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Senior Backend Engineer
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Date: Apr 21, 2025
Location: Philadelphia, PA, US US
Company: Bentley Systems
Senior Back-End Engineer
Cesium ion
Location: Office-Based / Home-Based / Hybrid in the US. Preferably located near Philadelphia.
Position Summary
Bentley is creating an open platform for the built and natural environment to empower software developers to build digital twin experiences. Cesium (now a part of Bentley) has more than 10,000,000 lifetime open-source downloads for building geospatial visualization and simulation applications, and the Cesium ion SaaS platform for tiling, hosting, and serving 3D geospatial data reaches more than 20,000 monthly active developers.
Cesium is defining the standard for 3D across industries from the construction site to the battlefield, from outer space to underground. We are in an extraordinary position and are looking for a senior back-end-focused, engineer
Your Day-to-day
- Help create, document, test, and maintain the REST APIs that define Cesium ion.
- Work with a team of developers to optimize, grow, and operate our platform – both on the cloud and with our self-hosted solution
- Support the integration of Cesium 3D data pipeline and analytics into ion to enable users to unlock the potential of massive 3D geospatial data sets
- Contribute to the architecture planning and implementation focused on increasing Cesium and Bentley platforms integrations.
- Be an active participant in a collaborative and supportive development environment using GitHub - for code reviews and CI
- Collaborate with product management on platform roadmap and product line strategy
- Represent Cesium true to our brand as an authentic authority in 3D geospatial
- Work in a fast-paced continuous learning environment
- Minimal travel would be required in this role.
- Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements).
What You Bring To The Team
- Over 10 years of relevant work experience
- A strong understanding of REST APIs and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Proven experience with container-based development and deployment using Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Notable experience with cloud-based architectures such as AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- A strong set of modern JavaScript and Node.js development skills
- Experience or interest in DevOps, Infrastructure, and CI/CD
- Experience improving software products through automation and testing
- Understanding of geospatial data and services would be great, but not required
- A desire to learn new tools, capabilities, platforms, and your toolbox through continuous education
- A willingness to mentor other Cesium developers and colleagues
- BS, MS, MBA, or equivalent experience
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent’s software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. Bentley Systems’ 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.
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