Full Stack Geospatial Developer
Maxar Technologies24 hours ago
McLean, VA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$200k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, document, deploy, and maintain a web-based map creation application.
- Build interfaces for creating, configuring, styling, previewing, saving, and sharing interactive maps and geospatial visualizations.
- Develop frontend components for data loading, geographic field selection, symbology, labels, map elements, and publication-ready map products.
- Develop backend services, APIs, business logic, data-processing workflows, and persistence mechanisms.
- Integrate the application with geospatial data, databases, APIs, web services, and enterprise systems.
- Work with vector, raster, and service-based geospatial data and advise on formats, schemas, projections, metadata standards, and interfaces.
- Support geospatial data ingestion, transformation, validation, quality control, and quality assessment.
- Work with Oracle and PostgreSQL/PostGIS spatial databases while preserving and validating geometry, topology, attribution, coordinate reference systems, and metadata.
- Implement and consume REST APIs, OGC services, and government or enterprise data services.
- Write unit, integration, system, and user acceptance tests; troubleshoot defects and performance issues.
- Produce technical documentation for architecture, APIs, data models, workflows, configuration, and operational procedures.
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, sprint planning, demonstrations, and Agile development activities.
- Apply secure software development practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- U.S. citizenship and an appropriate active U.S. Government security clearance at the TS/SCI level with required polygraph.
- Experience developing and delivering full-stack web applications.
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and a framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
- Experience with backend development using Java, Python, Node.js, or similar technologies.
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Professional experience working with geospatial data, GIS, or spatial data services.
- Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, or comparable technologies.
- Familiarity with GeoJSON, Shapefile, GeoPackage, KML/KMZ, GeoTIFF, CSV, WMS, WFS, WMTS, or similar formats and services.
- Understanding of coordinate reference systems, map projections, spatial reference identifiers, geometry types, topology, metadata, and data quality principles.
- Ability to produce technical documentation and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an Agile environment.
- Preferred experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, Portal for ArcGIS, QGIS, or comparable GIS platforms.
- Preferred experience designing thematic maps, choropleth maps, symbol maps, and interactive geospatial visualizations.
- Preferred experience migrating data from Oracle to PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
- Preferred experience with OpenLayers, Leaflet, MapLibre, Mapbox GL JS, GDAL/OGR, GeoTools, or similar libraries.
- Preferred experience with containerization, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and enterprise deployment environments.
- Familiarity with accessibility, usability, and performance considerations for web applications.
- Willingness to work onsite full time.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package including a 401(k) with company match.
- Mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
- Full-time onsite work arrangement.
- The application window is three days from posting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.
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About Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies builds and operates commercial Earth‑observation satellites and sells high‑resolution imagery, 3D products, and geospatial analytics to government, defense, and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, the company was formed in 2017 from the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA and was acquired by Advent International in 2023; it supplies data for national security, mapping, and disaster response, and licenses imagery through subscription and platform APIs.