Role OverviewWe are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support advanced software development efforts in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey at the EROS Center in Sioux Falls, SD. This is a full-time, onsite position, requiring regular in-person collaboration with team members, scientists, and mission partners. As a senior developer, you will influence technical direction, provide mentorship to junior engineers, contribute to system architecture decisions, and help drive complex software initiatives from design to deployment.
What You Will Do
Build mission-critical systems used across the scientific and geospatial community, take on a leadership role in modernizing high-visibility, high-volume Earth observation pipelines, collaborate with highly skilled engineers, scientists, and stakeholders across USGS and NASA, leverage and expand your expertise with modern cloud, software engineering, and geospatial technologies.
Why It Might Be a Fit
A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, a quick learner who is always ready to gain depth of knowledge, a reliable worker who knows the importance of showing up when it counts, able to plan and execute plans across teams, effective communicator both written and verbal.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline
- 8 + years of professional software development experience
- Proven experience designing and delivering complex, mission-critical systems
- Experience supporting distributed or cloud-native architectures is strongly preferred
- 3 + years of continuous U.S. residency to meet Government Security credential requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation for facility access
Benefits
- Competitive wage and benefits package
- Medical, dental, vision and life/disability insurance
- Vacation and paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401k with company match
- Employee referral program
- Community involvement investing and giving back to the community
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