Research Software Professional - Full Stack Web Developer
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Full-time Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) Research group
Are you a passionate and motivated developer eager to build tools that drive real-world impact? The IBF Research Group at IIASA is seeking a Full Stack Web Developer to join its collaborative team and help develop a diverse ecosystem of digital tools supporting cutting-edge systems research in sustainability, land use, and environmental modeling.
The role
In this role, you will design, build, and deploy modular, open-source tools that support a wide range of research activities—from data-driven workflows and modeling environments to AI-powered platforms for research dissemination and communication. These tools are central to enabling and extending the reach of complex, interdisciplinary research.
Whether you are strongest in frontend design, backend architecture, cloud infrastructure—or somewhere in between—what matters most is your willingness to learn, explore new tools, creativity, and eagerness to collaborate across disciplines. If you're passionate about building meaningful technology and learning along the way, we would love to hear from you.
We are also excited to work with developers interested in the latest tools and trends—especially those exploring how AI-assisted development environments can enhance creativity, boost productivity, and streamline the way we build.
The IBF Research Group applies integrated systems modeling to address complex challenges in agriculture, forestry, climate change, biodiversity, and water management. Our work spans spatial and temporal scales—from local to global, and short to long-term horizons.
At the core of our research is GLOBIOM, a global economic land use model, and the emerging iBIOM framework—an open, modular modeling ecosystem supporting international decision-making. We maintain high-performance compute infrastructure and embrace modern software engineering practices to scale our science. This position will involve further enhancing the (backend) cyber-infrastructure around these modelling tools and (frontend) dissemination platforms.
What You will Do
qualifications
Education and Collaboration
Backend
Frontend
Databases & Infrastructure
AI Tools
Appointment Terms
The start date is negotiable but we hope that the selected candidate will be able to start as soon as possible in 2025. We offer an initial fixed-term, one-year, full-time (40 hours per week) employment contract, thereafter the contract can be extended to become open-ended. Eligible applicants wishing to work part-time hours may be considered.
The place of work is at the IIASA premises in Laxenburg, near Vienna in Austria.
The successful candidate will be appointed in accordance with the IIASA Research Software Professionals Profiles.
EUR 55,280.00 (Subject to deductions for health insurance and/or social security.)
IIASA is committed to a working environment that promotes equality, diversity, tolerance and inclusion within its workforce. This is reflected in our IIASA core values and the IIASA Gender Equality Plan (GEP). We encourage qualified candidates from all religious, ethnic, and social backgrounds to apply. In the case that candidates are equally qualified, preference will be given to applicants from countries where IIASA has a Member Organization.
For further information about this opportunity please contact Michael Le Gohebel, BNR/IBF Program and Project Officer or Petr Havlik, BNR Program Director/IBF Research Group Leader.
For general information about working at IIASA, contact: recruitment@iiasa.ac.at
In order to apply for this opportunity, you will need to provide the following documents:
