Lead Software Engineer/Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) to Develop Federated Learning Solutions

University Hospital Cologne Institute of Biomedical Informatics

Deutschland

Lead Software Engineer / Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) to Develop Federated Learning Solutions

Institute of Biomedical Informatics

as soon as possible
full-time; initially limited until March 31, 2027 (third party funded project)
Your salary will be based on TV-L.

Your tasks

We seek a proficient software engineer to lead our federated learning and medical data-sharing infrastructure.

We welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers with strong software engineering skills who are interested in pursuing their academic careers and skilled software engineers who are passionate about innovating new tools and platforms.

Your tasks will be:

As our new member, you will lead our distributed analytics team at the Institute of Biomedical Informatics (BI-K) in Cologne, contributing to federated learning projects such as PrivateAIM and BETTER. Our team has long experience in developing a federated and incremental learning solution named PADME. We implemented and applied these solutions in various clinical use cases. In our new projects, we will further develop solutions for the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) and Data Integration Centers (DIC) in hospitals. Your tasks will include:

Leading the design, development, testing, and documentation of novel research data infrastructure projects that enable the secondary use of health data on national (German) scale
Developing innovative technologies in collaboration with national (German) medical and research data infrastructures such as the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII), and the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)
Engaging closely with top-tier institutions, and renowned German universities on the development of the new infrastructures
Contributing to the development of a research and innovation agenda for the federated learning in healthcare research and infrastructures
Supporting data reusability, big data management for research, and multimodal data integration

Your profile

Sc. or PhD. in Computer Science/related fields or comparable experience
Excellent track records in academic ﬁeld or proven expertise to lead a software team
Good understanding and hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm charts, container registries like Harbor. Familiarity with Docker and K8s API
Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Python, JavaScript/Node.js, TypeScript
A working understanding of web technologies such as: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
Working knowledge of HTTP and RESTful interfaces
Interest in working with the following technologies: HashiCorp Vault, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Apache Airflow, MinIO, other S3-compatible object-storage systems, Keycloak with OpenID Connect/OAuth 2.0, and potentially Vue.js, Angular, or React.js
Familiarity with modern software development tools and data science practices, including continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) naming GitLab CI and GitHub Actions
Strong willingness to learn new technologies
Experience with or a willingness to learn healthcare-related standards (e.g., data exchange, HL7/FHIR, and terminologies)
Be independent, self-motivated, reliable, and keen to learn and solve practical challenges
Good communication skills and eager to work as part of a research team/ interdisciplinary research groups
Innovative, committed, and collaborative
Strong command of English; proficiency in German is desirable

Our Offer

We support you in progressing in your academic career and/or support innovation activities such as start-ups
We offer an excellent technical infrastructure (medical data integration center) and clinical collaborations to work with real-world healthcare data
We guide you to acquire your own research projects and lead a team of junior developers and researchers
We promote your professional career development with the opportunity to take part in projects in national as well as European-wide academic, research and industry consortia
Our institute promotes diversity and offers a family-friendly and modern working environment
Flexible working hours and home office are possible

Your future with us

Working at the University Hospital Cologne and the Medical Faculty means helping to shape the future - the future of medicine, of patients and, of course, your own future. You benefit from 60 clinics and institutes as well as numerous other departments and facilities and more than 12,000 jobs. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne and the University Hospital Cologne assume important social tasks in research, teaching and patient care. A close network with many university and non-university partners guarantees an internationally successful science and the excellent education of our students.

Your future in detail

The Institute of Biomedical Informatics is a newly founded and dynamic Institute at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne. Its mission is to support data-driven transformation in medicine and develop novel artificial intelligence technologies for personalized medicine.

You will be part of an agile, innovative and interdisciplinary team that brings together expertise from different disciplines to create synergies. You will have the opportunity to work with real-world data and collaborate with clinicians to solve problems that can have an impact on the lives of many people.

National and international information exchange and collaboration are supported – promoting both your own career and the success of your projects.

Applications from female candidates are expressly welcome and will be given priority in the event of equal suitability, competence and professional performance.

People with disabilities are welcome to apply and will be treated preferentially in the event of equal suitability and qualification.

The position is suitable for staffing with part-time employees.

Apply online now

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Oya Beyan

+49 221 478-82912

https://www.uk-koeln.de

Application deadline: 29.09.2024

Postal address:

Universitätsklinikum Köln AöR

PA15

Geschäftsbereich Personal