# Software Development Engineer II – Back-End (Mission-Focused | ArcGIS) at Esri

- Company: Esri
- What the company does: Esri is the global market leader in Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, location intelligence, mapping software, and spatial analytics. Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations and 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://esri.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Vienna, Virginia, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://www.esri.com/careers/5219795007?gh_jid=5219795007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/esri-software-development-engineer-ii-back-end-mission-focused-arcgis-2/

## About the role

Join Esri`s team and build backend systems that power mission critical geospatial applications supporting Defense and Intelligence operations. As a Software Development Engineer II, you will design and develop scalable backend services and APIs that enable complex data processing, system integration, and real time analytics. Your work will directly support high impact operational systems, helping organizations transform large scale data into actionable insights.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
- Professional experience developing backend services using Python, JavaScript/Node,js and Java
- Experience designing and building REST APIs and service-based architectures
- Experience extending or integrating with ArcGIS Enterprise or similar enterprise geospatial platforms
- Familiarity with geoprocessing workflows, proxies and middleware services and automation of GIS or data processing tasks
- Experience working in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)

Tags: PS Services Delivery Domestic