Geoprocessing Product Engineer II

Esri • Redlands, CA

191d • $76,960 - $128,544

About The Position

Join the geoprocessing development team as we enhance and maintain a large and growing suite of 2,000+ geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS. Geoprocessing provides powerful spatial analysis and data management capabilities used by thousands of organizations around the world to analyze, manage, and share their data. Product engineers are software experts and advocates for the Esri user community within the development team. As a geoprocessing product engineer, you will coordinate requirements from the user community, enter enhancement requests and bug reports, and help decide team priorities. You will collaborate with developers and other product engineers to design and build user-friendly and performant software that produces correct results (or helpful errors).

Requirements

• Knowledge of the geoprocessing and analysis capabilities in ArcGIS, expressed through a portfolio, website, code repo, or other description of related work and projects
• Experience communicating complex technical information to diverse audiences in written and verbal form
• 2+ years of professional experience using Python
• Ability to confidently present ArcGIS functionality in-person and online to groups of colleagues or the user community
• Ability to think critically about alternative approaches and select the best one
• Capacity to multitask in a fast-paced agile software development environment
• Bachelor's in GIS or Computer Science

Nice To Haves

• Experience with documentation management systems (DITA or docs-as-code)
• Experience using GitHub or other software for version management
• Project management knowledge or experience
• Master's in GIS or a related field

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and document geoprocessing tools and workflows
• Troubleshoot software issues related to geoprocessing tools
• Write automated test cases in Python
• Analyze test results to determine pass/fail status, reporting results in a timely and consistent manner
• Author clear and concise help topics that allow users to understand complex concepts
• Assist in managing, editing, and reviewing technical documentation
• Create compelling blogs, videos, tutorials, or samples that illustrate geoprocessing capabilities

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
• Minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees