Job Description

Qualifications: US based person.

Job Details

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following capabilities, skills, and experience.

Pay rate: $45/hr

Bachelor's Degree or higher.
·         2+ years of prior experience as a web app developer or similar position.
·         2+ years of prior experience developing applications with Ruby on Rails (GeoBlacklight experience ideal).
·         Experience deploying to the Cloud environment (AWS preferred). Understanding of core services (EC2, S3, RDS or equivalents).
·         Understanding of Bootstrap, JavaScript, PostGIS or similar frameworks.
·         Familiarity with Apache/Nginx web server management (certificates, ports, DNS).
·         Comfortable with Linux command line utilities and standard Git best practices.
·         Experience cleaning and optimizing geospatial data into various file formats (e.g. .shp, .gdb, geojson, kml, etc.)
·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Preferred qualifications:
·         Experience with GeoServer (strongly preferred), Tomcat, or other Java-based server application.
·         Experience with a NoSQL-like document store/search application (e.g., ElasticSearch, MongoDB; Solr strongly preferred) and at least one SQL database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
·         Familiarity with Geospatial metadata, Geospatial files (shapefile, geodatabase, Lidar data..)
·         Prior experience in code reviews, providing bug fixes and support.
·         Ability to efficiently document workflows and train staff, as needed.
·         Ability to collaborate with the GeoBlacklight Community.
·         Ability, experience, and desire to work in a hybrid/remote setting (edited)