Geospatial Web Dashboards Engineer

University of Washington Medical Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Washington is seeking a GIS Data Specialist (Research Scientist/Engineer 2) to lead geospatial tool development and data integration for TCAT and the Transportation Data Exchange. The role blends geospatial analysis, full‑stack development and user‑centered design to deliver robust, accessible web applications.

You will work with planners, community partners and internal teams to implement dashboards, data-sharing interfaces and governance practices that reflect policy needs and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a computing field and 2+ years software development in geospatial/urban data.
• Open-source geospatial tools experience preferred (QGIS, GeoServer, Turf.js).
• Experience with web stacks and data governance in public contexts.

Responsibilities

• Design interactive geospatial dashboards and decision-support tools.
• Ingest, clean, and harmonize spatial datasets from multiple sources.
• Develop scalable web stack infrastructure and APIs.
• Collaborate with planners, advocates and community members.
• Create documentation and provide user training for tools.

Skills

Geospatial analysis

Full-stack development

React

Node.js

SQL

NoSQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or related field

Graduate GIS/Data Science/Urban Informatics

Tools

QGIS

GeoServer

Turf.js

React

Angular

Job description

University of Washington is seeking a GIS Data Specialist (Research Scientist/Engineer 2) to lead geospatial tool development and data integration for TCAT and the Transportation Data Exchange. The role blends geospatial analysis, full‑stack development and user‑centered design to deliver robust, accessible web applications.

You will work with planners, community partners and internal teams to implement dashboards, data-sharing interfaces and governance practices that reflect policy needs and