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Scientific Software Developer

29 Apr 2024

Job Information

Organisation/Company
CMCC Foundation
Research Field
Computer science
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Recognised Researcher (R2)
Country
Italy
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

ABOUT US



The CMCC Foundation is a scientific research center on climate change and its interactions with the environment, society, the world of business, and policymakers.

Our work aims to stimulate sustainable growth, protect the environment, and develop strategies for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change.



WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR



Our Institute for Earth System Predictions (IESP) is looking for a new position of Scientific Software Developer responsible for developing IT solutions for the ocean modelling development.

ROLE



The Scientific Software Developer is responsible for the development and optimization of scientific workflows for the modelling and analysis of metocean data and engages in the development of analytics solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • analyse the requirements of workflows for the ocean numerical simulations;
  • implementation of workflows and tools for their testing and integration;
  • provide documentation for the integration of new workflows, installation and use of workflows;
  • analyse the operations report of workflows for the planning of future improvements and optimizations;
  • analyse the requirements of network architectures for ocean data analytics;
  • development of tools for the analysis and processing of ocean data and metadata.

Requirements

Research Field
Computer science
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
  • M.Sc. degree (or equivalent working experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering;
  • knowledge of UNIX/Linux operating systems and script languages (i.e., *nix shell);
  • good knowledge and skills in programming (i.e., Fortran, C, Python);
  • knowledge of version control systems (i.e., git);
  • Good communication skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.

Furthermore, it is welcome that you have as much as possible of the following experience:

  • knowledge of methods for software tests and infrastructures for the continuous integration;
  • knowledge of workflow management systems (e.g., Cylc);
  • experience in managing/manipulating/visualization environmental data (i.e. GIS database, NetCDF, CF metadata convention);
  • experience with Jupyter Notebooks;
  • knowledge of tools for software profiling and debugging;
  • experience with scientific library: Dask, NumPy, Matplotlib;
  • knowledge of parallel programming on CPU/GPU HPC architectures (i.e. MPI library, OpenMP,…).
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Excellent

Additional Information

Benefits
  • The appointment period will be initially of 24 months starting from June 2024, renewable for 24 additional months pending a positive evaluation. Tenure can be granted from 2 to 4 years after being appointed as a junior researcher;
  • The gross annual salary will be based on qualification and working experience;
  • Welfare package;
  • Flexible working time;
  • Support during the immigration process, if needed.
Selection process

The appointment is assigned following:

  1. internal selection;
  2. external selection in the event that there are no internal candidates, or they are assessed as unsuitable.
Additional comments

Belonging to legally protected categories (ex L. 68/99) will constitute a preferential condition.



Some fiscal benefits could be applied for repatriated workers or foreign researchers/professors, having the requirements defined by Dlgs 147/2015 (for repatriates) or Dl 78/2010 (for foreigners).

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Institute for Earth System Predictions (IESP)
Country
Italy
City
Bologna
Geofield
Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Institute for Earth System Predictions (IESP)
Country
Italy
City
Lecce
Geofield

Contact

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