Open-source Software Development Engineer II – Developer Experience

Overview

Are you a software developer with a passion for APIs and programming technologies with a focus on open-source technologies, the open-source development community, and sharing your passion with other developers? We are looking for a software developer with a passion for open-source software development to join our well-established and growing global Developer Experience team. Blend your passion for writing awesome code and explaining how it works to help us provide the developer community with better integrations and APIs focused on location-awareness, geography, maps, data analysis, and science. Help us improve our sample apps, developer documentation, and developer outreach by working on a cutting-edge team with product engineers, technical writers, and other stakeholders to help write and edit developer-focused web pages, help topics, tutorials, API references, and supporting materials.

Come to work for the global leader in geographic information systems and have a direct impact helping developers address today’s biggest challenges like climate change, disaster response, biodiversity, smart cities, and much more!

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Redlands, CA area for this position.

Responsibilities

• Participate in open-source software development by providing code updates, bug fixes, new features, demonstration code, sample apps, and community support across open-source libraries in the mapping technology sector
• Advocate on behalf of the developer community and represent Esri’s developer-focused interests
• Understand customer (developer) needs and translate them into actionable code and documentation improvements
• Stay up-to-date and strive to be an industry expert with the latest technologies, development trends, and open-source best practice
• Write code examples, apps, and tutorials to help explain APIs and software development patterns and share them with the developer community
• Create new code samples and documentation by turning API reference and code snippets into early drafts of product documentation
• Build open-source apps, samples, and toolkit components that demonstrate best practice using the latest platform features
• Collaborate with product management and API teams to create, update, and maintain product integrations, APIs, documentation, sample code, tutorials, and experiment with new APIs
• Learn, adapt, and grow with a cutting-edge team of like-minded individuals working together to improve and challenge the status-quo

More experienced individuals will 

• Write blogs, record videos, and engage with developers to help them successfully integrate our APIs and services into their solutions
• Understand GIS and enterprise developer workflows and translate that into new open-source projects, integrations, and technical documentation improvements
• Contribute to the overall developer experience and user interface design
• Help define API and SDK product roadmaps

Requirements

• 2+ years of consistent presence in open-source project(s) with strong working knowledge of current web-based open-source project lifecycle and open-source community best practice
• Proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, JSON, HTML, CSS, and markdown
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub and understanding of version control workflows
• Solid understanding of REST architecture, web services, and experience with RESTful APIs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Bachelor’s in computer science, engineering, or related fields like the physical or social sciences

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience with Esri’s mapping APIs or open-source mapping APIs
• Master's in computer science, engineering, or related fields like the physical or social sciences

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