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Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) is building a software task
force to support its strategic activities related to integrated data
science and collaborative, integrated modeling on the semantic web.
The team, which is expected to eventually include three software
engineers, will contribute to the development and maintenance of the
</font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>k.LAB
software stack</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">,
a semantic web infrastructure that uses artificial intelligence to
build computational solutions to environment, policy and
sustainability problems. The open source k.LAB software includes
client and server components that connect data and models from
distributed repositories, guided by machine reasoning over a set of
shared ontologies. This technology, based on machine reasoning,
machine learning, distributed computing and high-performance,
multi-disciplinary and multi-paradigm system modeling, is the
flagship product of the </font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Integrated
Modelling Partnership</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">
(</font></font><a href="http://www.integratedmodelling.org/"><font style="font-size:12pt">http://www.integratedmodelling.org</font></a><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">)
which is expected to serve a growing number of worldwide users (from
academia, governments, NGOs and industry) in the years to come.</font></font><br></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">During
the first year, you will work closely with the main system architect
and implementer, collaborating to bringing the currently alpha-stage
software to a stable, well-documented and feature-complete version
1.0. Your responsibilities will be a subset of those identified
below, according to experience and skill set. As the software
stabilizes and the team expands, we expect more specialization of
roles, with a potential redefinition of responsibilities towards
roles of coordination and team leadership.</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">We are
seeking candidates with </font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>three
professional profiles</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">
dedicated to different components of the k.LAB technology:</font></font></p>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Back-end
        developer</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">:
        is .. The core components are based on Spring and the successful
        candidate will be focusing on REST API, service implementation,
        security and …</font></font></p>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Modeling
        engine (middleware) developer</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">:
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Front-end
        (Web UI) developer and release engineer</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">:
        </font></font>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">All
candidates will be required to provide a percentage of their time (no
higher than 20%) to provide support for external users and adopters
through online support channels and issue tracking. The following
requirements describe a general profile that could suit all
candidates.</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Key
Responsibilities:</b></font></font></p>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Collaborate
        to developing, strengthening and debugging the back-end and/or the
        client components of the k.LAB software stack (including a semantic
        web node server, a modeling engine, an Eclipse-based modeler IDE and
        a web-based interface for end users).</font></font></p>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Collaborate
        to the definition of unit tests and code review policies for both
        k.LAB and the associated data/model products.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Participate
        in all aspects of the development life cycle including analysis,
        design, development, documentation, release and deployment.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Communicate
        and coordinate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Collaborate
        to the administration of the core network components of the k.LAB
        network in support of active projects (such as ARIES:
        <a href="http://aries.integratedmodelling.org">http://aries.integratedmodelling.org</a>).</font></font></p>
</li></ul>
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<span style="display:inline-block;border:none;padding:0in"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b><font color="#000000">You
should have:</font></b></font></span></p>
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        <li>
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        <font color="#3b4045"><font style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Strong
        analytical skills and an ability to learn quickly and to think
        outside the box. Our work is very innovative and you should expect
        your job to be as intellectually challenging as rewarding. </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">A
        strong motivation and a desire to learn and explore new technologies
        are a must.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font color="#3b4045"><font style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">A
        degree in computer science (or similar), or very good reasons not to
        have one!</span></font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Great
        communication skills, including a very good knowledge of the English
        language both written and spoken. Most of our communication is in
        English although knowledge of Spanish and/or Italian will be an
        asset.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">An
        understanding of artificial intelligence, in particular knowledge
        representation, formal semantics and machine reasoning.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">A
        working knowledge of geomatics (OGC services etc.) and dynamic
        system modelling.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">An
        ability to work independently on projects and issues, with projects
        that include multiple and diverse technologies and scope.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">An
        ability to work with a diverse, multi-location and multi-lingual
        team.</font></font></p>
</li></ul>
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<span style="display:inline-block;border:none;padding:0in"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b><font color="#000000">Three
or more years of experience in as many as possible of these
technologies:</font></b></font></span></p>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">3+
        years of experience in developing Java and JavaScript software, with
        mature design, coding, testing and debugging skills in a JVM
        environment, but also comfortable and happy to work in a
        multi-language environment. </font></font>
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        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Full
        fluency with Git and Maven technologies across the entire
        build-test-release cycle.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Experience
        with an agile development process with industry-standard issue
        tracking, continuous development and deployment (BC3 uses the
        Atlassian toolchain: Jira, Bamboo, Confluence).</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Experience
        in designing and implementing high-performance REST service APIs and
        back-ends, preferably with Spring.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">A firm
        grasp of modern web technologies and experience with progressive
        Javascript framework, ideally Vue.js.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Knowledge
        and experience developing with and for the Eclipse environment.</font></font></p>
        </li><li>
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        <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Experience
        building and delivering “big data” solutions in a production
        environment (handling large data-sets or working with Hadoop, HDFS
        and Apache Spark).</font></font></p>
</li></ul>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Location:</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">
Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Bilbao, Spain.</font></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.bc3research.org/"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt">http://www.bc3research.org</font></font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt">
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">BC3 is
an internationally recognized research center on climate change, with
a multidisciplinary team of high-profile researchers, aims to foster
the creation of knowledge with a multidisciplinary scientific
approach in order to support better decisions for a more sustainable
society.</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Tenure:</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">
The position will be for a period of one year (full time) starting in
February 2018, with a probation period of 3 months. The contract is
renewable for a total period of 3 years upon satisfaction of both
parties. We expect the IM Partnership to provide conditions for
continued employment beyond this term, potentially with higher
leadership responsibilities, if the performance grants it.
Applications from freelance programmers are welcome.</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b>Salary:</b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">
The position will carry competitive salaries according to the
professional profile of the applicant and excellent conditions of
work including the possibility of teleworking a number of days
(subject to mutual agreement) per month. </font></font>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">Interested
candidates should send their application (CV preferably in English,
motivation letter and names and full contact details of two referees)
by electronic mail to <a href="mailto:hr@bc3research.org">hr@bc3research.org</a>, including the words “IM
developer” in the subject. Informal enquiries can be made to Prof.
Ferdinando Villa (</font></font><a href="mailto:Ferdinando.villa@bc3research.org"><font style="font-size:12pt">Ferdinando.villa@bc3research.org</font></a><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">),
Javier Martinez Lopez (</font></font><a href="mailto:javier.martinez@bc3research.org"><font style="font-size:12pt">javier.martinez@bc3research.org</font></a><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">)
and Stefano Balbi (</font></font><a href="mailto:stefano.balbi@bc3research.org"><font style="font-size:12pt">stefano.balbi@bc3research.org</font></a><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt">).
All information received during this process will be handled
confidentially.</font></font></p></div>