Senior Software Engineer (SSE)-Node.JS With GIS Domain Expertise

Who We Are

Brightly, the global leader in intelligent asset management solutions, enables organizations to transform the performance of their assets. Brightly’s sophisticated cloud-based platform leverages more than 20 years of data to deliver predictive insights that help users through the key phases of the entire asset lifecycle. More than 12,000 clients of every size worldwide depend on Brightly’s complete suite of intuitive software – including CMMS, EAM, Strategic Asset Management, IoT Remote Monitoring, Sustainability and Community Engagement. Paired with award-winning training, support and consulting services, Brightly helps light the way to a bright future with smarter assets and sustainable communities.

About The Job

Brightly Software continues to grow and needs amazing engineers. We are looking for a skilled Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and expertise in Node.js. As an SSE in this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining advanced GIS-based software applications using Node.js to process, analyze, and visualize geospatial data. You will play a key role in building scalable, high-performance systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate geospatial data into modern web and backend systems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• GIS Software Development: Lead the development of GIS solutions, leveraging Node.js to build APIs and backend services that interact with spatial data.
• Geospatial Data Integration: Integrate geospatial data sources (e.g., shapefiles, GeoJSON, raster data) into applications, ensuring accurate data processing and management.
• Node.js Application Development: Design and implement backend solutions using Node.js, focusing on performance, security, and scalability to process large geospatial datasets.
• API Development: Develop and maintain RESTful APIs that expose geospatial data and GIS services, ensuring smooth integration with other systems and frontend applications.
• Spatial Data Management: Optimize databases for handling geospatial data, utilizing PostGIS, MongoDB, or other spatial database technologies.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with front-end developers, product managers, and other engineers to ensure GIS features meet business requirements. Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and best practices.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize GIS systems for performance, reliability, and data throughput.
• Documentation & Best Practices: Create and maintain clear technical documentation for geospatial APIs, services, and architectures. Ensure coding standards and best practices are followed.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in both GIS and Node.js development to drive innovation in the team.
• Support our products, identify and fix root causes of production incidents, own troubleshooting and resolution of production issues across teams.
• Own discovery, solutioning, monitoring, incident resolution – imbibe and socialize DevOps mindset.
• Own product quality and work to quickly address production defects.
• Embed a DevOps mentality within the team.
• Serve as a senior member for your team as needed or special purpose projects per business priority. Identify & own coaching opportunities.
• Stay current with learning current trends in technology and mentor and guide junior engineers and interns.
• Partner with Tech Leads, architects, engineers, development managers, product managers, agile coaches across the engineering practice in an agile environment, with scrum implemented at scale globally.
• Driver in continuous improvement processes through metrics and feedback. Welcome, change and complexity.  Learn quickly and adapt fast.  Be a change leader!
  
  

What You Need

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Geospatial Sciences, Geography, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2-3 years focused on GIS applications.
• Strong experience with Node.js for backend development.
• Expertise in GIS technologies (ArcGIS, QGIS, GeoServer, MapServer, etc.) and spatial data formats (GeoJSON, KML, shapefiles).
• Experience with spatial databases (PostGIS, MongoDB with GeoJSON support, etc.).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development.
• Advanced knowledge of Node.js and JavaScript (ES6+).
• Familiarity with geospatial libraries like GDAL, GeoPandas, Turf.js, or other JavaScript-based spatial libraries.
• Strong experience with version control systems like Git and agile development practices.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and deployment tools (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, with a focus on optimizing geospatial data handling and processing.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members.
• A proactive team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
• 3+ years’ unit testing, mocking frameworks, automation frameworks.
• DevOps mindset – 3+ years’ experience in CI/CD, SDLC environment, implemented exception handling, logging, monitoring, performance measurement, operational metrics knowledge.
• 3+ years’ experience working in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong communication, partnership, teamwork, and influencing skills required.
  
  

Technologies:

• NodeJS/ NestJS Framework
• Messaging framework (ActiveMQ/Kafka)
• SQL Server/MySql/MongoDB or Postgres
• Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS
• Dockerization and Containerization
• Reactive programming
• Markup languages like XML/JSON/Yaml
• In depth knowledge of version tools like Git/Bitbucket
• Expertise in GIS technologies (ArcGIS, QGIS, GeoServer, MapServer, etc.) and spatial data formats (GeoJSON, KML, shapefiles).
• Experience with spatial databases (PostGIS, MongoDB with GeoJSON support, etc.).
  
  

Bonus Points:

• Openshift/Kubernetes
• Open-source contribution, repositories, personal projects
• Participation in communities of interest, meetups
• Certifications in technology, agile methodologies
• Prior experience in agile implemented at scale across multiple teams globally
• Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS
  
  

The Brightly culture

Service. Ingenuity. Integrity. Together. These values are core to who we are and help us make the best decisions, manage change, and provide the foundations for our future. These guiding principles help us innovate, flourish and make a real impact in the businesses and communities we help to thrive. We are committed to the great experiences that nurture our employees and the people we serve while protecting the environments in which we live.

Together we are Brightly