Junior Research Engineer for Epidemic Modeling - Barcelona, España - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

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Barcelona, España

hace 3 semanas

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Isabel García

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Job Reference:

135_23_LS_CB_RE1
Position:
Junior Research Engineer for Epidemic Modeling (RE1)
Closing Date:
Friday, 31 March, 2023
Reference: 135_23_LS_CB_RE1
Job title: Junior Research Engineer for Epidemic Modeling (RE1)
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 770 staff from 55 countries.
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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.
Context And Mission
Key Duties
Data integration and API development.
Develop methods to integrate and mine epidemic and mobility data to discover spreading patterns.
Design and implement tools that facilitate access to the data as well as the automatic generation of summary dashboards.
Implementation and calibration of epidemic models using optimization simulation approaches.
Participate in writing scientific articles, blogs, and online media posts.
Participate in internal group meetings and other scientific discussions.

Requirements:

Education
Degree in Computer Science, Data analysis or related discipline.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience with software development and at least one of the following:
Experience in Python programming language;
Experience in web programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Javascript, HTML, CSS, Django/Flask);
Strong Background in mathematics
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience with Python data science tools (e.g., Pandas, Numpy, Jupyter Notebooks, Scikitlearn, Matplotlib/Seaborn) to obtain, curate, clean, analyze, and visualization of information;
Experience with Network Analysis tools (Networkx/igraph, Gephi, yEd).
Fluency in spoken and written English
Competences
Good communication and presentation skills.
Ability to work both independently and within a team.

Conditions

The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences Department
We offer a fulltime contract, a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with stateoftheart infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Openended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Starting date: 01/04/2023

Applications procedure and process- A full CV in English including contact details

A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references
Applications without this document will not be considered

At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.

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DeadlineOTM-R principles for selection processes**- BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.