The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) is a national research infrastructure in data science and artificial intelligence (AI) of the ETH domain, with EPFL and ETH Zurich as founding partners. Its mission is to support academic labs, hospitals, industry and public sector stakeholders, including cantonal and federal administrations, through their entire data science journey, from the collection and management of data to machine learning, AI, and industrialization. With a large multidisciplinary team of professionals across three locations (Lausanne, Zurich, Villigen), the SDSC provides expertise and services to various domains, such as health and biomedical sciences, energy and sustainability, climate and environment, and large-scale scientific infrastructures.

The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) is hiring a Software Research & Development Engineer to join its project-based engineering team in Zürich. This team focuses on transforming research outcomes into production-ready data science infrastructure. It operates in a complementary role to platform teams: exploring, building, and validating solutions before they are adopted as sustainable services.

You will work at the intersection of research and engineering, taking early-stage ideas, prototypes, and emerging solutions, and turning them into reusable systems ready for real-world deployment. This includes aligning with FAIR principles while going further: ensuring that what is FAIR is also usable, scalable, and sustainable in practice.

Projects are driven by concrete needs across domains such as health and biomedical sciences, climate and environment, energy and sustainability, digital society, and large-scale data ecosystems.

Start of position: June 1, 2026 (negotiable)

Job description

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• A stimulating, collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment in a world-class research institution;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Exciting challenges, varied projects, and plenty of room to learn and grow;
• An opportunity to follow your passion and use your skills to make an impact on research communities and society;
• A possibility to spark your creativity by experimenting and learning new technologies;

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:

• CV
• Motivation letter
• Diplomas
• References
• Etc.

Further information about SDSC can be found on our Website. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Oksana Riba Grognuz, oksana.riba@epfl.ch (no applications).

Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

We would like to point out that the pre-selection is carried out by the responsible recruiters and not by artificial intelligence.

For recruitment services the GTC of ETH Zurich apply.