Research Software EngineerETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specialising in science and technology. It is renowned for its excellent education, its cutting-edge fundamental research and its efforts to put new knowledge and innovations directly into practice. Scientific Software and Data Management (SSDM), part of Scientific IT Services (SIS) within central IT, develops software and data management solutions for research projects across the ETH domain, and provides a stimulating, flexible and family-friendly working environment. It is located in Zurich and Basel.Project backgroundScientific Software and Data Management (SSDM) is part of ETH's central IT department. It comprises software engineers from diverse backgrounds who develop software to support research projects across a broad spectrum of ETH's academic departments, including biology, physics, engineering, economics, architecture and more. Due to a growing portfolio of projects. we are looking for a versatile software engineer to work to lead or contribute to a number of projectsYour main task, occupying half your time, will be to work on a project at ETH's Cosmology Group. The required skills are Python and an understanding of computational programming and solving numerical systems.The remainder of your time work be spent on our projects in our portfolio. We have projects that are written in Java, Python, C++ and web technologies so the projects you work on would depend on your additional skills.Most importantly, we are looking for a person who is flexible and interested in and able to aquire new skills and our project portfolio is constantly evolving.A Masters degree or PhD in computer science, mathematics, science or engineeringA minimum of 5 years working in software developmentA minimum of 3 years working with PythonExperience writing computational code in Python (Numpy, etc)Good communication skills in EnglishJavaJavascript/Typescript with React or SveltePython web backend development (Django, FastAPI)C++SIS operates in a hybrid home-office mode, with up to 3 days per week working from home. Hours are flexible, subject to customer, team and project needs.We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected. science and technology. We are renowned for our excellent education,