Geoprocessing Services Product Engineer II

$72,800 - $124,800/Yr

Esri - Redlands, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Redlands, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Geoprocessing Services development team at Esri is dedicated to enhancing ArcGIS software functionality, specifically focusing on the publication and execution of geoprocessing tools and analytical workflows remotely via ArcGIS servers and client web applications. We are seeking a new team member who will engage in software design, testing, and technical writing tasks related to web tools, particularly geoprocessing services. This role offers a unique opportunity to coordinate requirements across various development teams working on ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and other related platforms. You will also be responsible for addressing user requirements by logging bugs, features, and enhancement requests for our software developers to tackle. As a vital member of our development team, you will contribute to building software that is utilized by thousands of organizations globally to analyze and visualize geospatial data. We are looking for a colleague who possesses excellent communication skills, meticulous attention to detail, strong critical thinking and troubleshooting abilities, and a robust technical background.

Responsibilities

• Become a geoprocessing services and ArcGIS Enterprise technology expert and use your expertise to help software users successfully share analysis tools as a service.
• Collaborate with teammates to build software that is user-friendly, has good performance, and produces correct results (or meaningful errors).
• Coordinate requirements from multiple internal and external sources and communicate them to the team. Then help make decisions about how to address these requirements.
• Troubleshoot issues related to publishing and running web tools, ModelBuilder models, and Python scripts in current and past software versions of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Design, write, and maintain automated test cases in Python and C# to ensure quality and performance.
• Analyze testing results to determine pass/fail status, and report results in a timely and consistent manner.
• Write clear and concise help documentation topics that allows users to understand complex software capabilities and troubleshoot potential problems.
• Create compelling supplemental material that educates users on the capabilities built by the team, including sample services and applications, blogs, tutorials, and videos.

Requirements

• Knowledge of geoprocessing, Python, and ModelBuilder capabilities in ArcGIS, expressed through a portfolio, website, or other description of related work and projects.
• 2+ years of professional experience writing Python code.
• Verbal and written communication skills suitable for a professional environment.
• Ability to confidently present and demonstrate ArcGIS functionality in-person and online to groups of colleagues and the user community.
• Bachelor's or master's in GIS, Computer Science, or a related field.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise and Server.
• General knowledge of ArcPy, the Python library for ArcGIS.
• Experience publishing services and sharing content from ArcGIS Pro to ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online.
• Knowledge of web technologies including HTML, Javascript, REST, and others.
• Experience with C#.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families.
• Basic and supplemental life insurance.
• 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.