Hybrid Software Developer

at KTA - Services im Verbund der Klaus Tschira Stiftung

• Job title: Software Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: J2EE, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Spring
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Heidelberg, Germany

About the role

• Software Developer in the Scientific Databases and Visualization group at HITS. Developing software for research on liver cancer detection and prevention.

Responsibilities

• Develop software in collaboration with colleagues and external partners
• Apply an agile development approach, including automated testing and test-driven development
• Install and administer the software and related components on SDBV servers
• Interact with a diverse national and international user base of tools and services, and with colleagues and collaboration partners worldwide

Requirements

• University degree (university or university of applied sciences) in computer science, electronics, applied physics or a related field
• Prior experience in web engineering and software implementation
• Ideally experienced with a convention-over-configuration framework such as Ruby on Rails, or with Spring, Spring MVC, or J2EE
• Strong ability to understand, extend, and modify other developers' code
• Fluency in English is required
• Problem-solving mindset
• Good communication skills
• Willingness to continuously learn and to work as part of an interdisciplinary, multi-site (inter)national team
• Flexibility and an interest in science

Benefits

• Work–life balance: flexible working hours
• 30 days of vacation plus additional company holidays
• Option for remote work on a pro-rated basis
• Job bike program
• Job ticket
• Fitness and childcare subsidies
• Capital-forming benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Health screening vouchers
• Varied and subsidized meals in our on-site restaurant, with free drinks and a coffee and tea bar