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Overview
Are you passionate about enhancing web experiences and pushing browser capabilities? Join us as a Product Engineer and help shape the future of Esri’s web offerings. In this role, you’ll improve interactive maps and apps, support complex analyses, and enable smarter decision-making. You'll work closely with developers to align requirements, design solutions, manage issues, and create clear documentation, ensuring quality from concept to delivery. Be part of a fast-paced team that builds, tests, and supports the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, document, release, and support the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript (including core API, web components, and libraries) to enhance product quality
- Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to gather feedback and guide future releases
- Define customer needs and translate them into product improvements and new designs
- Create thorough documentation, including API references, code samples, templates, and tutorials
- Troubleshoot and fix bugs from internal testing and customer reports
- Stay current with web and browser trends to ensure a modern user experience
- Commit to continuous learning and evolving with web technologies
- Contribute to roadmap planning, provide technical leadership, and assist with implementation design
- Dive deep into technical details to inform decisions and drive innovation
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with web development
- Highly skilled with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Proficiency with JavaScript frameworks, TypeScript and build tools
- Experience with frontend testing tools like Vitest, Storybook, and Playwright
- Experience with cross-functional collaboration, such as code reviews, sharing knowledge, and solving problems with others
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong presentation skills; able to effectively communicate design concepts to large audiences, as well as the ability to explain complex SDK features to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Bachelor's in GIS, geography, computer science, math, or related fields
Recommended Qualifications
- Expertise in online mapping, GIS, and data visualization
- Proficiency with Web Components
- Experience with frontend testing tools like Vitest, Storybook, and Playwright
- Knowledge of accessibility, internationalization, and localization best practices
- Familiarity with Node.js, GitHub Actions, and DevOps workflows
- Experience writing documentation using JSDoc, Markdown, and/or MDX
- Master's in GIS, geography, computer science, math, or related fields
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Total Rewards
Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The Company
At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri’s Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.
If you don’t meet all of the preferred qualifications for this position, we encourage you to still apply!
Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
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