GIS Developer

GIS SW Developer

Location:                             Brussels

Start date:                          ASAP

End date:                            6 months with possible extension

Rate:                                    Best market rate

Languages:                         ENGLISH (FRENCH is an asset). The working language is English

 Main Responsibilities & Profile:

The following qualifications shall be provided by the Software candidate:

a) A formal bachelor’s degree or higher in Software Engineering. In case this is not available, the equivalent through professional experience and professional training

b) Very good analytical and problem-solving skills,

c) Convinced of the importance of integrating automatic regression tests as part of the coding activities,

e) Experience in using software configuration and change management processes and tools,

f) Experience with OO design and development techniques,

g) Experience with Agile development methodologies,

i) Ability to write/contribute to design documents,

j) Ability to work under tight schedules and pressure.

You will need to have:

a) Experience on the provision of 24/7 on call services to production environment,

b) Ability to provide 24/7 or 15/7 on-call service.

In addition, the profile shall comprise the following skills:

• Experience with software design of high availability systems
• Experience in design of user-friendly user interfaces, usability-minded design skills
• Experience in developments with GIS (Geographic Information System) software in a Java environment for Swing and for web applications (WMS, WFS)
• Experience in web-based map applications (WMS, WFS), and interactive map applications over the web
• Experience of developments with LuciadLightspeed and LuciadRia
• Good knowledge of geometrical systems
• Experience in GIS libraries other than LuciadLightspeed and LuciadRia
• Experience with the development of software layers using communication protocols
• Experience with open source tools based on Java technology and Java IDE like Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA
• Experience with JUnit and profiling tools
• Unix or Linux, including knowledge of a scripting language such as, Bash, Korn-shell
• Knowledge of code generation (experience on code generation techniques/tools based on formal models)
• Java programming skills (from 1 to 6 Years)
• Ability to work on complex systems
• NM business knowledge
• Very good algorithmic thinking skills
• Ability to absorb large amounts of complex information (being able to work on and maintain a huge code base)