Software Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

We're Element 84 and we're taking on some of the biggest challenges in software: petabyte search, consumer streaming, and Earth science repositories, just to name a few. We are a team of gamers, musicians, artists, pitmasters, pilots, and tinkerers and we think you might have fun helping us solve some big problems. Element 84 was founded by husband-and-wife engineers and has grown into a skilled group of developers, designers, project managers, and business team that build high performance systems for some of the biggest corporate and government clients in the world. Our main office is located in Alexandria, VA but we support a large remote workforce from Michigan to Texas and Pennsylvania to Colorado.

Job Description

Element 84 is looking to add a Software Engineer to our team at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation & Science (EROS) Center (http://eros.usgs.gov/) near Sioux Falls, SD.

Our engineers are a special breed.  Handling petabytes of near real-time satellite data is not for the faint of heart, and we call that Monday morning.  From consumer streaming capabilities to enabling Earth science around the globe, you'll use Clojure, Rails, Java, or you name it to deliver exactly what is needed.  Each day is a brand new and exciting challenge, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

The ideal must have a Software Engineering background and will contribute to and be responsible for developing and maintaining cutting edge, front end and back end systems, user interfaces and applications used for the management of, visualization of, and distribution of remotely sensed satellite and airborne imagery.

The ideal candidate for this position will be provided with a continued software development experience with progressing responsibility.  This work in software development, web development, database development & support, and maintaining & enhancing graphical user interfaces, will be exciting and challenging.

The Software Engineer will:

  • Design and build applications and services using modern software development practices and tools
  • Submit, analyze, and execute assigned configuration change requests in accordance with established Configuration Management (CM) processes.
  • Use software design and maintenance techniques that address lifecycle security concepts.
  • Document preliminary and detailed designs of modules and components that make up a software product.
  • Participate in peer reviews, generate test plans, procedures, and provide content to reports.
  • Support system anomaly analysis, investigation and troubleshooting activities.
  • Communicate with and provide technical status reports on assigned activities to the Software Engineering Lead, Systems Engineer, and other Project Team members, as appropriate.
  • Support special projects, tasks, and or initiatives as assigned.

 

Qualifications

Must Have/Be:

  • At least 2 years’ experience in a software development role.
  • Experienced and comfortable working in Unix/Linux and or MS Windows environments.
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
  • The ability to work independently as well as part of a team.   
  • Able to adapt well to change in direction and priorities in a project and deadline-oriented environment.
  • Software development experience and knowledge with at least three of the following languages:  Python, C/C#/C++, JavaScript, Visual Basic, PHP, and HTML/CSS, Perl, PL/SQL for use with Oracle and Postgres
  • Knowledge of image processing tools such as GDAL and Geographic mapping technologies such as Google Map API, Leaflet Maps API, KML, ArcGIS Server, and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications including WMS, WFS, and WCS.
  • Development experience and knowledge with NetBeans, Eclipse, Visual Studio, or other integrated development environments (IDE).
  • A working knowledge of software development management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, GIT.
  • Working experience with using office automation tools such as MS Office Suite.
  • Familiar with or have working knowledge of AWS cloud reference architectures and AWS best practices, including AWS databases (RDS, Aurora and PostgreSQL).

Education:    Hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, or related field

The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hire to obtain credentials for facility access and user accounts.

Additional Information

Paying attention to who we are -- as a company, as people, as family members, friends, and colleagues, is probably the biggest part of who we are. There are lots of ways to run a company and you have probably experienced more than your share. For us, it's wanting to come to work, being around people we enjoy, taking on big things with people you trust, and sharing our achievements as a team.

  • You’ll get credit when things go right and we’ll have your back when things go wrong.
  • We only take on work that is challenging and right for us. There are projects we will turn down and the team has a say.
  • We may be a small company, but we have big company benefits meant to support the idea that we're here for the long term and that happiness comes from much more than just where you work, including 401k, health & dental insurance, life & disability insurance, flexible schedule, cell phone stipend, flexible spending accounts for transportation and dependent care and a generous PTO policy.

We have an extraordinary retention rate because we only hire extraordinary people. We hope that’s you.

Element 84 is an equal opportunity employer, with a company culture that values diversity. We embrace inclusivity and believe that diversity of thought, perspective, and experience helps us reach higher and think bigger. Element 84 is committed to hiring the best person for the team and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. If you are interested in joining us, we want to hear from you!