Opening Date: June 3, 2026
Closing Date: June 19, 2026
Ref:2026-28_PIC2026-LHC-SVC-Engineer
The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is a public consortium of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, a public university) whose main objective is to carry out research and to contribute to the development of high energy physics from a theoretical, experimental and technological point of view. IFAE has the status of a “University Institute" attached to the UAB and its premises are within the campus of the University.
Port d’Informació Científica (PIC) is a scientific-technological center specialized in developing advanced tools and methods for scientific data analysis. We participate in research projects across multiple disciplines with challenging data environments, including particle physics, astrophysics, biology, materials science, and others. Our main objective is to accelerate research by making data analysis more effective through the use of Machine Learning, High-Throughput Computing, and Big Data techniques, using distributed computing to support collaborative research.
To support these endeavors, PIC designs, implements, and manages high level services for data management and analysis, such as CosmoHub (cosmohub.pic.es), Rucio (rucio.cern.ch) or JupyterHub (jupyter.org/hub). These services often run on scalable platforms, including HTCondor, Kubernetes and Hadoop, to be able to handle the complexity and scale of the data. Additionally, the automation of workflows and processes is a key focus, achieved through the adoption of DevOps techniques, which enhance the reliability and reproducibility of services while optimizing resource management.
PIC is looking for a highly motivated software engineer with a background in programming and big data analytics, and an interest in scientific research.
The successful candidate will join the Services team of the PIC data center and will work in close collaboration with scientists to develop, deploy and operate services to carry on the research data analysis.
Experience in the following fields:
The evaluation criteria and their weighting for the submitted applications will be the following:
You will have the support of the Operations and Services teams at PIC. Teamwork is of utmost importance for this job.
Applications should be submitted to pic.jobs@pic.es and rrhh@ifae.es stating the job reference 2026-28_PIC2026-LHC-SVC-Engineer as the subject of the message. The mail should include a cover letter and an updated CV. Sending CVs to the above address implies consent to the legal warning at the bottom of IFAE’s Home Page.
You may contact pic.jobs@pic.es for any questions related to this job opening.
Sending CVs to the above addresses implies consent to the IFAE’s legal warning on data privacy.
The application must contain a personal identification number (DNI, NIE or passport) in order to proceed to the verification of absence of conflict of interest required by Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the Spanish Government.
IFAE is committed to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion. With the aim of promoting a real gender balance in the institution, women will be especially encouraged to submit their candidacy in the calls. Likewise, IFAE reaffirms its commitment to the integration of people with disabilities and underrepresented groups in the scientific field and in accordance with article 59 of the EBEP to reserve seven percent of places so that at least two percent of the total staff are people with disabilities.
A Selection Committee will evaluate the received applications. If more than one candidate seems equally suitable for the position, the Selection Committee will arrange an on-line interview with each one of them as part of the Selection process. In compliance with article 121 of the Spanish Public Sector Legal Regime Act, staff with a pre-existing relationship with the Consortium administration (Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) will have priority in the awarding of the position.
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