Java Developer for Digital Scientific Infrastructures (m/f/d)

As the German National Library of Science and Technology our future-oriented services ensure the infrastructural requirements for a high-quality supply of information and literature for research in science and industry.

The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology – Program Area C, Research and Development, is looking to employ a

Java Developer for Digital Scientific Infrastructures (m/f/d)

to join the Lab Group Open Research Information at the earliest possible opportunity.

The Lab Group Open Research Information of the TIB aims to make information about research activities interoperable, findable, reusable and accessible in open infrastructures. It promotes the development towards digital, open and collaborative science and supports scientific institutions and communities by working with them to develop and test methods and software tools that are useful for research activities. We are looking for a communicative and entrepreneurial person with a strong technical background to expand the Open Science Lab's (OSL) activities in the field of open research information and bibliographic metadata.

Your work will focus on the design, development and operation of a service for bibliographic metadata on literature translations based on the open source software VIVO as part of the project “Translation Rights – Historical database on the translation market for German-language literature and literature in German“ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The database will serve as a knowledge graph being used by Digital Humanities researchers for quantitative and qualitative research.

Your tasks include

• Conception, development and deployment of workflows for the import of metadata from service like the catalogue of the German National Library, the Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) or Wikidata into a VIVO based knowledge graph.
• Further development, installation and maintenance of (open source) software such as Vitro or VIVO.
• Customisation of user interfaces in VIVO, taking into account user requirements.
• Communication with key stakeholders in the project and in relevant specialist communities (literature sciences, VIVO community).
• Documentation of the development activities.

• You have a completed scientific university degree (Master's degree / university diploma), preferably in computer science, mathematics, information science or a related relevant scientific-technical field.

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• Alternatively you have a completed relevant university degree (Bachelor's degree or university of applied sciences diploma) in one of the above-mentioned fields, combined with at least five years of relevant professional experience in the advertised area of work (e.g. software development, research information systems, digital humanities, research-related IT projects).

• Experience in software development in the environment of web-based applications (Java, JavaScript).

• Knowledge of semantic web/linked data technologies (RDF, SPARQL) and metadata handling via APIs such as Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU).

• Experience in working on Linux VMs.

• Experience in working with version control systems such as Git.

• High degree of self-organisation and independent working skills.

• Very good written and spoken English skills.

• Good communication skills.

• Ability to work in a team.

• Willingness to learn new technologies and languages.

• Interest in digital scholarly infrastructures and digital humanities.

Desirable additions to your profile

• Experience in working with legacy code bases in a global open-source project.
• Good written and spoken German skills.
• Interest in working in a research and library environment.
• Willingness to participate in interdisciplinary, national and global (open source) communities.
• Knowledge of CI/CD workflows based on technologies such as Ansible and Docker.

Our mission is to keep rethinking and innovating the provision and use of research data and information. In TIB's Research and Development Department, you have the opportunity to advance your career in a sizable, dynamic and excellent environment. We provide a scientifically and intellectually inspiring environment with an entrepreneurial mindset embedded in a leading technical university and one of the largest technical information centers being part of the Leibniz Association. TIB collaborates closely with the L3S Research Center at Leibniz University Hannover, one of the world's leading research institutes in the field of Web & Data Science, within the Leibniz Joint Lab Data Science & Open Knowledge. Last but not least, we attach great importance to an open, creative and fun work atmosphere.

The position is limited to the duration of the project, which is 36 months. The regular weekly working time is 39.8 hours (full-time). The position is generally suitable for part-time employment. The remuneration will be in accordance with pay scale group 13 of the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states (TV-L), provided that the personal requirements are fulfilled.

Furthermore, we offer

• A job in the public service oriented towards the common good, based on the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states (TV-L), with remuneration according to pay scale group 13 TV-L, provided that the personal requirements for classification in pay scale group 13 TV-L (completed scientific university degree) are met.

• A flexible workplace in terms of time and space with offers to reconcile work and family life, such as mobile and remote work options as well as flexible working time models (flexitime).

• A special annual payment at the end of the year and 30 days of vacation per year with a five-day working week.

• Additional days off on Christmas Eve (December 24th) and New Year's Eve (December 31st).

• A modern workplace in a central location of Hannover with a collegial, attractive and versatile working environment.

• An employer with a wide range of internal and external further education and training measures, workplace health promotion and a supplementary pension scheme for the public sector (VBL).

• Employee discount in the canteens of the Studentenwerk Hannover as well as the possibility to use the various offers of the University Sports Hannover at a discount.

• Independent and future-oriented activities that offer variety and room for personal development.

• A portfolio of technology components to build on, including VIVO, Apache Jena and other.

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