Software Engineer I - Front-End Engineer for ArcGIS Enterprise

Overview

ArcGIS Enterprise is a suite of products delivering industry-leading mapping and analytics capabilities to thousands of organizations and millions of users around the world. We are seeking a Web Developer dedicated to crafting clean, performant, and accessible user interfaces.

In this role, you will work closely with a global, cross-functional team of product engineers, software developers, designers, product managers, and release engineers to design, build, and deliver user-focused features that enhance the overall experience and empower users to explore, understand, and apply the full potential of web GIS capabilities.

The ideal candidate is passionate about building exceptional products, contributes to legacy Dojo code while driving modernization, and brings creative thinking, strong communication, and effective collaboration to solving complex challenges. This role also offers opportunities to engage in research and development aimed at elevating user experience and shaping the future of ArcGIS Enterprise.

Join us to shape how millions of users interact with the world’s most powerful web GIS platform.

Responsibilities

• Envision, design, and develop maintainable and reusable web applications and UI modules for large-scale deployment and management
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of product engineers, software developers, designers, product managers, and release engineers to design, build, and deliver user-focused features and workflows
• Rapidly prototype web applications to showcase new concepts and ideas
• Drive the REST API design, required for integrating the web application with back-end web services
• Enforce UI consistency, accessibility (WCAG/ARIA), and internationalization standards
• Apply good software design and development practices in daily activities
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Tackle challenges with a calm, constructive mindset, including working in and improving legacy Dojo codebases as needed
• Support modernization (such as React/Preact/Stencil.js) through incremental refactors, patterns, and tooling

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering web applications
• Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional teams; excellent communication
• Knowledge of the core JavaScript/TypeScript language and experience building object-oriented JavaScript
• Experience using and developing applications with JavaScript toolkits and UI frameworks/libraries (such as React, Vue, Angular, jQuery, Dojo, and more)
• Experience with HTML, DOM, CSS, event model, and cross-browser development
• Experience with AJAX, JSON, REST
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Consistently positive, professional attitude when facing ambiguity, deadlines, or production issues
• Excellent problem-solving and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and in groups to effectively participate in the software development life cycle
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, GIS, or related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience with web server configuration and deployment, including Nginx
• Experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as C#, Python, or Java
• Experience applying LLM technologies (such as embeddings, RAG, prompt engineering) to enhance user interfaces and workflows
• Experience with ArcGIS or other GIS concepts; familiarity with ArcGIS APIs
• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, GIS, or related field

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