Web Developer / Solution Engineer - API Portals & Visualization for Weather and Environmental Data

Acme Atronomatic - Denver, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Denver, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Web Developer / Solution Engineer will support enterprise sales efforts by designing, developing, and maintaining portals, tutorials, and demo applications that showcase weather and environmental data APIs. This role is crucial for enhancing user experience and ensuring clients can effectively access and utilize the company's data products.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a user-friendly API portal that provides clients with documentation, usage instructions, and sandbox environments to explore our APIs.
• Create interactive features within the portal to improve client engagement and ease of use.
• Develop tutorials, guides, and code examples to help clients quickly get started with our APIs.
• Work closely with the technical team to ensure documentation is accurate, clear, and accessible for developers of all skill levels.
• Create engaging demo applications and interactive visualizations to showcase the capabilities and potential applications of our API products.
• Use frontend frameworks and data visualization libraries to build responsive, visually appealing demos that are easy for clients to understand.
• Collaborate with the sales team in pre-sales activities by providing technical expertise, assisting in customer meetings, and responding to technical inquiries.
• Work closely with potential and existing clients to understand their needs and demonstrate how our APIs can meet their requirements.
• Work with Customer Support Team to gather feedback from customers on our APIs, tutorials, and demos to inform product improvements.
• Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to ensure the API products continuously evolve to meet customer expectations and market trends.
• Serve as a bridge between the sales, product, and engineering teams, ensuring client feedback is communicated and incorporated into product development.
• Occasionally assist with customer support for technical issues or customization requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in web development, with a focus on frontend development (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular).
• Proficiency in RESTful API design, development, and documentation, with hands-on experience in integrating and showcasing APIs.
• Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., D3.js, Chart.js, Highcharts) and mapping frameworks (e.g., Leaflet, Mapbox).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and services, particularly those relevant to APIs and data processing (e.g., AWS, OVH).
• Strong understanding of weather, environmental, or geospatial data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience in a pre-sales or solution engineering role is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits that promote work-life balance
• Opportunities for professional growth
• Engagement with leading-edge technology
• Contribution to a mission-driven organization