Software Developer II - Android Flight App

Overview

Join Esri’s ArcGIS Flight team and help shape the future of drone technology for mapping and analytics. Our Android apps empower users to plan, control, and capture high-quality imagery and video from drones, delivering critical data for industries and missions around the world. 

As a Software Developer, you’ll collaborate with a talented, cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, and designers to create intuitive, high-performance mobile experiences that integrate cutting-edge Android and drone technologies. You’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable industry experience in UAS / drones, one of the fastest-growing technologies in the geospatial software world. Your work will involve exciting challenges such as real-time drone control, autonomous mission planning, and seamless integration with ArcGIS mapping tools, all while writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code. 

If you are passionate about building a complex drone control app for the best imagery product in the world, join us!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to design, develop, and enhance the ArcGIS Flight Android app


• Implement features that connect drones to powerful mapping and analytics workflows


• Work with modern Android frameworks, Jetpack libraries, KMP, and Kotlin best practices


• Contribute to code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of our development process


• Implement unit tests to ensure baseline quality in all releases

Requirements

• 2+ years of commercial Android software development experience


• Strong math skills, especially related to trigonometry and geometry


• Understanding of algorithms and design patterns


• Experience working with REST services and/or 3rd party SDK’s


• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience building spatial/mapping applications or software components


• Experience with Android Jetpack Compose


• Experience with KMP


• Familiarity with ArcGIS platform


• Experience with ArcGIS Maps SDK


• Experience developing software for drones


• Experience developing apps with Swift


• Experience working with remote teams