Software Engineer
ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specialising in science and technology. It is renowned for its excellent education, its cutting-edge fundamental research and its efforts to put new knowledge and innovations directly into practice. Scientific Software and Data Management (SSDM), part of Scientific IT Services (SIS) within central IT, develops software and data management solutions for research projects across the ETH domain, and provides a stimulating, flexible and family-friendly working environment. It is located in Zurich and Basel.
Scientific Software and Data Management (SSDM) is part of ETH's central IT department. It comprises software engineers from diverse backgrounds who develop software to support research projects across a broad spectrum of ETH's academic departments, including biology, physics, engineering, economics, architecture and more. As part of this, we develop openBIS, a mature, open source research data management platform used by over 50 groups in ETH and beyond. Originally developed for managing data in the life sciences, openBIS is now used in a variety of research areas.
We are looking for a software engineer or senior software engineer to join the openBIS core team in Basel, in the new ETH BSSE building.
You will join the core team developing openBIS, as well as working on shorter-term projects adapting openBIS to specific customer requirements.
The core languages needed are Java and JavaScript, with some components developed in Python.
The openBIS team works to the Scrum methodology. Your duties will include analysing requirements, developing and testing code, interacting with the openBIS service managers and, depending on the task, customers, as well as participating in the build and release processes and documenting your work.
- A degree in computer science or a related quantitative discipline such as engineering, mathematics or physics
- A minimum of 3 years experience developing in Java
- A minimum of 3 years developing for a relational database
- A sound knowledge of core software engineering concepts such as data structures, object oriented and functional programming
- Experience working in a team and developing code using modern DevOps principles
- Good communication skills in English
The following are also beneficial:
- Experience developing in Javascript, ideally with React. Typescript is also an advantage
- Experience working in an academic environment
- Hibernate and Spring exprience
- Python experience
We offer a stimulating, multicultural working environment with colleagues from a variety of disciplines. We do not have rigid job roles, nor much bureaucracy. You will have the opportunity to design and architect solutions and work with some of the best scientists in their fields.
SIS operates in a hybrid home-office mode, with up to 3 days per week working from home. Hours are flexible, subject to customer, team and project needs.
The ETH building in Basel is new, comfortable and modern. More details of it are at https://bsse.ethz.ch/department/new-building-bss.html
Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurichscience and technology. We are renowned for our excellent education,
cutting-edge fundamental research and direct transfer of new knowledge
into society. Over 30,000 people from more than 120 countries find our
university to be a place that promotes independent thinking and an
environment that inspires excellence. Located in the heart of Europe,
yet forging connections all over the world, we work together to
develop solutions for the global challenges of today and tomorrow.
