The Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs 6,000 people supporting the three main missions of the institutions: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of 16,000 people, including over 10,000 students and 3,500 researchers from 120 different countries.
Frontend Web Developer – Neurorobotics W/M (BBP)
Your mission :
The EPFL Blue Brain Project (BBP), situated on the Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland, applies advanced neuroinformatics, data analytics, high-performance computing and simulation-based approaches to the challenge of understanding the structure and function of the mammalian brain in health and disease. The BBP provides the community with regular releases of data, models and tools to accelerate neuroscience discovery and clinical translation through open science and global collaboration.
We are currently looking for a Frontend Web Developer (W/M) to strengthen our Neurorobotics team. Main duties and responsibilities include :
Frontend development of rich, highly interactive 3d web interfaces to enable neuroscientists and roboticists collaboration in HTML5 and Javascript.
Strong knowledge in user-interface design
All aspects of the modern software development lifecycle: unit testing, continuous integration, version control, debugging, documentation and direct user support
Help in the overall platform advertisement (conferences, papers, Youtube and Twitter)
Your profile :
Strong experience in HTML5 / Javascript / CSS.
Strong motivation to learn the other languages / technologies that we use.
Very good familiarity with the modern software development life-cycle: unit testing, continuous integration, version control, debugging, documentation
Good team players and fluent written and spoken English
Preferred:
Agile Methodologies
WebGL, ThreeJS, AngularJS experience
ROS / Gazebo experience
We offer :
An internationally visible and rising project in simulation-based research in neuroscience using supercomputers
A young, dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and international working environment
