Senior Software Engineer - DTU Biosustain

Do you want freedom, work-life balance and flexibility while having a real impact?

Then, this job is for you.

If you are a skilled and talented software developer with years of experience, and you are looking to make a difference working on projects that will have impact on world level challenges, this position is tailored to you! Your work will be an essential part of multiple initiatives towards the development of new environmentally friendly products, cleaner and more sustainable manufacturing and farming processes, new medical treatments, and richer biodiversity and ecosystems. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing new analytical and machine learning tools that will help to interpret complex multimodal data, and you will do it in collaboration with top research scientist in the field and in an international, motivating, flexible, supportive, and friendly environment at a leading research and education institution in Europe.

The Informatics Platform 
The Informatics Platform at CfB is composed of three teams that provide support to the Centre’s research groups and core facilities and help to extend and promote data and data science at CfB and DTU. The platform includes: the Research Data Management, the Data Science Platform and the Research Software Engineering teams that aim to develop innovative and robust tools to make the best out of the large amounts of data generated at the Centre and contribute to creating products and processes that are environmentally friendly, socially responsible, and economically viable. Further, the Informatics Platform interacts closely with several Data science-focused research labs at the Center. In this role, you will join several experienced developers focusing on the digitalization and automation of research processes and workflows in collaboration with data stewards, data scientists and researchers. The Informatics Platform offers a dynamic, creative, and scientific environment ideal for candidates that enjoy working with different types of data, state-of-the-art methods and surrounded by supportive, diverse, and open-minded colleagues. 

The Informatics Platform and the team you will be joining represent strategic investments by CFB, and the Center has a strong commitment to support the development of the team to become a key player in its current and future mission. This will open multiple possibilities for the candidate to grow together with the team and to become an influential contributor to the data science landscape at DTU and in Denmark.

The job 
As a senior software engineer your primary tasks will be to: 

• Contribute to the center’s and your team’s strategy and overall goals
• Be an active and motivated team member
• Help to define and implement Software Engineering guidelines and standards
• Contribute to the implementation of Cfb’s data infrastructure that aims to become a blueprint for other departments at DTU.

The ideal candidate has the following skills

• A Master’s or PhD degree within Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
• Extensive experience in software development in multiple languages (Python, Javascript, etc.)
• Strong software engineering skills such as documentation, testing and CI/CD
• Expertise in cloud environments (e.g., Microsoft Azure)
• Proficient written and spoken English
• Enjoys working with people and has good communication skills
• Curious, proactive, motivated and able to work independently 
• Basic knowledge of agile development principles

Salary and appointment terms 
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. This is a permanent position.

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than 8 October 2024. Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates. 

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Director Informatics Platform, Alberto Santos albsad@biosustain.dtu.dk.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion, or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

About the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Biosustainability
Biosustainability is the discovery, production, and use of biochemicals at scale to avoid the depletion of natural resources and the harmful impact of existing ones such as fossil fuels on societies, economies, and environments. The Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Biosustainability (CfB) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Technical University of Denmark with 300 employees that develops new knowledge and technology to support the production of biochemicals using microbial production. The Centre comprises core facilities and academic research groups doing both basic research to determine the spectrum of chemistry that can be produced biologically and applied/translational approaches focusing on enhancing the strain design and development process. Learn more about our activities and expertise at biosustain.dtu.dk. 

Technology for people 
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.