Job Description

Your responsibilities

Join the BE-CSS-CPA team of experienced software engineers and work on our new cutting edge big data processing and analysis platform!
This platform will extend UCAP, our real-time stream processing platform, and combine it with NXCALS, our petabyte-scale offline data storage and analysis system.

As a Software Engineer in our team you will:

• Carry out hands-on research on open-source data processing frameworks such as Spark Structured Streaming, Apache Beam, Kafka Streams, and on modern Kubernetes-based deployment solutions such as Knative and OpenFaaS;
• Design, implement, and optimize a high-performance and scalable data analysis platform using Java, based on your research, together with your new colleagues;
• Work closely with accelerator physicists and equipment specialists to design tailored and user-friendly libraries, APIs and configuration facilities, enabling this user community to quickly and easily develop and deploy both traditional and ML algorithms written in Python and Java.

Your profile

Skills

• Experience as a Backend Software Engineer or similar role:
  • Proficiency in Core Java and its ecosystem;
  • Practical experience with the Spring Framework (Spring Boot);
  • Knowledge of gRPC & REST API design and development.
• Understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.

Desired, but non-essential skills and experience (you can apply if you don’t have them):

• Experience with serverless frameworks, particularly Knative and/or OpenFaaS;
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker/Podman, Kubernetes);
• Experience with Python and its ecosystem;
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools;
• Experience with data processing frameworks (e.g. Apache Kafka, Apache Beam, Apache Spark);
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack);
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Software Engineer (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 09.12.2024 at 23:59h (midnight) CET.

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Job reference: BE-CSS-CPA-2024-177-GRAP

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6212 and 6828 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

We are on a Quest. A Journey into discovery like no other. Bring your expertise to our unique work and develop your knowledge and skills at pace. Join world-class subject matter experts on unique projects, in a Quest for greater knowledge and deeper understanding.

Begin your CERN Quest. Take Part!

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.