Job offering: Scientific Software Engineer

The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF, www.dipf.de<http://www.dipf.de>)

 

is a national centre for educational research and educational information; it is jointly funded by the federal government and the federal states. DIPF is a member of the Leibniz Association operating from locations in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, with around 300 employees.

 

Become part of the research and service structure for Technology-Based Assessment (TBA). The TBA centre is an innovator in national and international research and application projects and a key player in digital assessment and education.

 

The TBA centre develops solutions to administer technology-based assessments (e.g. tests, questionnaires) by means of heterogeneous infrastructures and assessment methods(e.g. online, offline, app-based, with or without test administrators, etc.). Additionally, the centre develops delivery systems incl. mechanisms for the results feedback and deployment. For further developing our HTML5-based assessment software that supports various delivery architectures the TBA centre is seeking to employ a

 

Scientific Software Engineer (full time, limited until 31.12.2019, salary based on EG 13 TV-H*) for the location in Frankfurt am Main.

 

Your tasks:

 

–   Research and development of architectures and data models to

integrate assessment components into delivery architectures and ICT

infrastructures

 

–   Design based research to integrate assessment components into existing

deliveries based on existing assessment software or ICT infrastructure as

well as on national and international projects

 

–   Independent prototyping, planning, implementation and testing

(incl. writing documentation) of a modern delivery system for HTML5-based

assessment components into heterogeneous infrastructures

 

–   Identification of further development needs of current learning technology

standards (e.g. LTI, QTI, SCORM, xAPI) with regard to the integration of

assessment components including their underlying data models

 

–   Scientific publishing on the activities described above is desired and

is supported

 

Requirements:

 

–   An excellent university degree in Computer Science (Master/diploma) or related field

–   Sound technical knowledge and relevant experience (at least 2 years) in the

following technical areas:

o   WWW technologies (and protocols)

o   Data representation languages (at least JSON, ideally JSON schema and XML schema)

o   Advanced web interoperability standards

o   Software development for mobile devices

o   A programming language for data manipulation (such as: R, Python

 

 

Knowledge on programming languages such as Java or C# is a plus.

 

–   Knowledge of relevant JavaScript libraries  is desirable (e.g., ReactJS)

–   Analytical skills, structured and independent working as well as commitment,

high motivation and ability to work under pressure

–   Good knowledge of English (written and spoken)

–   Ability for interdisciplinary and international collaboration, team communication

and willingness to travel

 

We offer a demanding and challenging environment, a modern workplace, good conditions  for balancing work and family life (e.g. flexible working-hours and home office options),  a pleasant work atmosphere and development perspectives (training opportunities).  Women are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants will, in principle, be able  to work part-time provided that job-related requirements are appropriately considered.  Equally qualified persons with disabilities will be favoured.

 

Please submit your application and standard documents ñ preferably in electronic format in a single pdf file – quoting the reference number IZB 2018-11. The closing date is 25.06.2018. Applications should be addressed to Dr. Paul Libbrecht, bewerbung-izb@dipf.de<mailto:bewerbung-izb@dipf.de>, PO Box 900270, 60442 Frankfurt am Main. You will find general information on  the website of the TBA Centre (http://tba.dipf.de/). Any further inquiry should be addressed to  Paul Libbrecht (069-24708-811), Paul.Libbrecht@dipf.de<mailto:Paul.Libbrecht@dipf.de>.

 

* Labour agreement for public service in the state of Hesse

 

URLs

 

German: https://tba.dipf.de/de/pdfs/izb-2018-11_tba_swe

English: https://tba.dipf.de/en/izb-2018-11_tba_swe_en