People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programs, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Working with ESRI, Open Source, JavaScript, Python and other GIS and development software, you will provide critical input to delivering projects on time and budget. With exposure to a wide range of market sectors and an extensive knowledge pool, you will deliver dynamic, innovative solutions to internal and external clients.
- Full time employment with us is based on 40 hours per week
- This role can be based on a Hybrid basis from any of our key UK hub offices (Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Leeds or Winnersh / Reading)
- Knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript for front-end development and front end frameworks such as React, Vue.js and Angular2
- Experience with web mapping libraries, for example Mapbox, Leaflet, OpenLayers and Cesium ION
- Experience with map server technologies including frontend integrations
- Experience with debugging and solving geospatial projection issues
- Experience of the ESRI product stack particularly the ESRI Javascript APIs and App frameworks, for instance Next or Nuxt
- Experience with backend node application programming including frameworks such as Strapi
- Version control and code collaboration tools such as git / GitHub
- Awareness of emerging Geospatial trends and technologies
- An appetite to solve problems in creative and versatile ways, working as part of a collaborative team at pace
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
- Non-essential but desirable experience includes enterprise level spatial databases (ie SQL Server or PostgresSQL), back-end web frameworks such as ASP.Net / Django, automated testing experience (unit testing, e2e testing), knowledge of cloud hosting eg Azure or AWS, and containerisation (Docker and / or Kubernetes)
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