The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) is a national center between EPFL and ETH Zurich. The mission of the SDSC is to accelerate the adoption of data science and machine learning techniques broadly within the Swiss academia and industry. The SDSC is composed of a large multi-disciplinary team of data & computer scientists and experts in relevant domains, distributed between our offices in Lausanne and Zurich. The mission of the software development team is two-fold: first and foremost, we are creating Renku, a software platform that empowers data scientists to produce reproducible, reusable and verifiable analyses. Second, we play a vital part in the many data science projects of the SDSC by contributing our engineering expertise to the construction of data analysis pipelines.Senior Software Engineer (100%) The software development team of the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) is looking for creative, self-driven developers to join our ranks. As a part of our team, you will be asked to independently develop micro-services for our data science platform. Our team works following an agile model and we expect all of our members to contribute their unique viewpoints and expertise to the overall decision making. In addition, you will be asked to act as a liaison between our engineering team, data scientists, and the data providers to gather requirements for developing and improving features of the platform. We offer you a stimulating, startup-like, cross-disciplinary environment in a world-class research institution. In this role, you will have ample opportunities to apply software engineering skills in a data science setting alongside leading domain- and computer-science experts from the ETH domain. The work you will undertake here will have a positive impact on society by turning academic research into real-world solutions. You will be able to build up your professional network and benefit from the Center's ties to research groups worldwide, in both academic and industrial settings. You are a full-stack developer with a minimum a MSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related disciplines. In addition you have a proven track record of crafting innovative and elegant software solutions, ideally in the context of RESTful or event-driven micro-services. You are familiar with using container technology such as Docker; experience with Kubernetes is a plus. In line with our broader mission, we consider it beneficial if you show prior engagement with the open source community, and especially with the Open Science/Open Data movements. Experience with Linked Data standards is a plus. We look forward to receiving your online application including the a application letter, CV, diploma(s). Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.
For further information about the Swiss Data Science Center please visit our website www.datascience.ch. Questions regarding the position should be directed to hrengineering@datascience.ch (no applications).
