Full Stack Java Web Developer

We are Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary laboratory with approx. 2 000 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.

The EMBL IT Services team operates the IT infrastructure and related services at the EMBL headquarters in Heidelberg and the laboratory’s sites in Barcelona, Rome, Grenoble, and Hamburg. IT is a fundamental tool for modern scientific research and its importance is recognised by the scientific community at EMBL.

We are looking for a highly motivated Web Developer with a universal skill set to join the IT Services team at EMBL Heidelberg, reporting both to the Manager of the Software and Solutions Development Team, as well as the Head of Internal Scientific Training (EICAT).

The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining and developing specialised software applications, as well as managing the server infrastructure and database installations of the EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training (EICAT), the EMBL International PhD Programme (EIPP), and EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs (EIPOD).

Your role

Main responsibilities will include:

• the design and implementation of web applications based on Java/Spring technology and the Vaadin platform


• software lifecycle management from analysis to maintenance of the delivered solutions


• working closely with and providing support to the EICAT department 


• continuous evaluation, adaptation, and possible re-implementation of solutions we provide, with regard to changing requirements