Software Engineer, Civic Apps

Beyond dots on a map. We create software to bring together the best aspects of geography, the web, and mobile technology for stronger communities.

We’re looking for a software engineer that is passionate about building applications that will have a positive impact – someone interested in public service, but not necessarily in working for a government or a non-profit organization. We are looking for someone who thrives on working in a variety of technology environments, and wants to build visually slick applications that have well-engineered architectures and provide a responsive user experience.

• Implement application code, APIs and web or mobile clients based on wireframes and designs developed by our UI/UX Design team.
• Engage in multidisciplinary work that applies an agile process (scrum board, daily stand-ups and two-week iterations) to database design, architecture, development, testing and deployment.
• Optimize database, server and client performance to create applications with both functional and responsive user experiences.
• Contribute to both a growing company and to the open source communities that support our work.

• Know how to build and support scalable web applications in Python/Django, or another MVC framework (C#/.Net, Ruby/Rails, JS/AngularJS, Java/JVM/Spring, Scala/Play). We do a lot of work in Python/Django and Javascript with a lesser amount of work in C# and Scala and dabbling in others depending on client and project requirements.
• Demonstrate fluency in core web technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) and contemporary browser client frameworks like jQuery, Dojo and Bootstrap.
• Express solid understanding of MVC architecture and RESTful design patterns.
• Interested in working with a small, collaborative team on meaningful projects.
• Get excited about a diversity of both projects and technologies.

You get extra points for

• Experience with open source or commercial geospatial toolkits like Leaflet, GeoServer, PostGIS, CartoDB, ArcGIS, and GoogleMaps.
• Experience with mobile apps (Objective C, Android or responsive HTML).
• Experience scaling apps within AWS.
• Experience provisioning servers with Ansible.
• Knowledge of distributed data processing frameworks, like Hadoop, Amazon MR, etc.
• Demonstrating your open source or other community service contributions
• Background in math and statistics or experience with R