Sr. Product Engineer - Geodatabase

Overview

The Geodatabase development team delivers cutting edge data management software to customers globally. As a member of the ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Enterprise teams, you will work with a diverse group of engineers to implement creative solutions to solve complex GIS data problems.

Our Product Engineers work with developers and engineers to design, develop, certify, and release new and innovative software product capabilities. In this role you will contribute to quality assurance and customer education by implementing and documenting creative solutions to complex problems involving the creation, management, and analysis of spatial data.

Join our team if you have a passion for working with databases and spatial data!

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Redlands, CA area for this position.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Esri product management and our user communities to synthesize user requirements and industry needs into development objectives
• Collaborate with software engineers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to build and test ArcGIS functionality related to data management for enterprise geodatabases and data management services such as utility network, feature service, network diagram, version management, geodata, and WFS
• Drive the planning, design, quality assurance, certification and release of ArcGIS data management functionality
• Define documentation objectives for communicating sophisticated technology to our user community
• Communicate plans and status to internal stakeholders and senior management
• Identify opportunities to integrate new technologies and patterns with our existing software
• Drive the development process, including release planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration reviews and retrospectives
• Assess product quality and release readiness

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and/or implementing solutions using ArcGIS software
• Experience using an application development language, such as C#, Java, C++, or Python
• Strong DBMS expertise in a commercial RDBMS
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at the technical and management level
• Excellent problem-solving and creative thinking skills
• A self-motivated team player with an interest in continuous learning and the ability to guide staff towards excellence
• Bachelor’s degree in geography, GIS, computer science, engineering, or related fields

Recommended Qualifications

• Understanding of the Agile software development life cycle
• Experience using web technologies such as JSON, REST, or JavaScript
• Experience developing and implementing test plans
• Experience developing and executing automated, functional, regression, and performance tests
• Knowledge of a source control and issue management system
• Familiarity with system and web server administration
• Comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Master’s degree in geography, GIS, computer science, engineering, or related fields

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