High Energy Physics Software Developer

vor 2 Wochen


Genf, Genf, Schweiz CERN Vollzeit

Are you an experienced software developer or scientist with a Master's degree or PhD interested in the challenges of computing for High Energy Physics? We invite applications for a position as a software developer to contribute to the R&D at the heart of LHC data processing.

CVMFS is a global, read-only filesystem that specializes in delivering software and enables distributed scientific computing across cloud- and supercomputing sites worldwide. As a software developer, you will work on improving the performance and usability of the CVMFS client and publisher, collaborate with cloud- and supercomputing facilities to make CVMFS more accessible, and contribute to the baseline support and maintenance tasks of the project.

About the Role
  • Your Responsibilities: Improve the performance and usability of the CVMFS client and publisher, work with cloud- and supercomputing facilities to make CVMFS more accessible, contribute to the baseline support and maintenance tasks of the project.
  • Your Profile: Experience with software version control (e.g., git) and build tooling, good C++ knowledge, competencies in systems and network programming (e.g., libcurl), UNIX knowledge, familiarity with filesystem concepts.

Apart from the above mentioned requirements, it would be beneficial if you have experience with container technologies (such as Docker), knowledge of the Go language, and experience with HEP experiments code, their software lifecycle, and build tooling.

Eligibility Criteria
  • You are a national of a country listed in Group 1 of the [insert link].
  • You have a professional background in STEM (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 fellowship or graduate contract before.
What We Offer

We offer a highly competitive salary ranging between CHF 62,120 and CHF 68,280 per year, depending on your individual circumstances. You will also receive comprehensive health insurance, pension scheme, and other benefits such as installation grant, family, child, and infant allowances, payment of travel expenses, and 30 days of paid leave per year.

Depending on your individual circumstances, we may provide additional benefits such as relocation assistance, education allowance, housing subsidy, etc. On-the-job and formal training at CERN, as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French, are also available.



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