Overview Position: Junior Research Engineer (RE1)
Closing Date: Sunday, 14 September, 2025
Reference: 487_25_LS_INB_RE1
About BSC: The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is the hosting entity for EuroHPC JU. BSC is focused on researching, developing and managing information technologies to facilitate scientific progress and combines HPC service provision with R&D in computer and computational science across multiple domains.
Context And Mission The Technologies for Biomedical Research Lab (TechBioLab) within the Life Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) enables research activities in the Life Sciences. Activities include developing infrastructures for centralized and federated analysis and learning, software components for bioinformatics, data management in healthcare, benchmarking of research software, and enabling analysis of sensitive data in federated settings. The INB (Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute) coordinates ELIXIR-ES activities and related national initiatives such as TransBioNet.
Key Duties Find ways to efficiently present results: visualization graphs, exploratory web interfaces, etc.
Contribute to the development of front-end platforms and APIs for current research projects in the Life Sciences department, in close collaboration with back-end engineers.
Contribute to ensuring appropriate user experience at the developed front-ends.
Interact with cloud providers and HPC resources to distribute workloads.
Work with other INB/ELIXIR-ES units and ELIXIR nodes to implement standards and methodologies.
Contribute to ongoing projects in the INB/ELIXIR-ES units, including flagship projects like GDI and EUCAIM.
Requirements Education
Software Engineer Degree or equivalent Bioinformatics related degrees.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
At least 1 year of professional experience in a similar role.
Experience in cloud deployments.
Experience with advanced software packaging procedures.
Experience in software quality management.
Experience working with Unix/Linux systems.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience developing, generating and using software containers (e.g., Docker and Singularity).
Experience in developing project technical specifications.
Fluency in English, written and spoken. At least basic knowledge of Spanish.
Competences
Ability to understand scientific literature and software documentation.
Ability to communicate scientific results.
Conditions The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences Department.
Full-time contract (37.5h/week) with a good working environment and state-of-the-art infrastructure; flexible working hours; extensive training plan; restaurant tickets; private health insurance; relocation support.
Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget.
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per collective agreement.
Salary: competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience; Barcelona cost of living.
Starting date: 01/10/2025.
Applications procedure and process All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain: a full CV in English including contact details; a cover/motivation letter in English specifying the area and topics of interest, and two references. Applications without this document will not be considered.
Recruitment process The selection is conducted through a competitive examination system. The process consists of two phases: Curriculum Analysis (40 points) and Interview (60 points). A minimum of 30/60 must be obtained in the interview to be eligible. A gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy, with at least 25% representation of women. Feedback is provided to all interview participants. For suggestions or complaints about recruitment processes, contact recruitment@bsc.es.
Deadline and principles The vacancy remains open until a suitable candidate is hired. BSC-CNS is committed to the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R) and to equal opportunity employment. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by law.
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