# Software Developer

VIB is looking to expand its institute-wide Bioinformatics Core Facility with two software developers to enhance and integrate VIB’s flagship scientific software projects.

## Who are you?
We are looking for a Software Developer who wants to combine an interest in science with their love of programming. Your responsibilities vary from day to day but will often involve front-end web development, interfacing with scientific software, and interacting with research scientists. You like learning about new ideas and technologies.

## What we offer
We offer a dynamic environment with many opportunities to enhance and practise your skills, attend relevant conferences, and learn. You will be able to work on projects in a team where your contributions are valued or lead projects yourself from design to completion. A consistent feature of your work will be supporting cutting-edge life science research. Our institute greatly values diverse standpoints and promotes an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected.

## Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain software projects from VIB research labs.
* Build reusable software components.
* Be involved in the full software life-cycle (initial idea, building, testing, deployment, and maintenance).
* Work towards finishing projects, constrain project scope.
* Ensure technical feasibility of project ideas.
* Be involved in code reviews.
* Collaborate with VIB Life Scientists, bioinformaticians, and technical team members.

## Skills And Qualifications
* Must be willing to learn and work with technologies outside your comfort zone.
* Must have the ability to independently become familiar with new libraries and language.
* Demonstrable knowledge of Javascript or Python.
* Proficiency using Git.
* Interest in (or experience with) a front-end web framework such as React or Angular is a plus.
* Interest in (or experience with) a back-end web framework such as Flask or Django is a plus.
* Interest in (or experience with) using relational databases is a plus.
* Interest in (or experience with) using Cloud technologies is a plus.
* You have an interest in developing, releasing and maintaining complex applications.
* You like working together with other developers using an agile approach.
* You consider the larger picture when writing software including potential future changes in requirements.
* You have great team skills, including the confidence to put your idea across, even if the idea is initially unpopular, and the humility to admit when you are wrong.
* Verbal and written communications skills in English.

# Bioinformatician profile

## Job Description
VIB is looking to expand its institute-wide Bioinformatics Core Facility with a bioinformatician with strong programming experience to enhance and integrate VIB’s flagship scientific software projects.

## who are you?

## what we offer
... Our institute greatly values diverse standpoints and promotes an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected.

## Responsibilities

* enable data analysis projects for VIB scientists
* (develop tools for DA, nextflow development, )
* explain to devops people
* explain to trainees
* Keep up-to-date with new developments in ...? {Big Data, Machine Learning, ...}
* Assist software developers

## Skills And Qualifications
* MSc/PhD degree or equivalent in Bioinformatics or Life sciences or related fields. Otherwise a minimum of 2 years’ experience in bioinformatics or programming.
* Experience with programming in one or more of: R, Python, Java, or, C/C++ languages.
* Experience with container technology like Docker
* eExperience with workflow systems like NextFlow
* General knowledge of biology and experience in working with biological datasets is a plus.
* Proficiency using Git.
* Proactive attitude in learning related topics that may be from outside his/her comfort zone.
* Team player mentality and experience (or interest) in working in a multidisciplinary environment.
* Verbal and written communications skills in English.

# from Bioinformatics opening
Profile

- You have obtained a Masters degree in bioengineering, computer science, (bio)informatics, mathematics or related field;
- You have good communication skills and can work easily together with other (international) team members;
- You have a passion for bioinformatics and the motivation to work on innovative and ambitious projects in an open, dynamic and skilled research team;
- You have experience with Linux systems, bash, R, and statistics.
- Experience with high-performance computing, (multivariate) statistics, data analysis, Bayesian statistics, machine learning, data visualization and big data management are an important asset;
- Knowledge of Linux, databases, BioConductor, Python or related programming languages and basic system administration skills are considered a plus.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

You hold abachelor/master degree in Computer science (or equivalent by a proven track record.)

• You have a solid grasp of common software engineering practices,like OO principles, modern design patterns,test- driven development, version control systems, continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Good knowledge of common technologies as HTTP,REST,JSON,XML,OAuth,SQL.
• You're well aware of common web application vulnerabilities (Injection,XSS,CSRF,..)
• Thorough understanding of frontend architecture, both in terms of (web)application and mobile development
• Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3(sass/less), web pack and at least one frontend web framework such as Vue.js, React, Angular.js or Flutter
• An affinity for user friendly as esthetic design of intuitive applications.
• Eager to learn, as a consultant you will need to answer to needs of the client, which means learning new skills is part of the job description
• You take pride in organised, clear & concise code
• You have strong project management and reporting skills
• Knowledge or background in life-sciences is considered an advantage
• Fluent in English, with good communication skills.

Responsibilities:
● You will be responsible for the frontend development of applications, and will work closely with backend developers, data engineers, data scientists and occasionally sales to aid in estimates
● You will be responsible in overseeing the design and development of our application and will need to communicate with clients to guide development
● You are eager to learn, as a consultant different clients have different desires and thus require different solutions, this can imply development of an existing application in a potentially foreign language/system.

Job offer
● A challenging and motivating work environment where like-minded people strivetowards top-grade results in a continuously evolving research domain
• A personal growth trajectory focusing on self-development and knowledge expansion
• Project guidance together with senior profiles and our academic network of experts
• An attractive salary package with additional benefits.

# ELIXIR LU

For our research activities and projects within LCSB and ELIXIR-LU, we are looking for a systems engineer to support our scientific IT infrastructures, including our virtual private clouds based on OpenStack and RHEV. In addition, the hired candidate will help with the development and setup of new state of the art solutions within our research activities. The candidate will need to research, design, and implement innovative IT solutions to enable our data integration and analytics platforms.

• Research existing technologies and contribute to technology, benchmarks, selection and methodologies to apply to new and ongoing research projects.
• Conceptually design innovative IT solutions within research projects.
• Engage in research activities, new approaches and IT solutions in ELIXIR-LU.
• Setup and provide support to ELIXIR-LU IT services.
• Provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, upgrade and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure in and for biomedical, translational, and clinical research.
• Become a key actor of continuous improvement and innovation within the group.
• Monitor performance, analyse and troubleshoot issues and outages/incidents.
• Assist with system backup/recovery services, system administration processes, firewalls, networks, storage.
• Maintain and monitor support information in ticketing systems and related tools.
• Work closely with other team members aiming for a high level of quality and user satisfaction.
• Write and maintain documentation for technical procedures.
• Assist in the procurement of in-house services via external vendors, if/when so desired.

Your Profile
• Higher-educationn computer science, engineering or in another field but with equivalent proven experience as cloud engineer.
• An interest in state-of-the-art technologies.
• Autonomous, dynamic, and curious.
• Proven experience with the following technologies:
o Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), Linux scripting (shell / bash)
o OpenStack, Ceph, Keystone, ...
o Docker, Kubernetes
o RedHat Enterprise Virtualization / oVirt
o NFS / Samba administration.
• Good programming experience (Python, Perl).
• Experience with Puppet, Ansible, git, Icinga / Nagios, RedHat IdM, LDAP / AD, AWS, Azure or GCP will be considered an asset.
• Knowledge of modern web development technologies will be considered an asset.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate clearly the scientific and technical needs and to work within an interdisciplinary setting, communicating with other internal/external partners.
We offer
• A fully funded Cloud Engineer (Research & Development specialist) position with a competitive salary
• Participate in the building of state-of-the-art IT infrastructure to enable precision medicine.
• An opportunity to join the fast-growing Bioinformatics Core Facility group headed by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schneider at LCSB.
• An exciting international environment.
In Short
• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 36 Month
• Work Hours: Full Time 40.0 Hours per Week
• Location: Belval
• Starting date: asap
• Job Reference: UOL03671

# Bioinformatics Officer

Francis Crick InstituteReports to: Aengus Stewart, Head of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics This is a fixed-term position on Crick Terms and Conditions of Employment. Competitive with benefits, subject to skills & experienceOVERVIEWWe are looking for a highly motivated Bioinformatician to investigate control principles in decision-making and fate-choice during early development. This exciting opportunity is a joint collaborationbetween the Quantitative Cell Biology laboratory headed by Dr Silvia Santos and the Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core Facility (BABS) at the Francis Crick Institute. The Santos lab focuses on understanding control principles in cell decision-making. Current areas of research include understanding control of cell division and cellular differentiation, using human embryonic stem cells as a model system. There is a strong focus on single cell approaches including scRNAseq and live cell imaging. BABS is a team of 14 bioinformaticians and mathematicians that support genomics and mathematical projects at the Francis Crick Institute.For more information visit https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/silvia-santos, https://intranet.crick.ac.uk/our-crick/bioinformatics-biostatisticsThe successful candidate should have a higher degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Applied Maths or other areas relevant to Systems/Quantitative Biology. Prior experience in performing high-throughput data analysis and demonstratable proficiency in a higher programming language is essential. General knowledge of Biology and experience with analysis of sequencing data will be an asset. The ideal candidate is an individual who thrives working on interesting biological problems in a collegial and collaborative work environment. The post holder is expected to have their own research project and develop and implement algorithms, analysis methods and visualisation tools for dissecting high throughput post-genomic technologies, including scRNAseq, ChIPseq, ATACseq, RNAseq based datasets. The post-holder will benefit from further training, excellent support and expertise from BABS.

PROJECT SUMMARY
The successful candidate will be supporting research uncovering mechanisms for fate choices during early development using human embryonic stem cell datasets. The switch between pluripotency and differentiation in these cells has been the Santos’ lab paradigm of choice to understand how protein and gene networks decode cellular signals and thereby encode irreversible commitment to different cell fates. The molecular basis of these decisions is of fundamental biological importance and have significant clinical applications.Using a variety of programming, statistical and data analysis techniques the post holder will analyse data produced by the latest high throughput genomic technologies. Typical analysis steps will cycle through quality assessment, results generation, biological interpretation and ultimately publication. During this process the successful candidate will be expected to work closely with other members of the Quantitative Cell Biology lab and wih BABS.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
These include but not limited to:
• Lead specific research projects
• Provide expert analysis of high-throughput genomic data, using a wide range of biological resources and bioinformatic methods;
• Develop methodologies to visualize datasets with these technologies; • Participate in collaborative projects and support ongoing projects in the lab;
• Continue professional development through maintaining awareness of developments in the wider bioinformatics and research communities;
• Participate and contribute to lab meetings and Crick seminars;
• Contribute to the preparation of scientific manuscripts.

ABOUT US
The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a brand new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under a single roof in Europe.The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; to developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; to public engagement; and to helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

KEY EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES
The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: Bold, Imaginative, Open, Dynamic and Collegial, in addition to the following: Knowledge
• Higher degree in a relevant subject with an extensive analytical component e.g. bioinformatics, statistics, molecular biology or mathematics or other areas relevant to Systems/Quantitative Biology;
• An understanding of programming, particularly with regard to big data, data visualisation and data-mining techniques within a genomic or genetical environment;
•Familiarity with the application of statistical techniques to biological data;
• A basic knowledge of Molecular Biology;
• A broad comprehension of high throughput genomic technologies. Experience•Prior experience in bioinformatics or related biological field;
• Demonstrable experience of programming in a higher-level language (R/C/C++/Perl/Python);
• Demonstrable experience of NGS analysis methodologies and protocols will be an asset.Skills and Competencies•Proven ability in programming;
• Works well individually and as part of a team, organising and prioritising own workload;
• Excellent communication skills within a research environment, building highly effective working relationships with team;
• Excellent scientific analysis skills.

Please note: all offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

# Example from imec

# Functional Analyst – R&D and project management

Computer and IT - Leuven | More than two weeks ago
Young graduate in ICT or Industrial Engineering Sciences looking for a unique challenge in a high-tech company? Passionate about defining software solutions for business problems? Become a Functional Analyst within ICT!
Apply
What you will do
Within each functional domain, Imec is currently executing a technology and process transformation spanning multiple years. The different ICT teams are responsible for the configuration, maintenance, continuous improvement and support of respective software solutions. In this role, you will be part of the “R&D and project execution” team within our ICT organization. This team supports the Imec R&D and delivery organization with different applications, soft- & hardware and their integrations.
More specifically, you will be a Functional Analyst for solutions (applications and reporting) which support project and portfolio management, resource management and specific R&D related processes.

This means:

- You will translate requirements into designs and functional solutions integrated in the overall ICT roadmap and aligned with business stakeholders. You will investigate existing solutions and business processes and make proposals for improvements.
- You will be given ample time to build-up knowledge about the semi-conductor and R&D eco-system. You will gain insights in order to co-create solutions with a true customer focused mindset.
- Most of the developments in our software applications are performed by external partners. You will follow up on their performance, coordinate their delivery and provide input when required.
- Furthermore, you will play an important role in the test cycles to assure high quality in delivery.
- You will manage together with the team the backlog related to the products in scope. You maintain an open and constructive relationship with business stakeholders to come to an agreed priority list.
- You will manage the functional interactions with other teams within ICT. The corporate service team (ERP), the lead-to-project team (CRM) and the data and integration team are important partners for you.
- You will play a crucial role in the definition, testing and setup of our project and portfolio platform of the future.
- You follow-up on functional evolution in the products assigned to the team.
- Your first focus will be project and portfolio management. Gradually the role will expand to other areas in the team.

What we do for you

We offer you a challenging role in which you have a concrete impact on large programs within imec. This is your opportunity to work in an advanced high-tech environment, contributing to technologies that will have an impact on tomorrow’s society. At imec, we offer ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise.
Your valuable contribution and that of your colleagues make imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of an attractive and competitive salary with many fringe benefits.

Who you are

- You obtained a bachelor’s degree in ICT or a master’s degree in industrial engineering sciences.
- You preferably have already a first experience in working as a functional analyst. Experience in the project and portfolio management area is a plus.
- You are acquainted with software development/configuration and eager to learn more.
- You have experience in process designs and process thinking.
- You feel comfortable in a complex and demanding environment.
- You have no problem to follow the ICT governance processes and templates.
- You are a good communicator who enjoys collaborating with internal ICT and business colleagues as well as with external development resources.
- You constantly look for improvement and efficiency gain.
- You are fluent in both Dutch and English.
- Having a good knowledge on the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Sharepoint – PowerBi – Dynamics 365) and/or SAP is considered as a plus.

# ICT Data Analyst

Computer and IT - Leuven | More than two weeks ago
Functional Analyst role, on the cross-road of two important programs (new data platform & new MES) who will be involved in the full lifecycle of the data, from determining how data will be made available in the source system, over the ingestion of the data in the data platform till the making the data available for reporting and self-service analyses.

Apply
What you will do

You will be on the cross-road of these two important programs and will be involved in the full lifecycle of the data, from determining how data will be made available in the source system, over the ingestion of the data in the data platform till the making the data available for reporting and self-service analyses.

In general, this means that you will:

- translate data- and reporting-related requirements from the Fab business units into designs and functional solutions which will be integrated in the data platform. You will investigate existing solutions and make proposals for improvements.
- be involved in sculpting the new data platform together with the data platform architecture team.
- Play a part in the creation and maintenance of imec data architecture principles, standards, and guidelines (conceptual, logical, and physical).
- Owner and custodian of the information reference architecture,
- Help to improve the quality of the data by defining key quality indicators and related reporting, together with data owners.
- Assist in setting up governance of data and reports
- For this long-term position, you will be given ample time to build-up knowledge about the semi-conductor Fab eco-system, the existing MES+ systems and the oneFab system.
- In the first months, you will get the opportunity to do some internship within the Fab business units to observe and learn their internal processes and challenges.

What we do for you

We offer you a challenging role in which you think and act strategically and in which you have a concrete impact on large programs within imec. This is your opportunity to work in an advanced high-tech environment, contributing to technologies that will have an impact on tomorrow’s society. At imec, we offer ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise.

Your valuable contribution and that of your colleagues make imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of an attractive and competitive salary with many fringe benefits.
Who you are

- You obtained a bachelor’s degree in ICT or in a scientific orientation.
- You are data-minded and have strong analytics skills.
- Following experiences are considered a plus:
A first experience in ICT application engineering or data engineering
Experience Reporting and ETL solutions (SAS, PowerBI, Azure data factory, Python, R, etc.).
experience with Microsoft ecosystem is an asset
- You are eager to learn and feel comfortable in a complex and demanding environment.
- You have no problem to follow the ICT governance processes and templates.
- You are a communication superstar who enjoys collaborating with internal ICT-colleagues as well as with external development resources.
- You are fluent in both Dutch and English.

Sollicimeer

Naast het solliciteren voor ICT Data Analyst kan uw sollicitatie ook deel uitmaken van een onderzoek, Inclusie in 4D, dat uitgaat van UGent, Imec, Artevelde Hogeschool en Stad Gent. Dit project heeft als doel inclusief solliciteren als norm te stellen en het proces laagdrempeliger te maken. Om hier aan tegemoet te komen, is Sollicimeer ontwikkeld. Dit is een alternatief aanmeldingsplatform waarbij iedereen de kans krijgt een eerlijk en volledig beeld van zichzelf te schetsen. Daarom vragen we u te solliciteren via het platform Sollicimeer. (Indien u via het platform van imec zelf wil solliciteren, kan dit zeker maar uw sollicitatie via Sollicimeer geldt als een volwaardige kandidaatstelling).

# System Software Architect

Research & development - Gent | More than two weeks ago
Are you passionate about co-creating solutions that can help tackle the societal challenges of tomorrow in public domains like Smart Cities, Public Health or Mobility? Would you love to work in a talented, multi-disciplinary team? Are you driven by connecting technology development to market and business needs? Then get in touch!

Apply

Imec EDiT
As a high-tech research centre that is partially publicly funded, imec carries a responsibility to ensure local impact of the digital technologies it helps develop. The EDiT (“Enabling Digital Transformations”) department plays a leading role in realizing imec’s local impact by conducting demand-driven research & development, in collaboration with several authorities, imec departments, academic & other research institutes, companies, and citizen’s organisations. Our mission is to tackle so-called “wicked problems” in 3 main domains, or “clusters”: (smart) cities, mobility & logistics, and public health. The activities of EDiT are guided by our “Open for Impact” vision, which puts an emphasis on open knowledge, open source, and open data. Examples of our research programmes include City of Things, Mobilidata, Maak dat mee, Internet of Water, and a forthcoming public health initiative (tentative).
What you will do

As a software system architect, your job is to integrate information (data), technical and security architectural elements into usable and durable software systems that support our running projects, but also put the foundations for evolving software instantiations in the projects of the future. In this role, it is crucial to pick and define the right system-module evolutions (expressed in sound roadmaps) that address the important system properties (e.g. interoperability) and cross-cutting concerns (e.g. security, privacy), tailored to the needs of today and tomorrow.

You plan the architectural runway (cfr. Scaled Agile) for the system (digital Health, Digital Twin, IoT or Mobility platform/framework) that you are responsible for, actively working together with the solution and enterprise architects and the technical product owner(s). You are active on daily basis in the scrum team and you work together with the other architects in the runway. Among the architects, you have the most intimate relation with the development team and thus you actively support the design and steering of the CI/CD pipeline together with the DevOps team.

You will be accountable for the overall successful behavior of the system in its intended environment (within the specific solutions under development in the cluster that you operate in) and are an expert in defining non-functional requirements and mapping them to the functional ones. You take also into account non-technical elements in your roadmap decisions (like expertise of the team, knowledge barriers, external dependencies, ...). You have an eye for de-risking important technical and technological choices and communicate clearly about this.

What we do for you

EDiT is based at the imec offices in the centres of Ghent and Antwerp. You can choose from which of these two cities you prefer to work, and we have always been open to homework, as most of the team communication takes place online.
In exchange for your talent, passion, and expertise, you will join a multicultural and high-tech company, with challenges there for the taking. Our flexible and informal working environment offers you a range of possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. This is your opportunity to contribute to the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow. imec supports and guides you in this process, not only with words but with concrete actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we are actively investing in the further development of all our employees to assure their technical and personal growth. Your valuable contribution and that of your colleagues make imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of an attractive and competitive salary with many fringe benefits.
Who you are

We are looking for an experienced agile system architect that can operate within our Smart City, Mobility or Health cluster.

“Must-haves” (essential skills):

- Master’s in computer science/Engineer; or acquired equivalent level by experience with minimal 5 years in software development and minimum 5 years in architecture roles.
- Experience in designing complex software products or prototypes using different architectural styles and patterns, using (preferably open source) building blocks like data storage and databases, data streaming, security, API brokers, IoT agents, caching agents, graph engines, ... Able to express design choices using architectural tools like UML, ArchiMate or others.
- Analytical and creative thinker able to translate abstract designs into modular implementable designs.
- Team player with a passion and eye for building long-term human relations within an innovative environment with stakeholders extra-muros from the quadruple helix (research, industry, government, citizens). Handling dependencies, frequent technical meetings and co-creation / co-design are fundamental activities within our funded projects (H2020, Flemish, EIT-digital, CEF, ICON, ...).
- Constructive attitude, being able to convince others without taking up positions looking at different ways to solve a problem.
English (professional proficiency).

“Should-haves” (a great candidate is familiar with most of these):

- Experience in agile development methodologies and in managing system architecture within the SAFe methodology.
- Experience with “emerging” technologies like big/smart data, cloud design, data streaming and storage, machine learning, security, IoT, ...
- Being familiar to work within matrix organizations.
- Being familiar or having experience in DevOps, DataOps, SecDevOps engineering activities.
- Be familiar with some technologies our software developers work with JavaScript/Typescript, node.js, Docker/Kubernetes, MS Azure ecosystem, etc.
- Experience with the use, creation or managing of open source products or projects

“Could-haves” (it is nice to tick a few of the boxes):

- Experience with IoT stacks/technology or digital twins (Cities cluster). Linked data, semantic interoperability, knowledge graphs, data catalogs, connected data, privacy-assisting technology such as MyData.org or Solid, state-of-the-art security principles and building blocks, techniques to avoid vendor- and cloud lock-in ... are key aspects to use or address.
- Experience with digital health platforms & standards (Health cluster)
- Experience with digital mobility infrastructure (Mobility cluster)
- Dutch (professional proficiency)

# Sydney

About the opportunity

This is an opportunity for a software engineer to bring data science into cutting edge research across a wide range of academic disciplines.

In this position, you will:

develop and deploy software that enables data-driven research
solve challenging technical and analytical problems alongside data scientists, while working directly with experts from fields as diverse as accounting, genomics and art history
push the boundaries of researchers’ imaginations around what data analysis, automation and usable interfaces to their data can do for them
help ensure that the next generation of reproducible science is built on software engineering excellence
learn and extend your skills on the job and have the autonomy and project diversity to do so.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Data Science Software Engineer who:

you can comfortably code in Python (using packages like Django, Flask, Pandas, Scikit-learn)
you have experience in full stack web application development involving JavaScript (React, Angular, Node, etc.), HTML, CSS, back end programming and databases - from initial requirements, through to design and deployment
you understand modern data software and tools, such as databases, web APIs, cloud computing, and existing products used for data analytics, and preferably have experience in developing and evaluating machine learning pipelines
you are comfortable with modern version control in git and modern software development practices such as test-driven development and continuous integration
you possess a tertiary education in a computational area of study, e.g. computer science or software engineering (but we would also consider engineering, physics, mathematics, statistics, biology, etc.) or equivalent experience
you have experience in eliciting project requirements from clients or supervisors and proposing appropriate solutions to complex problems, and communicating these effectively to clients
ideally you have experience in planning and developing complex data processing software and pipelines, processing data from a variety of sources and destinations, ranging from file systems to enterprise data systems.

Other

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

# Helmholtz AI consultants

Helmholtz Zentrum München is a research center with the mission to discover personalized medical solutions for the prevention and therapy of environmentally triggered diseases and promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

Germany’s largest research organization, the Helmholtz Association, launched Helmholtz AI: This dedicated, inter­disciplinary platform develops and promotes applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods for all Helmholtz centers in collabo­ration with its external and university partners. Its central unit is implemented at the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich.

Our mission is to enable research scientists to leverage AI methods optimally. The Munich consultant team is focussing on health and collaborates with researchers from the whole association on projects on cancer and infection research, molecular medicine, as well as neuro­degenerative and environmental diseases. We offer you the unique opportunity to use your data analysis expertise to answer questions of great societal importance in a vibrant international environment.

To join our growing team, we are inviting applications for
Senior Helmholtz AI consultants (f/m/x) (Health)
Your responsibilities

You will develop AI-based analytics for the unique data sets generated by renowned researchers, with a focus on health applications. You will also play a crucial role in achieving our long-term goal of facilitating open access to data science expertise through interdisciplinary collaborations and dissemination.
You will

be a foundational and fundamental part of one of the largest AI initiatives in Europe
apply, adapt, and disseminate emerging AI methods to solve concrete research questions
initiate new projects and provide guidance to your fellow team mates
regularly participate in international conferences to present your own work, and learn about state-of-the-art AI methods and their applications

You have

a PhD degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, bioinformatics or another field related to data science
ideally at least a five-year track record in AI and applied machine learning, in different institutions, combined with a specific background in healthcare or biology
experience implementing data science projects in Python or R
project and/or team management experience, ideally in the industry
an open and curious mindset with a strong team spirit

Additional preferred competences:

To strengthen our team, we are looking for applicants, who could bring one of the following bonus expertise:

software development experience and an eye for software quality
training, education, and/or science communication experience

What we offer you

continuous education & training

work-life balance

flexible working hours & time off in lieu

30 days annual leave

on-site health management service

home office options

on-site nursery

elder care

company pension scheme

discounted public transport ticket