Deployment and data engineer (80%-100%) fixed term contract
Materials science and technology are our passion. With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.
Project Background
The scientific IT group is part of Empa corporate services department. We are a team of software engineers, high performance computing (HPC) and data management specialists who develop solutions to support researchers in their daily work
Job DescriptionYou will lead the software and requirement engineering for an internal project in machine learning and semantic data. We want to deploy GraphSearch, a semantic search engine to help users query internal information sources about ongoing projects and enrich it with contextual data.Your primary task will be the integration of existing Empa data sources into the tool, their customization to our needs and the deployment of the solution on our infrastructure. This requires good skills in collaboration across departments and institutions as well as the ability to work independently.In addition to these activities, you will participate in internal projects aligned to your skills and interests as needs arise.Your ResponsibilitiesData engineering and software development for the deployment of GraphSearch project at EmpaRequirements and data engineering to coordinate the integration of multiple data sources across the organization into the platform.General software development and data science activity for internal customers Your profile
This position suits a data engineer with strong software engineering and collaboration skills, ideally with experience in data pipelines and backend engineering. Knowledge of the research environment is not required but is of advantage.
Requirements
Project Background
The scientific IT group is part of Empa corporate services department. We are a team of software engineers, high performance computing (HPC) and data management specialists who develop solutions to support researchers in their daily work
Job DescriptionYou will lead the software and requirement engineering for an internal project in machine learning and semantic data. We want to deploy GraphSearch, a semantic search engine to help users query internal information sources about ongoing projects and enrich it with contextual data.Your primary task will be the integration of existing Empa data sources into the tool, their customization to our needs and the deployment of the solution on our infrastructure. This requires good skills in collaboration across departments and institutions as well as the ability to work independently.In addition to these activities, you will participate in internal projects aligned to your skills and interests as needs arise.Your ResponsibilitiesData engineering and software development for the deployment of GraphSearch project at EmpaRequirements and data engineering to coordinate the integration of multiple data sources across the organization into the platform.General software development and data science activity for internal customers Your profile
This position suits a data engineer with strong software engineering and collaboration skills, ideally with experience in data pipelines and backend engineering. Knowledge of the research environment is not required but is of advantage.
Requirements
- A degree in computer science or in engineering or scientific discipline with strong computational background
- Experience in developing data pipelines or backend systems.
- Experience with backend programming languages like python or java
- Willingness to acquire new technical skills.
- Effective communication and self-organization skills
- Knowledge of devops practices (git, CI/CD, containerization)
- Ability to work in a team
- Good English skills required, German is a plus
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