Junior Geospatial Developer

Job overview

The Junior Geospatial Developer role is onsite in Chestertown, MD, and pays $50,000–$55,000 per year. Washington College's role supports GIS initiatives and sponsor-funded and partner-supported projects. Working under senior engineering guidance, the developer contributes to geospatial applications, data integration, and automation workflows, helping deliver reliable web-based and enterprise GIS tools and solutions.

What you'll do

• Assist with web-based and enterprise GIS applications in cloud and hosted environments
• contribute to architecture and system integration
• participate in requirements review, development, testing, and deployment support
• integrate datasets and analytical outputs into dashboards, applications, and geospatial services
• develop and maintain APIs and automated geoprocessing workflows as assigned
• follow coding, documentation, and version-control practices
• troubleshoot systems
• collaborate with data and analytics teams
• support student and intern development tasks.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

junior geospatial developer

gis

geospatial applications

javascript

python

apis

automation workflows

chestertown md

washington college

$50k–$55k

cloud databases

no visa sponsorship

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting seeks familiarity with JavaScript and Python, spatial data integration, APIs or automation, and cloud databases such as Firebase; willingness to mentor interns is noted.

About the employer

Washington College is hiring for this role. Industry: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. Sector: 61.