Open Source Software Developer (m/f/d)

As the German National Library of Science and Technology our future-oriented services ensure the infrastructural requirements for a high-quality supply of information and literature for research in science and industry. With the Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG), we are working to revolutionise the exchange and use of scientific knowledge in the digital age.

To improve our wiki-based services (e.g. ConfIDent), we are developing innovative software solutions that make a significant contribution to the long-term findability and reusability of open research information. In this way, we promote a more sustainable and comprehensive documentation of scientific activities and contribute to a fairer evaluation of research achievements.

The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology – Program Area C, Research and Development, is looking to employ a

Open Source Software Developer (m/f/d)

to join the Open Science Lab (OSL) starting as soon as possible.

The position is limited to 2 years. The regular weekly working time is 39,80 hours. The remuneration is based on qualifications in pay scale group 12 or 13 TV-L.

Your tasks will focus on

• Conception, development, maintenance and deployment of services with and related to Mediawiki, Wikibase and OpenRefine
• Design, implementation and optimisation of data workflows to integrate data sources and enable standardised data delivery with the above-mentioned software components
• Developing technical solutions to optimise information structures and processes
• Updating and documenting open source projects related to open research information
• Communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Customisation of user interfaces in SemanticMediawiki or development of a separate front end taking into account user requirements

Your qualities

• You have a relevant university degree (Master's degree, university diploma or equivalent) in computer science, digital humanities, information science or a related field or alternatively at least five years of relevant professional experience in software development
• You have extensive knowledge of software development with programming languages such as Python or PHP as well as MySQL and the working with APIs
• Experience with agile development methods and DevOps tools such as Ansible and GitLab CI/CD
• Interest in working in the scientific sector
• Knowledge of linked data technologies (SPARQL, RDF)
• A high degree of self-organisation and independent working
• Very good written and spoken English skills
• Strong communication and cooperation skills and the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams
• Willingness to learn new technologies and programming languages
• Experience with Wikimedia software environments and related open source projects
• A good feeling for designing user-friendly applications
• German language skills are an advantage

What we offer

In TIB’s Research and Development Department you have the opportunity to further evolve your professional development in a dynamic and excellent research environment. We provide an intellectually inspiring environment with an entrepreneurial mindset embedded in a leading technical university and one of the largest technical information centres being part of the Leibniz Association.

The research department at the TIB is relatively young and offers many opportunities. It is our vision to rethink the representation and provision of data and information and to organize them in an Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG) in the future. There is a close cooperation with the L3S Research Centre at Leibniz University Hannover, one of the world's leading research institutes in the field of Web & Data Science, within the Leibniz Joint Lab Data Science & Open Knowledge.

With the Open Science Lab, TIB supports the digital opening of science by helping communities to adopt new methods and tools in their practice. Research and development activities in the OSL are closely interlinked with the training of young scientists in the Information Management degree programme at Faculty III - Media, Information and Design at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, with which TIB has established the Leibniz Joint Lab Future Libraries & Research Data.

Last but not least, we attach great importance to an open and creative working atmosphere in which it is fun to work.

Furthermore, we offer

• A job in the public service oriented towards the common good on the basis of the collective agreement for the public service of the German states (TV-L) with a salary in pay scale group 12 or 13 TV-L
• A special annual payment at the end of the year and 30 days of vacation per year with a five-day working week
• A flexible workplace in terms of time and space with offers to reconcile work and family life, such as mobile, location-flexible working
• A modern workplace in a central location of Hannover with a collegial, attractive and versatile working environment
• An employer with a wide range of internal and external further education and training measures, workplace health promotion and a supplementary pension scheme for the public sector (VBL)
• Employee discount in the canteens of the Studentenwerk Hannover as well as the possibility to use the various offers of the University Sports Hannover at a discount
• Independent and future-oriented activities that offer variety and room for personal development

If you are interested, questions regarding the position can be addressed to Christian Hauschke, head of the Lab Open Research Information (LORI), by mail at christian.hauschke(at)tib.eu.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application. To submit your application, please click here.

Paper applications are also possible on an equal basis. In this case, please send your complete application documents with the subject 16/2025 before March 31, 2025 addressed to

Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)

Personalservice

Frau Anna Bechtloff

Welfengarten 1 B

30167 Hannover

Germany

or alternatively as a single PDF document file to bewerbung(at)tib.eu. For applications in digital from, please send a PDF file with a maximum size of 10 MB.

Who we are

TIB, being part of the Leibniz Research Association, is with around 600 employees one of the largest technical information centres in Germany, having three main functions:

• Acting in the capacity of the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, our forward-looking services secure the infrastructural requirements for providing researchers in science and industry with high-quality information and literature.
• Carrying out cutting edge research to further expand TIB’s role as a German information centre for the digitisation of science and technology.
• Offer library services for the Leibniz University Hannover.

TIB is an equal opportunity employer, providing ideal working conditions, and continuously taking action to enable its employees to combine career interests with family life. It is particularly keen to promote professional equality between women and men and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply.

Severely disabled candidates with comparable qualifications will be given preferential treatment. We welcome applications from all nationalities.

Please note that your application documents will not be returned and application and travel costs cannot be reimbursed.

Please indicate in the subject line of your application through which job board you became aware of our offer.

For more information about the TIB, please visit: www.tib.eu/en/