Software engineer for climate and health (RE2)

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Software engineer for climate and health (RE2)

Join to apply for the Software engineer for climate and health (RE2) role at Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Closing Date: Monday, 15 September, 2025

Job reference: 537_25_ES_EDD_RE2

Job title: Software engineer for climate and health (RE2)

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, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE, and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU.

The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies to facilitate scientific progress.

BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer.

The BSC Earth Sciences Department (ES) is looking for a software engineer to consolidate and further develop the existing software environment for the Global Health and Resilience Group’s portfolio of climate, health and digital technology projects.

The software engineer will be a member of the Data and Diagnostics Team (DDT).

The successful applicant will join the team to contribute to the development and computational optimization of R packages, dashboards and user interfaces linking climate and health data in decision-support models, in collaboration with the department’s Global Health Resilience (GHR) group, led by ICREA Professor Rachel Lowe.

The mission of the GHR group is to apply an interdisciplinary approach to co-designing policy-relevant methodological solutions to enhance surveillance, preparedness and response to climate-sensitive disease outbreaks.

In collaboration with stakeholders and R tool users, the applicant will participate in projects to develop and optimize R data and modelling analysis functions, packages and dashboards in a High Performance Computing environment.

Moreover, the applicant will contribute to the ongoing strategy for the development of Earth Sciences Department tools to increase applicability, international visibility and impact of the research and services.

• Support on software development, system administration and climate-health related tools configuration and optimization.
  
  
• Design, develop, and deploy applications and micro-services for data integration, process automation, and infrastructure optimization (Docker, Podman...).
  
  
• Co-development and optimization of R packages for climate and health projects.
  
  
• Contribute to the development of training materials for capacity strengthening workshops.
  
  Present and document technical progress to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
  
• Liaise between internal and external groups across multiple research sites in-country and internationally.
  
  

• Education: A Masters in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics or related discipline
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:
  • Prior experience in a software development or software engineer position
  • Excellent skills in R, Python and / or other interpreted languages
  • Experience with UNIX / LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, etc)
  • Good programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git (gitlab, github)
  • Interest in climate change and global health challenges
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience:
  • Knowledge of health related data types will be valued
  • Knowledge of geospatial data formats (GRIB, NetCDF, etc...)
  • Previous experience in HPC architecture and parallel programming (multi-threaded applications) will be valued
• Competences:
  • Capacity to interact and build strong relations with researchers, engineers, and users.
    
    
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    
    
  • Ability to show initiative, prioritise tasks and work under set deadlines.
    
    
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team.
    
    
  • Ability to learn and adapt to multiple programming languages easily.
    
    
  • Fluency in English, both speaking and writing

• The position will be located at BSC within the Earth 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: competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
• Starting date: as soon as possible

All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:

• A full CV in English including contact details
• A cover / motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered.
  
  Additionally, two references must be included.
  
  

The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system.

The recruitment process consists of two phases:

• Curriculum Analysis: Evaluation of previous experience and relevant information.
  
  - 40 points
• Interview phase: Technical competencies, knowledge, and personal competencies.
  
  - 60 points (minimum 30/60 to be eligible)

The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people with at least 25% representation of women.

A gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy.

The panel will conduct interviews and may include a personality questionnaire and a technical exercise.

Final decisions will be communicated to all interview participants.

For feedback, contact the recruitment team.

The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers (OTM-R) is applied.

BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired.

Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.

Important notes

• Gender and nationality data will be used for statistical purposes only.
  
  
• Data policy: I accept the data policy.
  
  
• By submitting, I confirm that the information is true, complete and accurate.
  
  

Relevant fields for the application include department interests, research groups, and uploads for CV and cover letter as described in the form.

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