Computing Fellowship: Full-Stack Software Engineer

Company Description

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.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization.

Job Description

Within CERN’s Business Computing (FAP-BC) group, you will join one of the group’s product development teams where you will collaborate with agile team members, share responsibilities, contribute to pair programming and knowledge-sharing sessions, participate in code reviews and agile ceremonies. You will work in various aspects of software development.

Specifically, you will take on the following responsibilities : 

• Develop and deploy software (mostly web applications), using mostly Java, together with frameworks in their respective ecosystems (e.g., Spring Boot), as primary backend technology;
• Configure and integrate standard third-party provided software solutions (e.g., ERP systems) run on premise or available in the cloud;
• Use front-end techniques like semantic and accessible HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6+) with related frameworks (e.g., React), and HTML5 APIs;
• Interact with (mostly relational) databases using SQL;
• Extract and visualize data in forms, reports, and dashboards;
• Maintain and enhance existing (legacy) systems;
• Provide end user support and carry out data migrations and software upgrades.

Qualifications

Eligibility criteria

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State;
• ou have graduated or are about to graduate (within six months from the date of the committee), with a university degree (BSc or MSc level) and have no more than 4 years’ relevant experience after obtaining your degree in the field of computer science or another related field. Please note that experience prior to the latest obtained degree will not be considered for the calculation of your overall years of experience.

Essential skills and experience

• Experience using object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, Python);
• Experience with version control systems, particularly, Git;
• Experience with relational databases and SQL;
• Ability working with both new and legacy systems;
• Initial experience with web development technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related frameworks, such as React);
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Desired skills and experience (not required but would be advantageous)

• Experience in working with data warehouses, data integration / ETL tools, message/event processing systems;
• Experience with reporting/dashboarding tools and techniques;
• Experience with development in proprietary environments or the willingness to learn

Please note that CERN Staff members are not eligible to apply for a Fellowship.

Additional Information

CERN would very much like to benefit from your expertise, commitment and passion.  In return, CERN will provide you with:

• An employment contract for between six months (minimum) up to a maximum of 36 months.
• A stipend ranging from 5,305 to 6,586 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: an installation grant, family, child and infant allowances as well as travel expenses to and from Geneva.
• 2.5 days of paid leave per month.

Your future Life @CERN

Get a glimpse of what it’s like to work at CERN: https://careers.cern/benefits and https://careers.cern/our-people

This is how you can apply:

Please provide the following documents to complete your application:

• A CV;
• A scanned PDF of your most recent relevant qualification;

We recommend to add two recent letters of recommendation, giving an overview of your academic and/or professional achievements. You can upload these letters at the time of application if you have them to hand. You will also be provided with a link as soon as you have submitted your application to forward to your referees to upload their letters confidentially. Please note this must be done before the closing date.

All applications should reach us no later than 27 January 2022.