Technical Coordinator and Software Developer (f/m/d)

The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver solutions for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture – together with society. ZALF is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). It also maintains a research station with further locations in Dedelow and Paulinenaue.

The research project DAKIS (Digital Agricultural Knowledge Information System) is funded under the umbrella of the BMBF “Agricultural systems of the future” program, where blue sky research is fostered to find the ideal form of agriculture for the future conditions in Germany, anticipating recent developments in agricultural technology, digitalization and societal change. We believe that agricultural systems of the future can be spatially differentiated and functionally diversified by automated small-scale production systems, and tailored to society's needs through new, innovative information and management systems. Subject to funding, the project has a prospect of another 4 years.

Subject to approval, we are offering a full-time position (40h/week) temporally limited until December 31th 2028 at our location in Müncheberg for a

Technical Coordinator and Software Developer (f/m/d)

99-2024

Your tasks:

•   coordinating the development of the DAKIS backend and communication with all involved project partners
•   leading the developers in the DAKIS project
•   continuing the design and implementation of the DAKIS backend and the DAKIS RPC services

Your qualifications:

• high degree of initiative, willingness to cooperate, excellent communication and teamwork skills in an interdisciplinary and international environment
• good written and spoken English skills or a willingness to take part in further training as part of the language courses offered internally (German an advantage)
• at least 5 years of experience in software development
• experience in leading teams is an advantage
• programming languages: Python, C# (C++, Go an advantage)
• experience and insight in frontend technologies an advantage
• experience with Linux server environments
• openness to new technologies
• experience with databases

What we offer:

• an interdisciplinary working environment that encourages independence and self-reliance
• classification according to the collective agreement of the federal states (TV-L) up to E13 (including special annual payment)
• supplementary pension scheme for the public sector (VB-L)
• a collegial and open-minded working atmosphere in a dynamic research institution
• company ticket
• support for work-life balance certified by the berufundfamilie audit
• support for professional and interdisciplinary further training and qualification
• climate-conscious organizational practices (purchasing, vehicle fleet, energy management)
• nature-oriented, meaningful work at the gates of Berlin
• in-house language courses in German and English

Women are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications from severely disabled persons with equal qualifications are favored. The filling of the position in part-time is possible in principle. Please send your application preferably online (see button online application below). For e-mail applications, create a PDF document (one PDF file, max. 5 MB; packed PDF documents, archive files like zip, rar etc. Word documents cannot be processed and therefore cannot be considered!) with the usual documents, in particular CV, proof of qualification and certificates, stating the reference number 99-2024 until 06 December 2024 to (see button e-mail application below).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: Michael Berg-Mohnicke, michael.berg-mohnicke@zalf.de, Tel. +49 (0) 33432/82-354.

For cost reasons, application documents or extensive publications can only be returned if an adequately stamped envelope is attached. If you apply, we collect and process your personal data in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the EU GDPR only for the processing of your application and for purposes that result from possible future employment with the ZALF. Your data will be deleted after six months.