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Company Description

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on home.cern.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization.

Job Description

We are part of CERN Scientific Information Service group, we provide access to scholarly information and enable openness, preservation, and discovery of research for CERN, the particle physics community, and beyond.

You will be part of an agile team working either on INSPIRE or on CERN Analysis Preservation (CAP) project in the CERN Scientific Information Service group. We are using mostly the Python programming language with Flask, Django, Celery, PostgreSQL, and ElasticSearch on the back-end and ReactJS on the front-end. As part of our work, you will be also contributing to open-source projects and collaborate with CERN Information Technology department.

You will contribute to the development and operation of the service, a live system with thousands of users every year, with high throughput REST APIs, and a state-of-the-art UX. This will consist of working closely with our collaborators to design, develop, and deploy new features that enable and make it in-line with the best practices in the industry and open science. You will be also improving the platform’s infrastructure resilience, monitoring, and CI/CD workflows. There are many challenges and opportunities that are bound to match some of your computing interests and strengths!

Qualifications

Eligibility criteria

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State;


• You have a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other related field;


• You have no more than 4 years’ experience after completing your highest diploma.

Essential skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience coding in Python;


• Experience working with relational and document-based databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch);


• Experience with creating robust REST APIs;


• Experience with container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift);


• Passionate about software development and building and evolving robust, secure, well-tested software components and tools;


• You enjoy working in a small agile software development team building practical solutions in close collaboration with users and external partners.

Desired skills and experience

• Experience with front-end development and the following technologies: Javascript, React and Typescript;


• Solid knowledge in XHTML, CSS, and web technologies.

Please note that CERN Staff members are not eligible to apply for a Fellowship.

Additional Information

CERN would very much like to benefit from your expertise, commitment and passion.  In return, we offer:

• An employment contract for between six months (minimum) up to a maximum of 36 months. A regular fellowship duration is 24 months.


• A stipend ranging from 5, 305 to 6, 586 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).


• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.


• Depending on your individual circumstances: an installation grant, family, child and infant allowances as well as travel expenses to and from Geneva.


• 2.5 days of paid leave per month.

Your future Life @CERN

Get a glimpse of what it’s like to work at CERN: careers.cern/benefits and careers.cern/our-people

This is how you can apply:

Please provide the following documents to complete your application:

• A CV;


• A scanned PDF of your most recent relevant qualification;

We recommend to add two recent letters of recommendation, giving an overview of your academic and/or professional achievements. You can upload these letters at the time of application if you have them to hand. You will also be provided with a link as soon as you have submitted your application to forward to your referees to upload their letters confidentially. Please note this must be done before the closing date.

All applications should reach us no later than 20 July 2021.