Junior Specialist – Information Systems (Software Engineer) Product Requirements, Technical Documentation, Database Design
JOB DETAIL
About IRRI
Working with in-country partners, IRRI develops advanced rice varieties that yield more grain and better withstand pests and disease as well as flooding, drought, and other harmful effects of climate change.
Job Purpose
The Rice Breeding Innovations Platform brings together the various research support and operational services across IRRI including the Breeding Analytics, Data Management, and Software Development (BDS). The BDS:
- works closely with units and platforms
- develops, tests, and releases software applications that translate science into ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
- supports the standardization, capture, storage, and curation of data in centralized and accessible IRRI databases
- recommends and trains data capture technologies
A software engineer designs, develops, maintains, tests, and evaluates software applications. In development work, their responsibilities are to
- be involved in the creation of product requirements
- carry out software development tasks within the agreed time frame and according to the set best practices and agreed principles
- create and update the required technical documentation and user manuals
Software engineers also provide technical support for the storage and retrieval of data, and the deployment of software solutions, and also conduct user training as needed.
This position will be based at the IRRI Headquarters, Los Baños, Philippines and may only be filled by permanent citizens of the Philippines.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software
- Be involved in the discussion and creation of software product requirements
- Carry out software development tasks according to set best practices and agreed principles
- Maintain and troubleshoot software applications as per customer requirements
- Improve the designed software and databases
- Evaluate software for general use and improvement
- Provide technical support to end-users (e.g. software support for users)
- Facilitate customer requests, and provide solutions and instructions
- Guide and train end-users how to use software solutions
- Implement software development versions according to set requirements and schedules
- Produce documentation and materials such as codes, tables, and reports
- Manage data storages and support retrieval of data and information
- Set-up and install software and see dependencies on servers
- Create back-ups of software and content
- Create and update technical documentation, user manuals of the deployed solutions
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
Skills Required
Mandatory
- Knowledge of and basic experience in programming software solutions, and developing applications and databases (preferably with React+Next.js/SPA, Typescript/JS, HTML, CSS)
- Experience in code version control systems (Git)
- Some experience in relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- Some knowledge of different operating systems (Linux/Mac/Windows)
Preferred
- Know-how of Atlassian project management solutions, such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, and the Agile development principles
IRRI offers a highly extensive employee benefits package inclusive of globally-covered medical insurance, retirement plan, life and accident insurance and other allowances.
Join our team and be part of our story!
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This position will remain open until filled.
