Organisation/Company Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Research Field Computer science » Other Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Country Spain Application Deadline 10 Aug 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Negotiable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Context And Mission
Our group at the Life Sciences Department is developing a research line centred on the development and maintenance of research infrastructures to serve large-scale projects in the Life Sciences domain. In this context, on one hand BioExcel Center of Excellence (https://bioexcel.eu ) is a project seeking to establish a stable infrastructure for software management in the field of Biomolecular simulations; on the other hand the MDDB project (https://mddbr.eu ) is developing the initial establishment of a large scale federated repository for biomolecular simulations. The candidate is expected to have a strong involvement in the development of the core technical infrastructure for MDDB and the provision of advanced tools for simulation study including both traditional and AI based strategies.
Key Duties
Contribute to the development of software components related to biomolecular simulations, docking and chemoinformatics
Manage the deployment of tools in a variety of computational infrastructures
Contribute to the development of software related to large scale database infrastructures
Participate in project meetings and reporting.
Requirements
Education
High degree in a informatics/bioinformatics related field
Or a Higher vocational education (FPII)
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Knowledge of scripting languages (python preferred), software library development, and its integration in software repositories (PyPi, Conda, etc.)
Knowledge of data and database management (NoSQL)
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Knowledge of software quality practices
Knowledge of biomolecular simulation (MD) and structural bioinformatics
Knowledge of AI technologies including machine and deep learning.
Fluency in both written and spoken English
Competences
The ability to understand scientific literature, and software documentation
Ability to communicate scientific results
Ability to work independently
Ability to represent the team in international project meetings
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences Department
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
Starting date: asap
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