Esri

Software Development Engineer II – Back-End (Mission-Focused | ArcGIS)

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4 hours ago
St. Louis, MO, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$97k - $162k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build backend services for geospatial processing, automation, and user-facing capabilities.
  • Develop APIs, proxies, and integration services using Node.js and Python.
  • Create and maintain backend tooling that extends ArcGIS Enterprise in containerized environments.
  • Develop geoprocessing services, automation scripts, and operational workflows.
  • Build connectors and ingestion pipelines across enterprise data sources.
  • Support deployments across cloud-native and on-premises environments.
  • Improve reliability and performance through API design, testing, monitoring, and observability.
  • Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and GIS teams to deliver production solutions.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of professional backend software engineering experience.
  • Professional experience developing backend services with Python, JavaScript/Node.js, and Java.
  • Experience designing and building REST APIs and service-based architectures.
  • Experience extending or integrating with ArcGIS Enterprise or similar enterprise geospatial platforms.
  • Familiarity with geoprocessing workflows, proxies, middleware services, and GIS or data-processing automation.
  • Experience with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of API design, software and system design, and testing and debugging distributed services.
  • U.S. citizenship and an active or current-within-two-years Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Geographic Information Systems, or a STEM-related field.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, Esri certification, CompTIA Security+ certification, cloud-platform experience, observability experience, ArcGIS Enterprise SDK experience, geospatial-analysis or data-pipeline experience, secure service architecture experience, and relational or spatial database experience.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, 401(k), and profit-sharing programs.
  • At least 80 hours of vacation leave and twelve paid holidays annually.
  • Personal and professional growth opportunities.
  • Relocation assistance is available for relocation to the St. Louis, Missouri area.
  • The position is onsite, as indicated by the job posting.
  • Base salary range of $97,240–$162,240 USD.
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About Esri

5,001-10,000 employees

Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. Since 1969, we have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what we call The Science of Where. We take a geographic approach to problem-solving, brought to life by modern GIS technology.