Naturalis is looking for a Data Engineer!
About Naturalis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden is the National Biodiversity Center for biodiversity and systematics. We host over 120 researchers, including 15 academia-embedded professors, 50 PhD students and 20 postdoctoral fellows. Our programme on research and innovation includes digital-concept and research projects and the large research infrastructures of national (ARISE, eDentity) and pan-European scale (DiSSCo, BGE). With our collection of 43 million specimens, one of the world's largest natural history collections, and our state-of-the-art research facilities, we offer the (inter)national research infrastructure for species identification and monitoring, transnational and virtual access to collections and experts or training. We present the history of our planet and the diversity of life on Earth through permanent and temporary museum exhibitions, educational programmes, and online presence, with more than 500,000 visitors per year. All in all, a unique combination of science and culture in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world!
At Naturalis, we are passionate about providing access to biodiversity information. We do this by building infrastructures for biodiversity data and services for researchers and the wider community. By using innovative technologies in computer vision and bioinformatics to automate species recognition, we can provide more reliable information about biodiversity patterns and trends and help combat biodiversity loss.
As a Data Engineer, you are part of the team that develops a data infrastructure to ingest, harmonise and publish data from various sources to consumers. This infrastructure includes a data lake house solution for data management (Databricks), application programming interfaces (APIs) and integration services for data ingestion and export to and from external sources. It will serve programs such as ARISE and eDentity, through which Naturalis is developing state-of-the-art services for biodiversity monitoring and species identification from digital media, sensors, and DNA samples.
Whatare we looking for
Do you have the technical skills to enable the automated discovery of biodiversity? In this position, your data engineering skills will help unravel the complexity and reveal the beauty of natural biodiversity. Moreover, your expertise will help to combat the immense challenge of biodiversity decline. We are looking for someone with:
- Experience with Python, SQL, Databricks/Apache Spark or similar systems;
- Experience with development and optimization of ETL/ELT data pipelines;
- Understanding of data processing in batch and streaming is a plus;
- Basic knowledge of concepts such as Data Lakehouse, Delta Lake and other Big Data concepts, experience with Databricks is a plus;
- Experience working cloud based. AWS is the currently used cloud;
- Knowledge of different types of databases, such as SQL, NoSQL, Graph;
- Foundational experience with DevOps and/or DataOps concepts;
- Experience with Docker and experience with Docker is a nice plus.
In addition to your technical skills, we hope you:
- Are a team player with a great sense of responsibility and a high degree of independence. You feel comfortable working in a distributed work environment, collaborating with people from different backgrounds and organisations;
- Enjoy working in an agile setting with multidisciplinary, international teams that work along a value chain that runs from field sampling, to lab work, bioinformatics, and data aggregation and publishing;
- Have a service-oriented attitude with good communication skills;
- Have at least a BSc in applied sciences or university thinking level (for Dutch applicants, that means at least HBO/WO). Preferably in software engineering or a similar technical study;
- Have an interest in, and preferably affinity with the community, biodiversity, and the field of natural sciences and biology.
Do you not yet have enough knowledge or experience with one of the technologies or skills mentioned above, but are you eager to learn? Then we offer you the opportunity to develop yourself further to acquire the remaining skills.
We offer
A dynamic and fascinating work environment. An organisation with a great diversity of professionals with a love for nature and biodiversity. You will be working in Leiden, which is easily accessible from other places in the Randstad. A contract (32 - 36 hours per week) for one year, with the possibility of extension, and a monthly starting salary between € 3.641,- and € 4.731,- gross per month (scale 10 Museum CAO, depending on relevant experience). You also get an allowance for travel expenses, holiday allowance (8%) and year-end bonus (3.4%). This job position is positioned into the job function of Software Developer.
Procedure
Applicants are invited to submit their application, including a cover/motivation letter and CV. Please use this form for your application no later than the 5th of January 2025.
Feel free to contact Wilfred Gerritsen, Head of IT Application Development & Management (wilfred.gerritsen@naturalis.nl) of Chantal Huijbers, Senior Project Leader (chantal.huijbers@naturalis.nl) with questions about the position. For procedural questions related to the application, please contact HR (sollicitaties@naturalis.nl).
Naturalis endorses the Diversity & Inclusion Code, promotes gender equality and wants to enhance the diversity of staff members. In the case of equal suitability, preference is given to the candidate who reinforces diversity within the team.
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