JLL supports the Whole You, personally and professionally.
Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology to our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry; and we support them through professional growth, flexibility, and personalized benefits to manage life in and outside of work. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades, and technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, we empower you to shape a brighter way forward so you can thrive professionally and personally.
Staff Software Developer – JLL
What this job involves:
As a Staff Software Developer at JLL, you will lead the design and implementation of complete features spanning React frontend, C# backend services, database layer, and deployment pipeline. This senior technical role requires you to discover problems, determine their criticality, and drive your own projects to successful conclusion while mentoring junior engineers. You'll design and build scalable geospatial solutions leveraging the ArcGIS stack, set up end-to-end DevSecOps processes, and take leadership roles in large projects. Working closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders in fast iteration cycles, you'll leverage AI coding assistants and enterprise software agents to rapidly develop production-quality code while maintaining the highest quality standards.
What your day-to-day will look like:
Lead solution design and independently create solutions for ill-defined or complex problems that cross domains, considering interactions with other systems and future maintenance
Design and build scalable geospatial solutions leveraging the ArcGIS stack to surface enterprise data, optimizing spatial data workflows and query performance
Set up end-to-end solution structure, DevSecOps tooling and processes using Octopus Deploy and cloud technologies while taking leadership roles in large projects
Leverage AI coding assistants and enterprise software agents to rapidly develop, test, and iterate on production-quality code with strong ability to review, validate, and debug AI-generated outputs
Own quality assurance through comprehensive testing approaches including unit testing, system integration testing, and user acceptance testing, developing robust tests to cover all relevant cases
Triage complicated failures and drive to resolution independently, helping others with their troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Mentor junior engineers on proper standards and techniques to improve their accuracy and efficiency while providing ongoing support to applications used within the organization
Required Qualifications:
8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Hands-on experience with modern LLM APIs across multiple providers, including prompt engineering, tool use/function calling, structured outputs, and context engineering
Strong ability to review, validate, and debug AI-generated code with strong engineering judgment to know when to trust AI output and when to intervene
ArcGIS JS development and integration experience
Solid understanding of backend systems, microservice architectures, and distributed systems in Python, Node.js, Java, Go, or C#
Experience designing and maintaining RESTful or gRPC APIs
Solid experience with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB)
Working knowledge of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and containerization (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes)
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience building or deploying LLM-enabled systems, AI agents, or agent orchestration frameworks
Experience designing evaluation and testing frameworks for AI/agent-generated outputs
Familiarity with enterprise AI/agent platforms and tool ecosystems
Front-end experience with React, Angular, or Vue.js for internal tools and dashboards
Experience in Commercial Real Estate, Research, Financial Services, or other data-intensive domains
Experience modernizing legacy systems or migrating platforms to cloud-native architectures
If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements below. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!
Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:
JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health.
About JLL –
We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 102,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities.
Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.
Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.
