Product Engineer II - Web Services

Esri; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) and profit-sharing

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

Esri is seeking a product-focused professional to help shape ArcGIS Hub and related web services. You will translate customer needs into user stories, maintain dashboards to drive product objectives, and collaborate with engineers and writers to publish best practices.

The role emphasizes iterative releases, strong communication, and experience with GIS technologies. Remote-friendly with a broad ecosystem focus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience with ArcGIS maps and/or ArcGIS REST APIs.
• Experience with web services and APIs (RESTful, versioning).
• Strong communication and storytelling skills; able to tailor to audience.
• Intermediate project management; ability to coordinate and release iteratively.
• Knowledge of cloud-native web service architecture, reliability, and monitoring.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, GIS, Information Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Identify requirements with customers, leadership, and dev team; translate into user stories.
• Create and maintain dashboards to evaluate service usage and inform priorities.
• Maintain a Product Backlog of user stories and defects; refine and plan.
• Organize and communicate development and release plans to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with writers and management to publish best practices via tutorials and talks.
• Validate and triage enhancement/defect requests with Esri Support Services.

Skills

Agile experience

ArcGIS applications

ArcGIS technologies

Web services & APIs

Communication skills

Project coordination

Cloud-native architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or GIS

Tools

Grafana

Postman

Playwright

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

OverviewAt Esri, we make the world's most powerful software that accelerates decision-making by unlocking the crucial context of location. Our customers tackle complex issues like sustainable development, supply chain management, public health, and community resilience. We create technology to support their efforts and shape our future; our customers inspire everything we do.ArcGIS Hub is quickly expanding the ability to bring people together to discuss and collaborate spatially around ArcGIS's catalog of authoritative data. This role will focus on our web services enabling in-app and programmatic customer workflows.This role works with guidance from senior product and engineering leaders, while making independent day-to-day prioritization and execution decisions. It collaborates closely with engineers but does not require owning production code or system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers, leadership, and your development team to identify requirements and translate them into functional user stories for consideration
• Create and maintain performance dashboards to evaluate service usage to inform product objectives and development priorities
• Maintain a Product Backlog of user stories and defects, work with your team to refine and plan these items for development
• Organize and communicate development and release plans to stakeholders
• Collaborate with product engineering writers and product management to publish best practices through tutorials, blog articles, and conference presentations
• Validate and triage enhancement and defect requests in collaboration with Esri Support Services

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience working in an Agile software development environment
• Experience working with ArcGIS applications (such as ArcGIS Map Viewer and/or ArcGIS Scene Viewer) or other GIS technology
• Experience working with ArcGIS technologies (such as the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, ArcGIS API for Python, or other ArcGIS REST APIs)
• Experience working with web services and APIs, including RESTful services, service contracts, and versioning
• Advanced communication and storytelling skillsets; able to convey complex ideas in various formats depending on context and audience
• Intermediate project management skillsets with the ability to coordinate, structure, and release functionality iteratively
• Beginner to intermediate knowledge of cloud-native web service architecture, reliability, monitoring, and operational concerns (availability, performance, error handling)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, GIS, Information Science, or another related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale or other developer-focused products
• Familiarity with ArcGIS Hub, Grafana, AWS, Postman, and Playwright
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, TypeScript, or JavaScript
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for testing and deployment

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• medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy.
• Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
• A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is$79,664—$133,120 USD.

At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life's best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri's Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.

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