EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs more than 6,500 people supporting the three main missions of the institutions: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of more than 17,000 people, including over 12,500 students and 4,000 researchers from more than 120 different countries.

Software engineer position for Scientific AI

Mission

The Alexander Mathis Group of Computational Neuroscience & AI (UPAMATHIS, https://mathisgroup.org) at EPFL (Lausanne & Geneva, Switzerland) is looking for a software engineer to support the research in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and modeling the Brain. Part (50% effort) of this position would also support our work collaboratively with the Mathis Laboratory on DeepLabCut - a popular animal pose estimation system https://github.com/DeepLabCut/DeepLabCut

 

We publish our work in top journals and machine learning conferences and are committed to open source software. Please check out our GitHub: https://github.com/amathislab

 

EPFL is one of the leading Institutes of Technology in Europe and offers extremely competitive salaries and research infrastructure.

 

Main duties and responsibilities

Candidates minimally should have a bachelor’s in Computer Science or related fields, and a masters degree or PhD is preferred.
⦁    Candidates without a PhD must be from Switzerland or the EU, PhD holders can be from anywhere in the world
⦁    Work is onsite at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland
⦁    Excellent English verbal and written communication skills and proven record of effective communication, both written and verbal, with scientists is required

 

Profile

⦁    3+ years of experience in Python & Machine Learning related technologies such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX.
⦁    2+ years of professional software development experience
⦁    Experience building and scaling systems both on-premise and the cloud.
⦁    A record of experience working with scientists and other research engineers

Applications are requested starting as soon as possible and will then be processed as they arrive until the position is filled. The ideal starting date is fall 2024.

Additional information about our research can be found at https://www.mathisgroup.org

 

 

Informations

Contract Start Date : As soon as possible

Activity Rate  : 100%

Contract Type: 1 year, renewable

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