Full-Stack Software Developer (m/f/d): TETTRIX project

Full-Stack Software Developer (m/f/d): TETTRIX project

(Full-Time / Part-Time)

Location: Frankfurt Employment scope: Full-Time / Part-Time options are available Type of contract: Temporary, initially limited to 2 years Remuneration: Collective agreement of the state Hesse (TV-H) / E11- E13

The position is within the Geobiodiversity Information and Data Management team of the Senckenberg Data and Modelling Centre and contributes to a project funded by the European Union, TETTRIX – TETTRIs neXt level for the taxonomy of tomorrow. The team works at the interface of biodiversity informatics, ecological modelling, and data management, focusing on integrating, analysing, and making biodiversity data accessible for research and conservation. The TETTRIX project aims to strengthen taxonomic capacity for biodiversity research by developing, validating, and scaling innovative tools, workflows, services, and training pathways, while addressing critical knowledge and capacity gaps across Europe. Within the TETTRIX project, the position will develop a web-based, open-access biodiversity mapping and Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) platform that enables reproducible data and modelling workflows and transforms biodiversity data into actionable knowledge for biodiversity monitoring and conservation. The role combines full-stack software development with biodiversity data integration and close collaboration with researchers and technical partners.

Your tasks

• Develop the platform’s web application end-to-end: SPA frontend (interactive map, species/variable selection, model-run monitoring) and REST API backend.
• Integrate the application with the PostgreSQL/PostGIS metadata layer and the AWS-side batch and data-lake services.
• Co-design and implement the data infrastructure of the Open Modular SDM Platform, including a columnar lakehouse (Parquet, DuckDB, Dask on AWS Batch) covering the full GBIF and OBIS datasets.