Developer, Data & Visualization

Organizational Summary

The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is salmon first salmon always. We harness the passion and power of people to save and restore Pacific salmon in B.C. and the Yukon. And we never do it alone working with Indigenous partners streamkeepers government agencies and fellow ENGOs the PSF undertakes research restoration initiatives and leadership in convening all those willing to help recover Pacific salmon. As People for Salmon were here to help ensure sustainable populations of Pacific salmon for generations to come.

Position Overview

The Developer plays a key technical role within a tight-knit and collaborative team supporting the strategic delivery of PSFs data-driven web applications. This role is central to the ongoing development maintenance and enhancement of the Pacific Salmon Explorer and the State of Salmon flagship data visualization and decision-support tools that provide open access to the best available information on Pacific salmon populations and their habitats. The Developer will help architect and implement high-performing user-centered web applications within a mission-driven development environment focused on practical outcomes rather than rigid development cycles. The role requires strong experience in both front-end and back-end development with an emphasis on data-layer development and support and proficiency across modern frameworks libraries and development environments.

The Developer contributes across the full application lifecycle including architecture coding and testing with exposure to deployment and operations; collaborates with PSFs designer and science data experts to bring visual concepts to life; and ensures PSFs web applications remain robust efficient secure and responsive. The role also includes maintaining and improving data structures integrating APIs optimizing performance developing AI integrations ensuring data integrity and contributing to technical documentation with the expectation of increasing independence in supporting production environments and contributing to system reliability.

What You Will Do

The key responsibilities of the Developer include :

• Contribute to the ongoing development maintenance and enhancement of the Pacific Salmon Explorer and the State of Salmon websites.
• Collaborate with internal and external design teams to conceptualize prototype and implement effective application solutions offering recommendations for improvement and best practices.
• Work closely with the Data & Innovation team to design and refine both client-side and server-side architecture.
• Translate design compositions into high-quality user-friendly front-end interfaces.
• Implement and iterate on user-facing data visualizations and interactive features ensuring clarity usability and performance for end users.
• Contribute to the development and support of the data layer of applications including writing and refining queries working with existing data models and schemas and developing and integrating APIs in collaboration with technical team members.
• Build responsive features and applications that deliver consistent usability across devices and screen sizes.
• Conduct software testing to ensure responsiveness performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot debug and upgrade software to resolve issues and improve overall functionality.
• Implement and maintain security and data protection measures within the application ecosystem.
• Participate in CI / CD pipelines and deployment workflows supporting application releases across development staging and production environments.
• Support application operations by monitoring system health troubleshooting production issues and contributing to the reliability and availability of live systems.
• Partner with data scientists and analysts to enhance software functionality data presentation and front-end visual design.
• Write update and maintain clear technical documentation to support system understanding and ongoing development.
• Perform other related duties as required to support effective program delivery and platform performance.
• Lead or support experimentation with AI and machine learning technologies translating emerging capabilities into scalable production-ready software solutions.

What You Bring

Education & Experience

Skills & Knowledge

Professional Attributes

What We Offer

Reporting and Supervision

Supervised by the Team Lead Data & Innovation the Developer is responsible for undertaking assigned work and meeting or exceeding the standard of care set by the Team Lead. The Developer will be supported through onboarding and system familiarization with expectations for increased autonomy and ownership over time.

Location

This role is hybrid with occasional on-site work at PSF offices in Vancouver Victoria or Nanaimo. Travel will also be required to participate in meetings workshops and staff gatherings.

Diversity and Inclusion

We believe diversity is key to excellence and actively encourage applications from Indigenous persons people with disabilities members of marginalized sexual orientations gender identities and gender expressions and members of groups that commonly experience discrimination based on race ancestry colour religion / spiritual beliefs or place of origin.

If you require accommodations or support during any stage of the recruitment process please email .

Application Instructions and Deadline

Qualified applicants are required to submit a resume and cover letter no later than 4 : 30pm on February 23 2026.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

CCTV,Computer Science,Corporate Marketing,E Learning,Arabic English Translation

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 73711 - 103195