Principal Product Engineer-Maritime Program Coordinator

Summary

Join Esri's software development team as a product engineer and contribute to the world's leading GIS software. You will focus on advancing maritime and ENC support across ArcGIS products, working closely with product management to refine requirements and user workflows. Responsibilities include acting as a program coordinator, testing and prototyping, communicating with stakeholders, and maintaining knowledge of maritime standards. You will also lead meetings, create prototypes, and work with technical writers to create documentation. This role requires 8+ years of experience with maritime standards and ENC, experience with ArcGIS software, excellent communication skills, and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Esri offers competitive total rewards, including health and welfare benefits, retirement programs, paid time off, and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with maritime standards, in particular ENC
• Experience using ArcGIS software (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online)
• Experience and ability to empathize with and articulate ArcGIS customer needs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including in a leadership or influencer role
• Strong coordination and collaboration skills, including use of project management tools
• Ability to understand and clearly express connections between larger customer goals and software features
• Self-starter with effective time management and organizational skills
• Experience with one or more of the following platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS
• Bachelor’s in GIS, computer science, engineering, physical or social sciences, or related fields

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge of relevant maritime standards and use from a holistic customer-centric perspective
• Act as a customer advocate by passionately articulating prioritized use cases to the product development teams
• Coordinate and drive design and development efforts across product teams to ensure consistent and complete implementation
• Lead and facilitate meetings with product and software engineers
• Create prototypes to test and validate software and provide feedback to the product teams throughout the software development cycle
• Ensure transparency by communicating development progress regularly with product management and stakeholders
• Work with technical writers to create consistent documentation about new features across products
• Share new features with customers via blog posts, learn lessons, and technical workshops

Preferred Qualifications

• Software development experience, ideally with the ArcGIS Maps SDKs (Native or Web)
• Experience or knowledge of other GIS software (GeoServer, QGIS)
• Project management experience using tools such as GitHub
• Practical experience working as part of the software development process
• Understanding of Agile and design-centric software methodologies and tools
• Master's in GIS, computer science, engineering, physical or social sciences, or related fields

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
• Minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth