Company
Farallon seeks technically agile GIS professionals
Develop advanced technical workflows and location-based services for government and commercial clients
Who we are looking for?
Farallon is seeking entrepreneurial individuals with diverse technological backgrounds. We are looking for dedicated, self-motivated professionals who seek technical challenges in a fast paced, quickly expanding, team-oriented environment. Positions are hands-on and involve developing and following complex technical workflows for a variety of GIS and web related tasks for a variety of GIS clients. You must have the technical agility, focus, flexibility, enthusiasm and vision to complement such a work environment.
Why you should look at Farallon
Long term relationships with staff, clients & partners - Farallon fosters a positive work environment focused on industry leadership, innovation, intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, shared knowledge and a sense of ownership and responsibility.
Collegial & collaborative without bureaucracy - Our nimble size allows staff to have a wide variety of responsibilities and opportunities for growth and development. Team members work on several projects - sometimes as the project manager and other times as an individual contributor.
Benefits - Farallon offers a competitive salary plus excellent benefits. Farallon's incentive cash bonus plan ties individual compensation to the success of Farallon. We also offer generous personal time off policy (18 days per year for first 5 years then 24 days per year after 5 years); Blue Cross medical (choice of PPO or HMO), Blue Cross dental, VSP vision and Principal life insurance; as well as the e401K plan through Fidelity Investments with a company contribution.
Current Openings
GIS Web Application Developer
Farallon Geographics, Inc. seeks an innovative and entrepreneurial Web Application Developer to join our geospatial systems integration team. We desire an enthusiastic engineer who can develop efficient, well-structured systems to power our suite of enterprise map-based asset management and decision support applications.
We are seeking an expert with object-oriented technologies who can work comfortably with enterprise relational databases and a variety of technologies. You should be driven by the opportunity to help Farallon improve application development tools, platforms, and patterns.
Required Qualifications:
- BS in a science, computer science, or engineering field, or the equivalent experience
- 1-3 years of creating services driven web application development using .NET/.NET MVC (C# preferred) or Python
- At least 1 year of experience creating database driven web sites
- Familiarity with Open Source web frameworks like Django a plus
- Familiarity with common design patterns (e.g., Active Record, Repository)
- Understanding of common network architectures
- Ability to work collaboratively and productively in a small team
- Excellent communication and organization skills
Preferred Technical Qualifications:
- Experience with Open Source geospatial technologies desirable
- Mobile application development experience a plus (Android preferred)
- Experience working with database like Postgres, MS SQL Server is very desirable
- JavaScript coding experience and debugging skills helpful
- Experience with traditional GIS systems (e.g., ESRI) is desirable
Farallon offers a competitive salary commensurate with your talents and an excellent benefits program including health, vision, life and 401K.
To apply send a cover letter (including why you are interested in GIS and Farallon Geographics. Include your most recent salary) and resume (PDF format preferred, .doc accepted) to :
San Francisco Bay Area residents preferred.
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