GIS Application Developer Sr. at Southern Company
Atlanta, GA
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Jul 7, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior developer role focused on building and maintaining custom GIS applications within a gas utility's technology portfolio, working primarily on the ESRI platform alongside commercial off-the-shelf solutions. Day-to-day work spans full-cycle development across web-based GIS, mobile, and integration technologies, with responsibilities that include technical design documentation, debugging, deployment, production support, and mentoring junior developers. Suits an experienced GIS software developer with strong ESRI and object-oriented programming skills.
Senior level · 5+ years · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 960 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 200–1,450
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,884 (middle half $106,941–$167,811).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The 5-year minimum experience requirement is explicitly tied to 'GIS application software development or support' — captured as both overall years minimum and as the years demanded on the ESRI GIS Platform skill.
C# and Java are presented as interchangeable alternatives ('C#, Java, or other object-oriented programming language'); C# is listed first and is the more common choice in the ESRI/.NET ecosystem, so it is the primary with Java as the alternative.
ESRI .NET SDK and ESRI Java SDK are similarly presented as alternatives ('ESRI's .NET or Java SDK'); emitted as one skill with the alternative noted.
TFS and GitHub are listed together for version control with no firm gating language ('Experience with TFS/GitHub'), so treated as preferred with each as an alternative of the other.
GitHub Copilot and Claude are explicitly called 'welcome' rather than required, so treated as preferred.
Oracle, JavaScript/TypeScript/Angular, Windows Server administration, JIRA, Agile/Kanban/Scrum, and ITIL are all listed under preferred or with 'preferred' language.
No work location city is explicitly stated in the posting; Atlanta, GA is inferred as the likely base given Southern Company Gas is headquartered there.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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