Software Developer – Geospatial Technologies

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM TechWorks has supported our customers in some of their most challenging times. AECOM has helped both public and private sector clients collect, manage, process, store and exploit data for thousands of damaged structures, hundreds of thousands of square miles of imagery, dozens of critical infrastructure components, and has deployed dozens of solutions on mobile, tablet, desktop, and browser-based platforms. Our portfolio of meaningful and high-profile projects continues to expand.

We are seeking a Software Developer II (focused on Geospatial Technologies) to join our Germantown, MD office. The successful candidate will support AECOM TechWorks in planning, implementing, and maintaining customer-specific software development projects that often include a spatial component. We're looking for someone to join our development team who is focused on building products for a wide variety of clients primarily using AngularJS, React, and other JavaScript frameworks but may also include .NET programming. The home office for this position will be Germantown, MD but the position can be fully remote or hybrid at any AECOM office. The expectation of the candidate selected for this position is that they will of work collaboratively with the team by utilizing Microsoft Teams, JIRA, Confluence and other collaboration and development tools.

Responsibilities

• Understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Build front-end and back-end software components that follow industry-standard design patterns, methodologies and deployment models
• Optimize code for maximum speed and scalability
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle
• Work in a collaborative fast-paced environment that includes other developers, data analysts, testers, managers, and clients (internal and external)
• Evolve your development language skills by staying current with complementary languages, methodologies, and software design techniques

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Professional experience building production-ready software to process, analyze and/or integrate geospatial datasets from various sources
• BA/BS + two years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education (AA/AS + four years of experience or HS/GED + 6 years of experience)
• Proven knowledge on how to translate and develop final application prototypes into production-ready code using object-oriented programming concepts
• Professional experience with JavaScript frameworks like Angular or React
• Professional experience with relational databases including MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Professional experience working in a team environment. Ability to collaborate with other developers, testers, managers, and clients (internal and external)
• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Due to the nature of the work, U.S. Citizenship or Green Card is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS or Azure
• Deep knowledge of geospatial software development concepts
• Knowledge of PostGIS
• Professional experience with .NET using C#
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and DevOps
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of automated testing techniques
• Experience implementing Web APIs

Additional Information

• Relocation is not available for this role
• Sponsorship is not available for this role.

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