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Software Development Engineer II – Python

Esri Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Posted: 03 Jul 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $50k - $70k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Hybrid
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Intermediate
  • English: Professional

Position

We are looking for a software engineer who is driven to build and maintain large-scale backend services and APIs. You would be responsible for the systems design, development, and delivery of ArcGIS Image Dedicated services that help users to host and process imagery at scale. This includes designing flexible, extensible systems that offer a great developer experience, fast and reliable performance, and robust operations with high availability and monitoring.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with developers, technical architects, and business analysts to implement and configure enterprise systems and technologies to meet user expectations and business objectives.
  • Manage infrastructure and process workflows across various projects on a day-to-day basis.
  • Operate microservices that support infrastructure, monitoring, and management functions.
  • Manage continuous integration software build systems.
  • Utilize Docker and Kubernetes for dynamic and reliable application development and deployment.
  • Respond to alerts and troubleshoot problems.
  • Help develop and extend various Imagery Implementations.
  • Identify process bottlenecks and implement solutions to address these.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of experience managing Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE), logging and monitoring (ELK, Prometheus), and container technologies (Docker).
  • Experience with CLI tools or backend service development, particularly in Python.
  • Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment using Git and Jenkins.
  • Ability to clearly analyze and describe problems and propose solutions.
  • Ability to work closely with software developers, product engineers, and documentation writers to build quality software in a constantly evolving agile environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.

Recommended Qualifications:

  • Strong experience with various cloud systems (AWS, Azure, Google).
  • Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and Python.
  • Understanding of large, high-performance, highly scalable, and resilient cloud-based architectures, including replication/failover, distributed architectures, caches, auto-scaling, rate limiting, and security.
  • Prior experience with software development and release of commercial software.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Esri, diversity is more than a word; it is integral to our culture. We believe that when employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we become more innovative and create a better workplace. We are committed to the ongoing process of learning, growing, and changing our workplace to ensure every employee can contribute to their life's best work.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us with the nature of your request and your contact information.

Esri is an equal opportunity employer 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.

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About Esri

Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. Since 1969, we have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what we call The Science of Where. We take a geographic approach to problem-solving, brought to life by modern GIS technology.