Student Assistant Position in IT and Software Engineering at the Chair of Planning Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS)

20%-30%, Zurich, temporary

The Chair for Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS) at ETH’s Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development is looking for a student assistant to assist our IT-Team.

Job description

We are offering a position to contribute in the development of spatial decision support systems for urban and landscape planning including our new Raum+ platform, and to join our team of researchers to help maintain and improve our IT-Systems.

We anticipate working with you as soon as possible. The salary is determined by the ETH student assistant rate. We expect an average of 8 working hours per week.

Your profile

Required skills:

• Experience with JavaScript programming language.


• Good English language skills.

Desired skills:

• JavaScript geographic libraries (e.g. OpenLayers).


• JavaScript data visualization libraries (e.g. d3.js).


• Knowledge of Python and Django web framework.


• Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems.


• Experience with collaborative development platforms (e.g. Github).


• Experience with Authentication software (e.g. Shibboleth).


• Experience with DBMSs (e.g. PostgreSQL - PostGIS).


• Experience managing Windows and Linux operating systems.

Working as a student assistant is only permitted for the duration of study and can only be carried out by students immatriculated at ETH Zurich or other universities.

ETH Zurich

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