GIS Applications Developer
Jobgether
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Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A GIS Applications Developer role focused on building geospatial software tools to support disaster recovery and resilience work for government clients. Day-to-day work involves developing ArcGIS Pro extensions, integrating machine learning models, automating geospatial workflows, and connecting data sources via APIs. Suited to an experienced developer with strong Python and Esri platform skills who has worked in or around federal, state, or local government contexts.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 470 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 200–710
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $119,144 (middle half $81,115–$160,963).
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)
SOC classification is a judgement call: the role is titled 'GIS Applications Developer' and centers on geospatial software engineering (ArcGIS Pro extensions, Python scripting, ML integration). 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used because GIS Developers are a recognized specialty not cleanly captured by 15-1252 Software Developers, though 15-1252 is a strong runner-up given the software-development framing.
The JD requires the ability to 'obtain or currently hold a Public Trust clearance.' A Public Trust is a suitability determination, not a formal security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None. Hiring managers should note this background investigation requirement when screening candidates.
SQL, R, and SAS are listed together under 'Familiarity with additional analytical technologies such as…' — a preferred/familiarity framing under the requirements section. SQL is emitted as the primary with R and SAS as alternatives; all treated as preferred given the 'familiarity' qualifier.
AWS is listed as 'preferred' explicitly ('cloud-based geospatial solutions preferred'), so it is marked preferred despite appearing in the requirements section.
Tableau and Power BI are listed together as examples of BI/visualization tools; Tableau is emitted as primary with Power BI as an alternative, both preferred.
Machine learning appears in the accountabilities (ArcGIS Pro extensions integrating ML models) and is listed as a desirable advantage, not a hard gate — marked preferred.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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