Principal Software Development Engineer – National Imagery

Overview

You’re passionate about building innovative software that makes a difference in the world of remote sensing and GIS. You thrive on solving complex technical challenges and enjoy leading the design and implementation of significant subsystems and applications. You’re ready to set the technical direction for your team, mentor others, and drive the architecture of advanced image analysis solutions for the defense and intelligence communities. You will build and release Esri software technologies focused on the intersection between GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing for the defense and intelligence communities. In this role, you will collaborate with a talented team of software developers and product engineers to create, build, test, and release advanced software technologies focused on imagery users.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of major subsystems or applications, serving as the technical expert for your area
• Architect and optimize software solutions for advanced image processing, analysis, and GIS workflows, supporting a range of remote sensing modalities
• Mentor and guide other developers, sharing your expertise and helping the team solve challenging design and implementation problems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, set technical direction, and ensure alignment with user needs and project goals
• Solve key challenges in software architecture, performance, and correctness, ensuring robust and scalable solutions
• Understand U.S. DoD and intelligence community user requirements and develop appropriate GIS and remote sensing software for various defense and intelligence scenarios
• Oversee integration of community toolkits, libraries, and APIs into ArcGIS, and drive adoption of best practices in software development
• Contribute to the overall vision for imagery products, influencing both current and future capabilities
• Share your knowledge through technical presentations, documentation, and by leading technical discussions within and beyond your team

Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience with high performance imagery applications
• Software development experience working on COTS or GOTS software
• Deep expertise in C++, C#, .NET, or similar languages, with a strong track record of architecting and optimizing complex software
• Outstanding understanding of software implementation architecture and the problem domain of remote sensing, image processing, or GIS
• Proven ability to solve difficult design, optimization, and correctness challenges
• Experience mentoring and guiding other developers
• Able to work with controlled unclassified information (CUI)
• U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret Clearance with SCI access
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, geography, engineering, remote sensing, photogrammetry, or a related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience with COTS or GOTS software products in the defense and intelligence communities
• Familiarity with NITF format and specifications
• Experience with ArcGIS, ENVI, Socet GXP, or RemoteView
• Experience developing with Esri APIs and optimizing processing pipelines
• Active U.S. Top Secret clearance with SCI access

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