Software Developer
Summary
DigitalGlobe has an immediate opening within the Geospatial Cloud Services organization in Westminster, Colorado. The Senior Java Developer will be responsible for development and maintenance of complex, customer facing web platform. Individual work as part of an existing scrum team and participate in all team ceremonies.
Responsibilities
Research, evaluate, design, develop, implement, and improve state-of-the-art software in collaboration with a team of software developers, software testers, system engineers, DBA’s, IT and network personnel.
Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team and articulate technical concepts and ideas effectively.
Ensure sound software development process that is heavily test and user driven.
Serve as a mentor and a principal driver of software development best practices, including software testing and architectural design
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree - Masters Degree Preferred.
- Desired degrees: Geography, Geographic information Systems (GIS), Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Geosciences, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Photogrammetry, or a related field.
- 5+ years demonstrated experience with web and/or geospatial programming, design, and development
- Development experience with object-oriented programming in Java
Preferred Qualifications:
- Development experience with current frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate, Bootstrap)
- Development experience with open-source geospatial software (e.g. GDAL/OGR, GeoServer, PostGIS, OpenLayers, Leaflet, OGC, etc)
- Development experience with AWS and related technologies
- Experience working as a software developer in an Agile environment
- Knowledge of multi-tier, heterogeneous architectures and how they typically fit together
- Understanding of what it takes to keep a high-availability software platform healthy
- Tremendous Organization and Communication skills
- Experienced with and within Scrum, Kanban, and/or XP teams
- Knowledge of sound Agile Engineering Practices (TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, etc.)
- Development experience with front end technologies, including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Experience with cloud-enabled web services
DigitalGlobe and Radiant solutions offer a generous compensation package including a competitive salary; choice of medical plan; dental, life, and disability insurance; a 401(K) plan with competitive company match; paid holidays and paid time off.