Job Description

As a full-stack developer in the Tools Team at SY-EPC-CCS, you'll become the main responsible for a set of crucial web applications used by converter experts to ensure smooth operation of the power converters at CERN. You'll be working closely with other team members, applying an agile work approach, and work on different products in sprints (Scrum).
Your responsibilities

• Working on front-ends in JavaScript (Vue3.js).
• Working on back-ends in Python (FastAPI).
• Working on databases in SQL (PostgreSQL / Oracle).
• Contributing to the team's containerization setup / workflow (Docker, Compose, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm).
• Gathering and iterating over requirements and features with our users and stakeholders (Power Converter Experts).
• Collaborating closely in a team of developers who are working on the full stack of the tools suite, using the Scrum framework.
• Providing application support to converter experts / users (debugging, fixing etc.).
• Participate in the internal support of power converter controls (treating data modification requests).
• Potentially supervise computer science students / interns.

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Your profile
Experience:

• Experience with UI/UX design and web front-end development.
• Experience with web back-end (REST API) design and development.
• Experience with database design and development.
• Experience with gathering user requirements.
• Knowledge of or experience with DevOps (Docker, Compose, Kubernetes) would be an advantage.

Skills:

• JavaScript / TypeScript (Vue3.js, Pinia, Vite);
• Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, asyncio);
• SQL (PostgreSQL, Oracle);
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a

. * By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Computer Science (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.

• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information
Job closing date: 08.01.2026 at 23:59 CET.
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Job flexibility: Hybrid
Target start date: 01-April-2026
This position involves:

• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organisation.

Job reference: SY-EPC-CCS-2025-292-GRAE
Field of work: Software Engineering and IT
Benchmark job: 200020 - Computing Engineer
Global Benefits

• A monthly stipend between 5196-5716 Swiss Francs per month (tax free) depending on your degree.
• 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
• Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
• A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
• Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
• On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

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