Job Description:
Who are we?
Esri UK is a distributor of the world's leading geospatial software, ArcGIS and we provide a wide range of services to our customers across both public and private sectors across the UK. With the single largest pool of GIS expertise in the UK, Esri UK is the market leader and authority on GIS and our business is growing considerably year on year.
Working for us as a Java Script Web Developer / Senior Consultant, your key responsibilities will be:
- Software Development - design, development, documentation, release and maintenance of software components
- Technical management - working closely with the product manager to prioritise, estimate, manage the technical work of the team, manage incidents and work with customers to understand their requirements
- Technical leadership - promote best software engineering practice; manage technical risk and mentor junior members of team
- Grow your knowledge - keep up to date with changes to developer technologies and GIS, find innovative ways to develop our products
This would be a great career move for you if you are:
- Enthusiastic and knowledgeable about writing code, with several years' commercial experience working with technologies such as JavaScript, React, Angular, Typescript, HTML/CSS, Python and C#, combined with a solid understanding of how web technology works.
- Comfortable with REST APIs and developing software to interact with them
- Keen to work with the latest mapping, geospatial, cloud and web technologies
- Familiar with automation, code management and deployment technologies such as Git, - Azure DevOps, Notebooks and Serverless
- Able to clearly communicate technical ideas to both technical and non-technical colleagues and customers
- Experienced in managing technical teams
Your educational and industry background is not so important, but hands-on experience of front-end or full-stack development to solve real-world problems is crucial to become a GIS Developer. Knowledge of ArcGIS and developing software using the ArcGIS
Developer APIs is desirable but not essential.
We will reward you with:
- A good basic salary and a generous company bonus scheme paying up to 20% per annum (based on company and personal achievements)
- Pension, Vitality healthcare scheme, gym contribution, cycle to work scheme. We believe as a company that we should give back wherever we can and therefore also offer volunteering opportunities, including MapAction.
Additional Information
Location: We offer flexibility around location. You can opt for home-based working (within the UK), or office based in either Edinburgh, Aylesbury of Cambridge. There is also an opportunity to work a mix of both in a hybrid model.
Please apply online, including your CV and covering letter, detailing your salary expectations
Application deadline: 25th August 2022, however we will be interviewing suitable candidates sooner, so please apply ASAP!
