Research Software Engineer – Natural Sciences (Open Science)

Netherlands eScience Center; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel and communication allowance

Holiday allowance 8%

42 holidays (full-time)

Year-end bonus 8.33%

Personal development budget

Fitness plan

Bicycle plan

Flexible work from home options and on

Job summary

The Netherlands eScience Center seeks a Research Software Engineer to join the Research Software Sustainability Programme. You will work across projects funded under the RSSP, contributing to robust software, documentation, and community-building in academic research.

This fixed-term, two-year role supports Open Science NL and involves collaboration with researchers, developers, and contributors across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Experience in academic research and development of research software, methodologies, or open-source frameworks for research purposes.
• Proven experience developing research software with testing, documentation, and applying FAIR principles to research software.

Responsibilities

• Refactor, modularise, improve test coverage and packaging of research software.
• Produce documentation and train users; write tutorials and onboarding materials.
• Contribute to governance, governance structures, and community-building to extend contributor base.

Education

Master's degree or higher in a relevant field

Job description

The Netherlands eScience Center seeks a Research Software Engineer to join the Research Software Sustainability Programme. You will work across projects funded under the RSSP, contributing to robust software, documentation, and community-building in academic research.

This fixed-term, two-year role supports Open Science NL and involves collaboration with researchers, developers, and contributors across disciplines.