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Research Software Developer (m/w/d) Salary group 10 to 12 TV-L

Research Software Developer (m/w/d) Salary group 10 to 12 TV-L

Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
locationDeutsche Zentralbibliotek Medizin, Gleueler Str. 60, 50931 Köln, Deutschland
remoteTeilweise Homeoffice
Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie

Job advertisement

We are looking for a Research Software Developer (m/w/d)
Salary group 10 to 12 TV-L

As soon as possible at the Cologne location, in the Semantic Technologies team, for a limited period of one year full-time, with the option to be extended. Part-time work could be negotiated. The pay grade depends on the corresponding collective agreement and personal requirements.

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences is the national infrastructure and research centre for life science data and information. Our services support research for people and the environment: from medicine to biodiversity to environmental protection.

Information Hub for Life Sciences
We provide the infrastructures for literature and information supply, data management and the handling of large amounts of data.

Data Sciences for Life Sciences
We conduct applied and transdisciplinary research. We enable data analysis and generate data potential. As a partner to research, we create new knowledge that is oriented to the needs of the community.

Your future are of responsability:

  • Design and develop software solutions aligned to projects in the SemTec team, including collection, transformation, and harmonization of research software metadata (and related artifacts, e.g., scholarly publications about the software)
  • Define and implement a strategy to store and archive semantic metadata
  • Design and develop REST-APIs and web-based applications to expose research software metadata (and related artifacts) to the public
  • Improve metadata schemas to represent research software and related artifacts
  • Contribute to the creation of data corpora to train Machine/Deep Learning approaches
  • Apply Machine/Deep Learning approaches to improve research software and related artifacts metadata coverage and quality
  • Active participation in project, team and institutional meetings
  • Presentation of work in conferences and workshops

Your professional qualifications and personal skills:

  • Bachelor or master degree in software engineering, informatics, computer science, or similar
  • At least three years of professional
  • Fluent in English spoken and written
  • Enjoy bringing ideas to the table and easily adapt to evolving requirements
  • Good communication and teamwork skills

Desirable skills:

  • Good knowledge of Python including libraries for REST services
  • Knowledge of Vue and databases is an advantage
  • Basic knowledge of semantic metadata schemas and knowledge graphs is an advantage
  • Knowledge of German is an advantage
  • Some experience with Machine/Deep Learning development would be an advantage

We offer:

  • A varied and diverse range of tasks
  • Extensive further training programmes and opportunities for personal development
  • 30 days holiday with a 5-day week, plus 24 December and 31 December are work-free
  • Annual special payment according to TV-L
  • Flexible working hours and the option of mobile working by arrangement
  • Participation in the supplementary pension scheme of the Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (VBL)
  • Online offers for foreign language learning according to individual entry level
  • Good conditions for balancing private and professional life
  • Use of the cafeteria/Mensa
  • Free coffee

Are you interested?

If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to contact Dr. LJ. Castro (ljgarcia@zbmed.de) in advance.

Your application:

We look forward to receiving your applications! Please send an e-mail with the relevant documents exclusively online (max. 20 pages in one single file):

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Employment references
  • Proof of training/degree
  • For degrees obtained abroad: Certificate evaluation of the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) (www.kmk.org/zab)
  • Valid work permit, if applicable

to September 21, 2025, personalabteilung@zbmed.de; Sign: BL11/25

Management
ZB MED –Information Centre for Life Sciences
Sign: BL 11/25
Gleueler Straße 60
50931 Köln

You can find more information about ZB MED at:

ZB MED actively promotes the equal treatment of all employees and is committed to diversity: https://www.zbmed.de/ueber-uns/presse/pressemitteilungen/artikel/charta-der-vielfalt/

Severely disabled people will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Applications from women are expressly encouraged. In accordance with the NRW State Equal Opportunities Act, women will be given preferential consideration if they have the same aptitude, competence and professional performance, unless reasons relating to the person of a competitor prevail. Equal opportunities are an integral part of ZB MED's personnel and organisational development, for which the information centre has repeatedly been awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY award.

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