GIS Developer

#### About Afterrealism Afterrealism is a small geospatial software consultancy in Canberra. We build maps, data platforms, and cloud systems for organisations across Australia to a standard set inside Geoscience Australia and CSIRO. Small is the point: you work directly with the founder, your decisions ship, and you can see exactly where your work lands. #### About the role You'll build the software side of our geospatial work: interactive web maps, spatial APIs, tile services, and the data pipelines that feed them. Contract, part-time or full-time flexible. Canberra or Remote following Australian time zone. Our stack leans modern and open SvelteKit, MapLibre, deck.gl, PostGIS, cloud-native formats like COG and PMTiles, and edge deployment on GCP. You'll ship real systems that real organisations depend on. #### What you'll do * Build interactive web mapping applications (MapLibre, deck.gl, or similar) * Design and run spatial APIs and tile services (vector tiles, COG, PMTiles) * Model and query spatial data in PostGIS * Build ETL pipelines for geospatial data * Deploy and operate services on cloud platforms #### What we're looking for * Solid JavaScript/TypeScript * Experience with at least one modern web mapping libr * SQL and PostGIS fundamentals * Comfortable with Git and code review * Pragmatic API design instincts #### Nice to have * SvelteKit or another modern meta-framework * Serverless / edge platforms * GDAL and the command-line geospatial toolbox * Open-source contributions #### How hiring works Four steps, no black holes: apply, then a 30-minute intro call with the founder, then a short practical task (an hour or so, not a take-home week), then a written offer. A human reads every application. Apply at: <https://afterrealism.com/careers/gis-develop>