Research/Scientific Engineer

We are looking for a Research Engineer/Developer to work on a new and exciting project: “ConAIoT - Enabling Conversational AI-driven IoT”. The project is a supported by a prestigious US company and offers great opportunity to work in a creative environment, deal with cutting-edge IoT, Cloud and AI technologies, experience an international collaboration with leading researchers and Computer Science professionals, and  continue personal and professional education (potential PhD position).

As this is mainly a development-focused position, the candidate should have excellent codding skills in Java and Spring Boot.

The candidate will be working at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona.

We are looking for a Research Engineer/Developer to work on a new and exciting project: “ConAIoT - Enabling Conversational AI-driven IoT”. The project is a supported by a prestigious US company and offers great opportunity to work in a creative environment, deal with cutting-edge IoT, Cloud and AI technologies, experience an international collaboration with leading researchers and Computer Science professionals, and  continue personal and professional education (potential PhD position).

As this is mainly a development-focused position, the candidate should have excellent codding skills in Java and Spring Boot.

The candidate will be working at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona.

The main aim of this project is to design and implement a Proof of Concept conversational AI-driven IoT framework for: 1) discovery of IoT devices and services; and 2) identity management of IoT resources (devices).

The candidate should have: (i) Strong interest in problem solving with an independent and goal-oriented mindset; (ii) The ability to develop methods, concepts, and models, as well as to implement (code) them; (iii) Excellent programming skills:  Must-have: excellent Java and Spring Boot knowledge, excellent know-how developing REST services;  Nice-to-have: familiar with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and technologies (e.g., Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Docker containers, etc.); Linux OS knowledge, Service discovery protocols, TCP/IP stack, Networking knowledge, Angular 2+; (iv) Knowledge in Internet technologies, Internet of Things, and Cloud Computing is a plus.