[Taxacom] Developer position in Berlin, Germany

[Guentsch, Anton]

"EDIT - Towards a European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy" (EU Network of
Excellence of major taxonomic institutions - a 5-year project).
 
The Department of Biodiversity Informatics at the Botanic Garden and
Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM), Freie Universität Berlin has an
immediate opening for a Software Developer - salary level Scientist/Senior
Scientist.
 
Main tasks & responsibilities: Software development for the EDIT ³Platform
for Cybertaxonomy². Software components are developed by a team of 6
developers at the BGBM, in international collaboration (see
http://wp5.e-taxonomy.eu/blog/index.php).
 
Prerequisites: The candidate should have a university degree, proven Java
development skills, and good English communication skills.
Desirable: Experience with object-oriented modelling, Hibernate, and
database development.
The candidate should have a willingness to work in and adapt to a complex
subject area.
 
Biodiversity Informatics deals with a highly complex information domain and
has direct relevance to some of the most urgent problems of global change
and loss of biodiversity. The BDI Department at the BGBM is one of the
leaders in this fast-growing field..
 
Applications accompanied by cover letter, photo, tabular CV, and proof of
degree should be submitted by April 11, 2009 to:
 
Freie Universität Berlin (FUB)
ZE Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum
Berlin Dahlem (BGBM)
- AV -  Ref.: EDIT Developer
Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8
D-14195 Berlin 
Germany
 
The position is open and is limited by the project's duration (end of
February 2011) but due to EU regulations contracts expire annually.
 
The FUB adheres to the German disability guidelines and is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women are especially
encouraged.