Specialist - Information Systems (Software Engineering)

The Rice Breeding Innovations Platform brings together the various research support and operational services across IRRI including Breeding Analytics, Data Management, and Software Development (BDS). The BDS:

• works closely with clusters and platforms
• develops, tests and releases software applications that translates 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, tries out and evaluates software applications. In development work their responsibility is 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 on principles
• create and update the required user and technical documentation

Software engineers provide also technical support to storage and retrieval of data, deployment of the solutions and conduct user training when needed.

This position will be based at the IRRI Headquarters, Los Baños, Philippines and may only be filled by permanent citizens of the Philippines. 

• 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
• Coordinate closely with end-users and the design team on the development of software and data sources
• Guide and train end-users on how to use the software solutions
• Implement software development versions according to set requirements and schedules
• Test new and improved features and other solutions and provide quality feedback to fellow developers
• Produce documentation and materials such as codes, tables, reports, and other software artifacts
• Manage data storage and support retrieval of information from data sources
• Set up and install software and check dependencies on local and remote servers
• Create backups of software, database, and other software materials
• Create and update technical documentation and user manuals of the deployed solutions

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with minimum 4 years of work experience
• Master’s degree in Computer Science with minimum 1 year of work experience

Mandatory

• Excellent knowledge of and experience in programming computer software, and developing applications and databases
• Knowledge of and experience in application/web service/scripting languages (HTML5, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, Node.JS)
• 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

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This position will remain open until filled.