Geospatial Software Engineer

Manchester
1 week ago
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The Opportunity:

You’ll join an experienced, collaborative consultancy team delivering greenfield, enterprise-scale digital services for high-profile public and private sector clients.

This opportunity is ideal for a practical, adaptable Geospatial Full Stack Engineer who enjoys working across disciplines and solving complex problems and challenges that will have a real-world impact.

Collaboration sits at the heart of how our client operates, so you’ll be partnering closely with colleagues across Software Engineering, User-Centred Design, Delivery Management, Data Science and Live Services to deliver outcomes that genuinely make a difference in today’s society.

As a consultancy, they are technology-agnostic by design, focusing on choosing the right tools for each problem, rather than forcing one stack everywhere.

Their teams regularly work with .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS and Azure, giving you genuine scope to broaden your skills and develop your career across a range of languages and platforms.

Many of their projects also involve Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open-source geospatial technologies, helping clients unlock the value of location-based data through mapping, spatial analysis and data-driven decision making.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

  • 3+ years’ experience in a Full Stack Engineering role

  • Strong development skills in .NET, Java or Python, alongside modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries

  • Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD)

  • Solid understanding of architectural and design patterns, including microservices and serverless

  • Hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions on AWS or Azure

  • Experience working with GIS systems or geospatial data, and familiarity with tools such as Leaflet, OpenLayers, QGIS, GeoServer, PostGIS, etc.

  • A collaborative mindset and experience working in multi-disciplinary teams

    Desirable

  • Experience working in a consultancy environment

  • Exposure to public sector projects

  • Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Terraform)

  • Awareness of the Digital Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice, particularly in geospatial or public sector contexts

    Role and Responsibilities:

    This is a varied role suited to someone who enjoys the pace, responsibility and collaboration of consultancy.

    You will be involved with the following types of activity:

  • Design and deliver high-quality solutions: building, enhancing and maintaining software, infrastructure and deployment pipelines that are robust, secure and scalable. Projects may include solutions involving geospatial data, GIS platforms and open-source mapping tools.

  • Work collaboratively across disciplines: partnering with Senior and Lead Engineers, Delivery Managers, Designers and Data Scientists to shape solutions, contribute to technical documentation and deliver against agreed plans.

  • Apply standards and best practice: follow established engineering approaches, contribute accurate technical estimates and proactively identify and escalate risks or issues.

  • Communicate clearly and build relationships: present ideas, prototypes and progress updates to stakeholders, while building strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and partner organisations.

    Applications:

    Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?

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