Full Stack IAM Engineer (IT-PW-IAM-2025-69-GRAE)

Full Stack IAM Engineer (IT-PW-IAM-2025-69-GRAE)

• Full-time

Your responsibilities

Join CERN's Identity and Account Management (IAM) team as a Full Stack Engineer to contribute to secure, elegant, and user-friendly authentication services at one of the world's leading research institutions. You will work within a supportive 9-person team on systems that enable CERN users to work securely and efficiently, across the entire stack: Java, Python, and ReactJS, deployed on OpenShift and Kubernetes.

Required skills:

• Experience with ReactJS
• Proficiency in Java and Python
• Knowledge of containerization
• Understanding of secure coding practices

Good to have:

• Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift
• Knowledge of Keycloak, SAML, OIDC
• English proficiency; willingness to learn basic French
• Maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation by the application deadline
• Educational qualification: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• No prior CERN fellow or graduate contracts
• Applicants without a university degree or with a PhD are not eligible

Contract duration: 24 months, with possible extension up to 36 months.

Working hours: 40 hours per week

This position involves:

• Stand-by duty as required by the organization

Job reference: IT-PW-IAM-2025-69-GRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

What we offer

• A monthly stipend between 5196 and 5716 Swiss Francs (net of tax)
• Coverage by CERN's health scheme and pension fund
• Installation grant, family, child, and infant allowances, travel expense coverage depending on circumstances
• 30 days paid leave per year
• On-the-job and formal training, including language courses

About us

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, explores the fundamental structure of the universe using the world's largest scientific instruments. Discover more at http://home.cern.

Diversity is a core value at CERN, central to our success, and we embrace a diverse workforce.