- Location: Maryland Heights, Missouri
- Type: Contract
- Job #46270
Technology Partners is currently seeking a talented Geospatial Software Engineer. Do you have experience building high-volume, scalable cloud APIs that drive advanced data processing for enterprise-wide integration? Let us help you make your next big career move a reality!
What You Will Be Doing:
We are looking for an innovative Geospatial Software Engineer to join our team, driving digital agricultural solutions through advanced spatial data integration. This role centers on designing cloud-based, API-driven geospatial platforms that enhance efficiency and connectivity in crop science, utilizing big data to develop insights for R&D and field operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and support cloud and open source systems to process geospatial data assets via an API-based platform
- Partners with other internal development communities to bring needed data sets into the asset and make data available to the Bayer Enterprise and internal development communities
- Building highly scalable APIs and associative architecture to support thousands of requests per second
- Provides leadership in advancing the Company's understanding of environmental/external influences on-field performance and risk factors
- Working at all stages of the software life cycle: Proof of Concept, MVP, Production, and Deprecation
Required Skills & Experience:
- BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant job experience. 7 years plus overall experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with Python, Java, Go, or similar development languages.
- Extensive knowledge in programming or scripting languages like Go, Scala, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Bash, Python, and/or R.
- Experience developing HTTP APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) that serve up data in an open-source technology, preferably in a cloud environment.
- Ability to build and maintain modern cloud architecture, e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, etc.
- Experience working with PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
- Experience with code versioning and dependency management systems like GitHub, SVT, and Maven.
- Proven success utilizing Docker to build and deploy within a CI/CD Environment, preferably using Kubernetes.
Desired Skills & Experience:
- MSc in Computer Science or related field.
- Demonstrated knowledge of open-source geospatial solutions like GeoServer, GeoTrellis, and GeoMesa.
- Experience with stream processing, e.g. Kafka.
- Highly proficient (4 years) in GoLang
- Experience working with customers/other developers to deliver full-stack development solutions e.g. collecting software, data, and timeline requirements in an Agile environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge of agriculture and/or agriculture-oriented businesses.
- Experience implementing complex data projects focusing on collecting, parsing, managing, and delivering large sets of data to turn information into insights using multiple platforms.
- Demonstrated experience adapting to new technologies.
- Capable to decide on the needed hardware and software design needs and act according to the decisions. The big data engineer should be able to develop prototypes and proof of concepts for the selected solutions.
- Experience with object-oriented design, coding, and testing patterns as well as experience in engineering (commercial or open source) software platforms and large-scale data infrastructures should be present.
- Experience creating cloud computing solutions and web applications leveraging public and private APIs.
- Proven experience (2 years) with distributed systems, e.g. Argo, Kubernetes, Spark, distributed databases, and grid computing.
- Proficient (4+ years) working in a Command Line Interface system e.g Docker, Argo, K8s, AWS CLI, GCloud, pSQL, SSH
Pay: $77.00 – $110.00 /hr.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this time or accept candidates who would require a corp-to-corp agreement.
If this position sounds like you, WE SHOULD TALK!
We realize our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we offer the following benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Long and Short-Term disability
- Life insurance
- Direct deposit
- Referral program
Your better future is ready, and we want to put the right tools in your hands to get you there. Let's go!
Keywords: Geospatial Engineer, GIS, Python, Java, Go, Cloud Computing, AWS, GCP, Azure, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Docker, Kubernetes
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Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Technology Partners does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal civil rights laws.
All offers of employment at Technology Partners are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and drug screening that meet corresponding laws and regulations at the city, state and federal level.
Pay ranges are influenced by candidate qualifications, experience, and role specifics, with the actual rate determined considering skills, market conditions, and are subject to change by the employer; pay negotiations follow all state and federal legal guidelines.