Research Software Professional

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.

About us

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

What we value

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.

We offer

IIASA salaries are

Additional Other benefits

Further details here.