Software Developer II - Conflation, ArcGIS Pro

Esri•Redlands, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Our team works on feature matching, change detection, attributes transfer, spatial adjustments, and more. This is a great opportunity to work with a dedicated team as we support worldwide customers who are maintaining and updating their geographic databases from multiple sources for accurate spatial analysis and multi-scale quality mapping. Come join the Conflation project team in Spatial Analysis and Geoprocessing to make a difference in the GIS community!

Requirements

2+ years of experience in C/C++/C# or related software development languages
Firm understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and design patterns
Experience with computational geometry and algorithms
Ability to clearly analyze and describe problems, and propose solutions
The ability and knowledge to solve complex spatial problems
Knowledge of progressive and optimization approaches
Knowledge of asynchronous programming patterns and parallel processing methods
Friendly, respectful, and open-minded attitude and ability to work closely with a team of software developers, product engineers, and others to build quality software and meet the demands
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Mathematics, or related field

Nice To Haves

Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Mathematics, or related field
Familiarity with Esri products or similar GIS software
Experience with the development and release of commercial software products
Experience in data quality, data integration, and spatial analysis
Knowledge of cartography and multi-scale mapping
Knowledge about machine learning or AI
Knowledge of scripting languages like Python
Experience writing testable (or test-driven) software

Responsibilities

Assist with speeding up the research, development, and enhancements of conflation tools and workflows for ArcGIS Pro with state-of-the-art intelligence and techniques
Build conflation tools using new or enhanced algorithms that allow users to reconcile differences and apply changes among multiple data sources efficiently
Build and ship quality software by working effectively in a highly interactive and coordinated team environment
Use pattern recognition, similarity analysis, statistical measures, and other computational geometry techniques in conflation processes to produce reliable results
Participate in research and development of new ideas and approaches that match or exceed the existing quality
Research and implement strategies and processes to ensure scalability for large data volume
Explore the use of progressive or optimization approaches to improve conflation accuracy
Explore on hybrid methods and tools for conflation with additional data sources, such as imagery, lidar, GPS
Ultimately help build and deliver an integrated conflation management system
Follow design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment techniques using C++
Find, analyze, and fix bugs and performance problems whenever they occur in the software
Contribute to and run tests to ensure high quality development free of regressions