Vacancy No. 437/2024

Full Stack Web Developer (f/m/d)

- Research Software Engineering -

Job description

The Scientific Computing Center is the Information Technology Center of KIT.

The department Data Analytics, Access and Applications (D3A) is responsible for federated access methods for distributed storage and cloud services, the development and application of scalable tools for Data Analytics and Machine Learning, joint research and development with domain scientists, contributions to the European Open Science Cloud and the integration of research communities in the context of several EU projects.

As part of the DFG-funded project "Infrastructure for data-based learning in environmental science (ISABEL)", we are looking for reinforcement for the further development of a Virtual Research Environment for finding, processing and sharing hydrologically relevant data. The goal of this position is to prepare the web portal, and in particular the user interface, for productive operation.

The tasks include:

  • Enhancement and adaption of the front end to new geodata and tools
  • Integration of geo tools via the OGC API processes
  • Documentation and publication of project results.
Personal qualification

Job requirements:

  • Master / Diploma (University) with a major in geoinformatics, computer science, software engineering or comparable
  • Strong experience in web development (ideally JavaScript, CSS, django web framework)
  • Experience with tools and methods for software testing
  • Strong interest in applications in the climate and environment research area
  • Proven experience in documentation, teamwork, and written and spoken English skills
  • Ideally practical experience with Linux systems and Docker
  • Practical experience with tools like GeoServer and interfaces like OGC standards is an advantage

We offer you an exciting and varied job within an agile team as well as a wide range of training opportunities and flexible and family-friendly working time models. For more information about SCC as your new work home, please visit https://www.scc.kit.edu/en/aboutus/working-at-scc.php.

Salary

Salary category 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

Organizational unit

Scientific Computing Center (SCC)

Starting date

01.11.2024

Contract duration

2 years.

Application up to

15.09.2024

Contact person in line-management

For further information, please contact Dr. Jörg Meyer, joerg.meyer2@kit.edu, +49 721 608-24327.

Application

Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 437/2024 .
Personnel Support is provided by 

Mr Meschar
phone: +49 721 608-25029,

Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.
Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.