Software Engineer (all genders welcome)Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek

Software-Entwickler*in (w/m/d)
Stellen-ID: 73998
Facility: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek
Contact person: Ingo Pfennigstorf
[email protected]
05513921201
Date of filling: As soon as possible
Application deadline: 05.04.2023
Application: Link
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At the University of Göttingen -Public Law Foundation-, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, there is a position as

Software Engineer (all genders welcome)
Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L/100%

to be filled. Starting date is as soon as possible. The position is limited to two years.

Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) is the central library of Göttingen University. It is one of the largest academic libraries in Germany and responsible for various regional tasks in literature provision. It leads and engages in multiple national and international projects in the areas of digital libraries, research infrastructures, data science, research software engineering, and various aspects of research data management.
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our interdisciplinary software development team. Our software engineers work in local, national and international projects. The team collaborates closely with other libraries and scholars of various disciplines to create innovative digital solutions and services. The position will be on a fixed-term contract for two years, with potential extension to three years or more depending on project approval. The starting gross salary is expected to be around 51.000€ p.a. (depending on qualifications and experience).

Your responsibilities

• design and implement user-facing software and APIs
• extract, transform and load big chunks of data (ETL)
• contribute to code guidelines and architectural designs
• participate in building an efficient team
• perform tests and code revisions
• create reusable software modules
• formulate new project ideas and help the team with project related work

Your qualities

• a degree in computer science (e.g. M. Sc.) or any related subject
• good programming and problem-solving skills
• familiarity with either Python, PHP or Java, or affinity for creating frontend applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• time for well-written code, testing and documentation
• enthusiasm for working on a team and collaborating with stakeholders, product owners, scrum masters, and other programmers
• good command of English and basic German skills

Some technologies and methods we use:

• Scrum
• Java and derivatives like Kotlin, Groovy
• Python
• PHP (Symfony, Wordpress, TYPO3)
• JavaScript, (Vue.js, React)
• CSS (SCSS)
• JSON, XML, XSLT, XQuery
• SQL, NoSQL, Graph Databases (neo4j), search engines (Solr, ElasticSearch)
• API design and consumption, ETL, Linked Data
• Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Our offer

• a modern, family-friendly working environment in one of Germany's largest libraries in a university city
• challenging tasks in innovative projects as part of an agile development team
• flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile work
• opportunities for further education, personal development and a PhD in Scientific Information Analytics
• state-of-the-art equipment with time and space for your own ideas
• salary linked to the collective agreement with the corresponding increases and 30 vacation days p.a.
• supplemental private pension plan subsidised by the employer

It would also be desirable to send your Github profile or examples of involvement in open source projects.

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in fields in which they are underrepresented. The university has committed itself to being a family-friendly institution and supports their employees in balancing work and family life. The University is particularly committed to the professional participation of severely disabled employees and therefore welcomes applications from severely disabled people. In the case of equal qualifications, applications from people with severe disabilities will be given preference. A disability or equality is to be included in the application in order to protect the interests of the applicant.

Please upload your application in one pdf file including the usual documents until 4/5/2023 on the application portal of the university using this link: http://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/73998 . For more information get in touch with Ingo Pfennigstorf directly via E-Mail: [email protected], Tel. 05513921201 .

Please note:
With submission of your application, you accept the processing of your applicant data in terms of data-protection law. Further information on the legal basis and data usage is provided in the Information General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)