with a modern JavaScript framework (React, Angular, etc.)
• Familiarity with source control (git), software testing and knowledge of software development processes
• Familiarity with Linux-based shell scripting and CLI
• A sense for design and what makes for clean and intuitive user interfaces
• Familiarity with design tools (Sketch, Adobe Xd, Figma, InVision) and desire to learn new ones 
• Familiarity with and/or interest in public transit and multimodal transportation
• Curiosity to understand how systems work and identify/solve problems 
• Attention to detail and ability to balance priorities and multiple projects 
• Willingness to both learn independently but reach out for support/guidance as needed 
• Interest in developing new skills and excitement for new challenges

It’s a bonus if you also have:

• Familiarity with, or interest in, transit data (e.g. GTFS and GTFS-real-time formatted data) and/or open source transit software (e.g. OpenTripPlanner)
• Experience with or interest in the design and implementation of map-based user interfaces, using tools such as Leaflet, Mapbox, Carto, etc.

We encourage candidates to submit a link to their GitHub page for software development examples, and/or portfolio of UI/UX design experience.

The estimated pay range for this role is between $90,000-$120,000 USD.

Additional Information

Additional Office Description:

Our employees will find a design environment where collaboration is at the core of the business. We proudly support our team members through continuing education, completion of licenses and certifications, memberships in professional societies, seminar and conference attendance.

• Competitive Base Salary based on industry standards
• Robust Extended + Medical Benefits
• Participation in Incentives Program
• Remote Work Options or Hybrid WFH-Office Schedule depending on the needs of the business
• Coverage of Licensing Fees and Annual Dues to Professional Associations
• Professional Development & Self Directed Learning Resources

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are proud to support the growth and equality of our people through initiatives like our Mentorship Program, Global Women’s Network. We welcome applicatio