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 versatile. 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

📌 GIS Developer (Australia)
🏢 After Realism
📍 Australia