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Software Engineer, GIS Products

Software Engineer, GIS Products

Sanderson

Posted 14 hours ago, valid for 19 hours

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

Sanderson Recruitment is seeking a Software Developer for a public sector organization, offering a day-rate contract.
The position is available in Glasgow or Edinburgh, with occasional office visits and accessible transport options.
Candidates should possess at least 3 years of experience and expertise in technologies such as Python 3, Java 17+, and PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, AWS services, and high-performance computing related to GIS is also required.
The role emphasizes collaboration in a cross-functional team and the adoption of agile methodologies for delivering high-quality software solutions.

Overview

Sanderson Recruitment are working with a well-regarded public sector organisation who are looking to add a Software Developer with experience of building modern GIS products on a day-rate contract basis. This role can be based in Glasgow or Edinburgh with occasional office visits, both office locations are easily accessible by road or public transport.

This engagement will focus on the delivery of a system which will act as a replacement and retirement of a legacy mapping system by delivering modern GIS products

Required Skills

Applicants should have demonstrable commercial experience working with most of the below technologies:

Python 3 and/or Java 17+
PostgreSQL/PostGIS
Modern DevOps and CI/CD practices including deployment pipelines and Jenkins.
High performance computing and geometric methods relating to GIS
AWS including:
- CDK
- Serverless (Lambda)
- S3
- SQS
- API Gateway
- CloudFormation
- Aurora/Postgres

You should also be comfortable delivering high-quality software solutions in a collaborative manner as part of a high-performing, cross-functional team. You should be comfortable adopting agile ways of working and developing solutions using human-centred, research-driven, inclusive design practices.

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