Full Stack Software Engineer Fish Data Systems

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission•Portland, OR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) is recruiting candidates to fill the role of a Full Stack Software Engineer to maintain and build systems that directly support the sustainability and management of fish populations across the Pacific region. Additionally, this role supports regional fishery data systems used by Tribal, Federal, State, and non-governmental partners. These systems play a critical role in fisheries management, including informing decisions related to mitigation, rebuilding fish populations, and harvest allocation across regional and binational governing bodies. This role offers the opportunity to work on systems that directly influence real-world environmental and policy decisions, while using a modern full stack to evolve existing systems and collaborating across a diverse network of partners. This role offers a sustainable pace of work focused on long-term system improvements rather than rapid churn. This position is based at our Headquarters office in Portland, Oregon.

Requirements

One year of Specialized Experience which demonstrates: Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and requirements appropriate to systems and applications software design and development; Knowledge of planning sequences necessary to accomplish assignments where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls; and Adaptation of guidelines or precedents to the needs of the assignment.
Experience building and supporting data-driven applications
Experience working with and improving existing or legacy codebases
Full-stack development experience
Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and React
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
Familiarity with RESTful APIs and Git
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Software development in a Microsoft Windows and/or Linux (Ubuntu), Windows
Software development platforms: Node.js
Programming language: JavaScript, TypeScript
Relational database management system: SQL, PostgreSQL
Web authoring tools: React, HTML and CSS
RESTful API design and integration
Version Control: Git version control
Knowledge of relational database management systems and structured query language.
Knowledge of effective technical writing techniques.

Nice To Haves

Backend: .NET
Programming language: C#, Python, R, Perl
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Azure SQL Database
Query Languages: T-SQL, PL/SQL, DAX (Power BI)
Frontend / UI / Analytics Tools: Svelte, Next.js
Cloud & DevOps: Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), Containerization (Docker), CI/CD pipelines
Development Tools & Data Platforms: Visual Studio Code, Azure Data Studio, Azure Data Factory
Other: Legacy system migration experience, Visual FoxPro familiarity (plus)

Responsibilities

Design, modernize, and scale data platforms using a modern technology stack, delivering systems that drive real-world fish management and fisheries decisions while partnering across scientific and technical teams
Develop and maintain full-stack web applications
Work within and improve existing codebases
Design and integrate APIs and database-driven systems
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate needs into technical solutions
Write clear documentation and communicate technical concepts effectively
Participate in issue tracking, prioritization, and release processes
Analyze, design, test, and implement complex, personal computer based, real-time, data acquisition system software.
Develop complex software applications.
Create entity relationship models, process data flow models.
Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
Interact and deal effectively with individuals and groups having diverse backgrounds (biologists, engineers, statisticians, economists, fiscal specialists, computer specialists, etc.) to translate their needs to software functionality.