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# Software Development Engineer - National Imagery

- **Company:** Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
- **Location:** Vienna, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $123,136.0 - $202,488.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), ArcGIS (Software), C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Image Analysis, Release Management, RemoteView, Software Engineering, Esri GIS (Software), Gpu Programming, Information Technology, Lidar, GXP
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.esri.com/careers/5217978007

## About the Role

* 5+ years of development experience with high performance imagery applications
 * Software development experience working on COTS or GOTS software
 * Experience with C/C++ or advanced C#/.NET software development programming
 * Significant experience with remote sensing, image processing, photogrammetry, and/or image analysis application development
 * Experience in the defense and/or intelligence communities
 * Able to work with controlled unclassified information (CUI)
 * U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret Clearance with SCI access
 * Bachelor's in computer science, geography, engineering, remote sensing, photogrammetry, or related field

Recommended Qualifications

 * Experience with Graphics and GPU programming
 * Experience developing using Esri APIs
 * Experience in processing pipeline optimization
 * Familiarity with the NITF format and specifications
 * Active U.S. Top Secret clearance with SCI access
 * Experience with ArcGIS, ENVI, Socet GXP, or RemoteView

## Description

Apply your software development education and experience as a senior member of our software development team. You will build and release Esri software technologies focused on the intersection between GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing for the defense and intelligence communities. In this role, you will collaborate with a talented team of software developers and product engineers to create, build, test, and release advanced software technologies focused on imagery users. This is an exciting opportunity to focus your programming skills on designing and building powerful tools to support a wide variety of analytical workflows and imagery sources (such as MS and HSI, TIR, RADAR, LiDAR, Motion Imagery, and other remotely sensed data and information). The work will focus on an analytical capability that will further the efficacy of remote sensing in GIS., * Understand U.S. DoD and intelligence community user requirements and develop appropriate GIS and remote sensing software for various defense and intelligence scenarios

 * Develop rich image processing and analysis capabilities for multiple modalities including EO (MS and HSI), TIR, Radar, and motion imagery
 * Develop industry leading cloud friendly desktop and enterprise class software for common defense and intelligence workflows involving data formats such as NITF, GeoTIFF, and MISB compliant video (FMV)
 * Develop advanced image processing components, algorithms, and APIs
 * Share and collaborate with other software developers and product engineers to integrate community toolkits and libraries into ArcGIS
 * Help solve and articulate complex problems with application design, development, and great user experiences
 * More seasoned candidates will lead development projects and mentor junior developers


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