Position as Software Engineer (m/f/d) – Pilot Project Chemotion ELN module
31.03.2025
as soon as possible
Full time
About us
The Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC) aims to reimagine the chemical industry as sustainable and resilient. Divided into 5 interconnected thematic areas; Automation & Standardization, Data-driven Chemistry, Recycling, Renewable Feedstocks, and Societal-Environmental-Economic Metrics (SEEM); the CTC has identified strong pillars to guide its scientific efforts towards the transformation of chemistry.
The CTC Science Team is currently planning multiple pilot projects and looking for ambitious people taking the lead.
As a Software Engineer (m/f/d) – Pilot Project Chemotion ELN module, you will play a pivotal role in a software development project in cooperation with a partner team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and in collaboration with developers at the universities of Jena, Braunschweig, Halle and RWTH Aachen. The project will focus on the co-development of Chemotion, an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) tailored for chemistry and its deployment and maintenance at the CTC.
The successful candidate will be embedded in the Data Management Team of the CTC which strives to be an exemplar in data management in the context of the chemistry research community. The Data Team is deeply involved in all the CTC’s activities connected with the knowledge-generation process and aims at supporting the scientific community of the Center with state-of-the-art data handling solutions
As part of CTC’s Science team, you’ll be located in Leuna in the greater Leipzig/Halle area.
Your tasks and qualifications
- Contribute hands-on to the software development activities connected with the development of the Chemotion ELN.
- Cooperate with the partner teams by proactively offering and implementing solutions and by contributing to set priorities
- Interact iteratively with the CTC’s scientists to define the users’ requirements and develop tailored solutions according to the peculiar features of the generated data.
- Contribute to the deployment and maintenance of the Chemotion ELN at the CTC.
- Keep the pace with the emerging technologies and best practices in software engineering and contribute proactively to the continuous improvement of the Chemotion ELN and of the associated environments.
Your profile
- Successfully completed degree (at least a Master’s, ideally PhD) in Computer Science, Computer engineering, Business informatics, Statistics, Computational sciences, or in a related field.
- Previous hands-on working experience (minimum 3 years) as software engineer, software developer or in a similar role.
- Experience in front-end development (e.g. Ruby on Rails, JavaScript or React) and creating and maintaining backend API’s.
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL).
- Strong experience in programming languages such as Python.
- Experience with testing frameworks for front-end development.
- Experienced in collaborative software development and maintaining production level code (e.g. Docker, CI/CD, IDE such as Visual Studio Code, GitHub).
- Willingness to learn new tools and technologies as required.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills to engage with internal and external stakeholders.
What we offer
- The opportunity to perform your research at what will be the largest research center for chemical research in Europe.
- Benefit from a large network: Meet and work with top experts from academia and industry.
- Competitive compensation according to TVöD-Bund up to E13 depending on the candidate’s qualifications.
- Partial compensation of Job Commute Ticket.
- Comprehensive social benefits, including 30 days of vacation per year, annual special payment, and additional pension scheme (VBL).
- Term-limited position until the 31st of December, 2025 allowing for fresh perspectives in terms of contract extension after 2025.