Staff Software Development Engineer

Maxar Technologies

full-time

Posted on: 9/3/2025

Location: Colorado, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $98,000 - $164,000 per year

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AnsibleAWSCloudEC2JavaKubernetesLinuxMongoDBMySQLNeo4jNoSQLPostgresPythonRemote SensingSQLSwiftTerraform

About the role

Develop new ESRI/ QGIS related add-ins using the SDK, webapps and tools to support internal and external stake holders.
Develop Rest APIs and OGC APIs using Java and Python for streaming vector data.
Adapt mission requirements to develop new tools, capabilities, or enhance/upgrade existing ones.
Incorporate customer feedback into software products.
Participate in code reviews to ensure quality.
Write and optimize ETLs in both Linux and Windows environments using scripting languages: Python and other ancillary languages with associated libraries.
Expand the company’s geospatial capabilities with open-source and cloud native services and software and integrate with other third party applications.
Develop tools or workflows to assist other production teams like Vivid, Tasking, Collection Planning and other Constellation Management teams.
Collaborate with other developers throughout the development process.
Upgrade the GIS environment and infrastructure maintenance and deployments.
Assist with training, documentation, and presentations related to custom solutions.

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Bachelor’s degree in related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
Minimum of 5 years of professional experience
3-5 years of strong coding experience in Python, C#, Java
Must be able to quickly shift priorities due to business and/or customer requests.
Ability to work in a geographically dispersed, collaborative team environment.
Preferred: Master’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
GIS experience with raster data (imagery, basemaps, mosaics)
Experience with GeoServer and OGC specifications
Experience with ESRI ArcPro, ArcGIS Desktop, or QGIS
Familiarity with SQL, PL/SQL and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j)
Experience with automated testing and linting (PyTest, Black, Flake8, Radon, iSort)
Experience with service-oriented and microservice architectures
Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD tools (GitLab)
Familiarity with AWS Kubernetes, Jenkins, EC2s, Lambdas, S3, RDS, ELB, Kubernetes