You will take the lead in designing and implementing a collection of advanced web applications aimed at optimising the asset and maintenance management processes for over 4000 users. These crucial applications are built on top of the Organization’s Enterprise Asset Management platform, HxGN EAM, for which the team is also publishing components as open-source.

Your efforts will have a direct impact on the daily tasks for engineers and technicians managing CERN’s particle accelerator complex and its surrounding technical infrastructure. Utilizing a wide array of technologies, including JavaScript (React), the HTML5 stack, Java, OIDC, and maximizing our proprietary cloud services, you will participate in molding the architecture of our digital engineering platform.

Beyond programming, you’ll transition into roles such as the Scrum Master, guide junior team members, perform code reviews, collaborate in pair coding sessions, and have access to various training programs to further your professional development. This position offers a unique blend of technical challenges and the chance to be part of meaningful projects that have a tangible impact on the functioning of CERN.

Requirements:

• Experience in professional software development with back-end and front-end technologies (Java, Spring Boot or Java EE, JavaScript, HTML5, React)
• Proficiency in writing JavaScript single web page applications with React or similar framework
• Awareness of the interplay between HTML, CSS and JavaScript and the ability to dynamically build and modify elements on a page with ease
• Hands-on experience with continuous build and automatic testing
• Hands-on experience in using collaborative code repository inside a team (git, GitLab, GitHub)
• Fluent in English

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Software Engineering (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.