Digital Applications Engineer
Digital Applications Engineer
Location: Flexible (Office or Remote Hybrid)
Division: Digital Water Technology Practice
Reports To: Digital Solutions Delivery Lead
Position Overview
We're seeking a Digital Applications Engineer to transform engineering challenges into practical, intuitive, and scalable digital tools for water and wastewater utilities. This role combines software development, data integration, and domain expertise to design and deliver real-world applications that improve planning, operations, asset management, and decision-making.
You'll collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, GIS specialists, and subject-matter experts to build secure, maintainable applications aligned with modern cloud architecture and digital solution frameworks. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys problem-solving, rapid prototyping, and building production-ready tools that make an immediate impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build digital applications, including dashboards, workflows, analytics interfaces, and lightweight web tools.
- Develop user-facing components using modern frameworks (e.g., Power Apps, Python-based web applications, Esri Experience Builder).
- Participate in prototyping, UI/UX design, and user testing to ensure tools are intuitive and support engineering workflows.
- Integrate applications with standardized data pipelines, APIs, and cloud data platforms.
- Operationalize analytical models inside applications in collaboration with data scientists.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related technical discipline.
Experience:
- 3+ years delivering data, analytics, or digital solutions in engineering, infrastructure, or environmental sectors.
- Experience with water, wastewater, stormwater, or utility datasets (SCADA, GIS, CMMS, hydraulic models) preferred.
Technical Competencies:
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, or similar languages.
- Experience with one or more: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Flask/FastAPI, React, ArcGIS Online/Enterprise, FME, Databricks notebooks.
- Understanding of APIs, authentication methods, data modeling, and basic cloud architecture.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices: Git, CI/CD, testing frameworks, documentation standards.
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