Software developer front-end at ICOS Carbon Portal

Lunds universitet, 009999 LUNDS UNIVERSITET, 150000 NAT

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.

The Carbon Portal (CP) is the data centre of the International Carbon Observation System (ICOS). ICOS produces long-term top-quality measurements of greenhouse gas yield in the areas of the atmosphere, ecosystems, and oceans. CP develops, among other things, online services that support the use of data in research. CP is located at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.

ICOS is a highly distributed research infrastructure that requires coordination and continuous development. The further development of technologies and observation strategies is a strategic objective of ICOS, which is often supported by projects funded by the European Commission. Over the years, ICOS has participated in and run many EU projects. All these projects support the development of ICOS, its scientific target area and the development of CP as a FAIR data repository and a collaborative platform.

We are looking for a front-end developer to join our small team working on services for storing and making open data available. You will be able to work on a variety of tasks depending on your skills, interests, and the team’s needs. The ideal candidate is comfortable managing self-hosted web services, has strong experience in statically typed languages, and is familiar with functional programming concepts. The person will also assist Carbon Portal’s growing user base in using our services based on open source solutions like our own applications and services like Nextcloud, Jupyter, Proton and Mailman.

Work duties

Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient frontend applications using TypeScript, Python and Scala in an open source environment. Our main repositories are https://github.com/ICOS-Carbon-Portal/data and https://github.com/ICOS-Carbon-Portal/meta.
Contribute to code reviews, participate in team discussions, improve technical documentation, and mentor co-workers when needed.
Write and keep up to date user manuals and documentation
Produce web site content like video tutorials
Respond to user provided comments and issues
Gather and analyse user feedback on our services

Qualifications

Several years worklife experience of front-end development experience with TypeScript/JavaScript.
Knowledge of functional programming.
Proficient with Linux and Git.
Ability to write clear and effective documentation.
Experience in providing user support
Able to use scripting in bash or languages like Python to automate tasks
Fluency in spoken and written English

Other qualifications

Strong problem-solving skills [T(6]and a desire to grow, and share, your technical abilities.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a collaborative environme.
Independent and able to drive your own work
Scala, Java, Python, JVM, Akka, Play framework.
RDF, OWL, SPARQL.

Terms and conditions

This position is a permanent employment of 100% full-time with desired start date 1 May 2025 or due agreement.

At this moment we have more positions open at Carbon Portal, also advertised at the Lund University website. You will need to apply to each position seperately but if you apply for more than one position, please indicate this in your application together with the order of your preference per position.

We will only consider full applications that include a motivation letter, a CV and contactinformation to two references.

The advertised position will be located at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science by the Faculty of Science in 2025, to be transferred to the newly formed Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences within the same faculty from 1 January 2026.

By merging the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and the Department of Geology in a joint and co-located organisation, the new department will strengthen the link between different research fields, develop new educational programmes and promote collaboration with society.

Welcome to apply.