Software developer at ICOS Carbon Portal @ Lund University - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply
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Lund University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geograhy and Ecosystem Science
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.
Introduction
ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System, https://www.icos-ri.eu) is a European research infrastructure providing scientific data on carbon cycle and greenhouse gas budget. ICOS Carbon Portal (https://www.icos-cp.eu), the data centre of ICOS, consists of a small group designing and building web services for archival and dissemination of these data, including upload, storage, long-term preservation, search, visualization, and download. The Carbon Portal is hosted by Lund University, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (http://www.nateko.lu.se/).
At the Carbon Portal we use the following technologies:
Front end development: ES6 Javascript, React/Redux, Leaflet, OpenLayers, Bootstrap. Back end development: Scala/Java, Akka. Metadata management: RDF, OWL, SPARQL, PostgreSQL/PostGIS. Deployment environments: CentOS Linux, Docker, JVM, EGI Cloud. Data storage: Linux file system, EUDAT services. CMS for ICOS websites: Drupal. Document management system: Alfresco.
Job assignments
ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University is looking for you: a creative developer with interest or experience in advanced semantic web development, making use of open linked data, triple stores and ontologies; experience with Java and Scala is highly recommended. You will also work on integration of documentation and help texts of the services on our website, gathering feedback from our internal and external users of the services and translating user needs and issues into development requirements.
You will be part of our team of currently 5 other developers and 4 (data) scientists, working on the joint ICOS Carbon Portal open source codebase.
Qualifications
You have a professional or academic degree and preferably several years of programming experience. You like to interact with users, and have proven skills in writing user documentation and help texts, as well as proficient mastery of the English language. We also would like to see documented experience in several of the following list of relevant technologies, skills and tools: unit testing, modern HTML and CSS, Gulp, HTTP protocol, Bash scripting, Linux administration, public key cryptography, maps and GIS, Python, PHP, SQL, working with scientific data, binary data formats.
Merits
Experience in ontologies, RDF, OWL, SparQL and tools like Protégé and MongoDB is highly recommended. Affinity for environmental and climate research, and a strong interest in exploration and analysis of complex datasets through interactive visualisations are recommended.
The initial offer of the position is fixed-term for two years.
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | According to agreement, duration two years |
| Salary | Fixed monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100 |
| City | Lund |
| County | Skåne län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | PA2018/1228 |
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| Published | 20.Apr.2018 |
| Last application date | 11.May.2018 11:59 PM CEST |