Research Software Engineer - Social Sciences & Humanities (Remote)

eScience Center; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Netherlands eScience Center in Amsterdam seeks a Research Software Engineer for Social Sciences & Humanities to join a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to research software projects across humanities domains, work partly from our Amsterdam office and at partner universities across the Netherlands, and collaborate with researchers and technologists.

You bring a PhD or equivalent, experience building research software, and an interest in humanities topics such as art, archaeology or

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent is required.
• Experience in academic research and development of research software or open-source frameworks.
• Domain affinity in humanities (e.g., art, archaeology, history) is highly valued.
• Experience with image processing, computer vision, NLP, and AI-enabled methods is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work on multiple research software projects within a multidisciplinary team.
• Develop robust, reproducible software for research purposes.
• Collaborate with researchers and technologists across disciplines and locations.

Skills

Academic research

Open-source software

NLP

Image processing

Computer vision

Team collaboration

Strong communication

Education

PhD or equivalent

Tools

Python

Git

Jupyter

Job description

The Netherlands eScience Center in Amsterdam seeks a Research Software Engineer for Social Sciences & Humanities to join a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to research software projects across humanities domains, work partly from our Amsterdam office and at partner universities across the Netherlands, and collaborate with researchers and technologists.

You bring a PhD or equivalent, experience building research software, and an interest in humanities topics such as art, archaeology or