RSE: Environment & Sustainability for Open Science

Netherlands eScience Center; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel + comms allowance

Holiday allowance 8%

Year-end bonus 8.33%

Personal development budget

Fitness plan

Bicycle plan

Flexible work from home

Job summary

Netherlands eScience Center seeks a Research Software Engineer to advance sustainable, high-quality software for scientific research. You will work across projects, refactor code, improve testing, and contribute to documentation and tutorials.

Join a collaborative team focused on environmental science, Earth data, and open research software. A two-year contract with opportunities for community-building and knowledge sharing will be provided.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
• Proven experience developing research software and methodologies.
• Experience applying FAIR principles to research software.
• Experience with geospatial data and environmental modelling is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Refactor, modularise, and improve test coverage of research software.
• Develop documentation and onboarding materials for projects.
• Foster community adoption and governance structures for projects.
• Collaborate with researchers and developers across multiple projects.

Skills

Research software

Documentation

Testing

Geospatial analysis

Education

Master's degree in Earth & Environmental Sciences

Tools

Python

Git

Job description

Netherlands eScience Center seeks a Research Software Engineer to advance sustainable, high-quality software for scientific research. You will work across projects, refactor code, improve testing, and contribute to documentation and tutorials.

Join a collaborative team focused on environmental science, Earth data, and open research software. A two-year contract with opportunities for community-building and knowledge sharing will be provided.