Backend developer for chemical information infrastructure management

Backend developer for chemical information infrastructure managementItalyCommitment & contract: full-timeLocation: Center for Human Technologies, Genoa, ItalyStep into a world of endless possibilities, together let’s leave something for the futureAt IIT, we are committed to advancing human‑centered Science and Technology to address the most urgent societal challenges of our era. We foster excellence in both fundamental and applied research, spanning fields such as neuroscience and cognition, humanoid technologies and robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and material sciences, offering a truly interdisciplinary scientific experience. Our approach integrates cutting‑edge tools and technology, empowering researchers to push the limits of knowledge and innovation. With us, your curiosity will know no bounds.We are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering diversity in all its forms, creating an inclusive environment. We value the unique experiences, knowledge, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives of our people. By embracing diversity, we believe science can achieve its fullest potential.The roleYou will be working in a multi‑disciplinary group, where people with different backgrounds collaborate, each with their own expertise, to support IIT research activity.You will be working in the Data Science and Computation Facility coordinated by Dr. Sergio Decherchi.Aim of this position is to support the maintenance and development of the chemical informatics infrastructure of the Institute. The candidate will be the main maintainer and developer of the codes and databases which manage the system. Within the team, your main responsibilities will be:Being the main maintainer and developer of the infrastructure codes.Manage/Develop codes and databases underlying the infrastructure.Interact with IIT users to support troubleshooting and development of new features.Interact with the ICT department to ensure the full interoperability of systems.Interact with vendors and oversee software updates and the installation of new software components.Manage the purchase of licenses and software.Essential requirementsMaster’s degree in computer science, physics, mathematics, engineering or related disciplines.Linux system administration knowledge.Provable experience in JavaScript and TypeScript languages.Knowledge of Apptainer/Docker systems.Knowledge of Oracle SQL.Knowledge of KubernetesKnowledge of the Git versioning system.Good knowledge of the English language.A cooperative approach with the stakeholders.Accuracy and good analytical skills.Additional skillsKnowledge of Angular/ReactStrong problem‑solving attitude.Spirit of innovation and creativity.Good in time and priority management.Ability to work in a challenging and international environment.Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a highly interdisciplinary environment.Compensation packageA yearly gross salary ranging between 25.000 and 30.000 euros, bonus optionPrivate health care coverageTwo days of teleworking per week and flexible working hours are availableCandidate holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree who have not been resident in Italy in the last 3 years and move back to Italy to start any work activity, and meet specific requirements, can benefit from a 50% deduction on their income.Application deadline: 31/01/2026To discover more about life at IIT, visit: and ConditionsINFORMATION ON PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING FOR APPLICANTSThis is to inform you pursuant to the Regulation (UE) 2016/679 on “Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data” and to Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003 as amended (herein “Regulation”), about the data processing carried out by Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (herein \"IIT\") during the selection process.Identity and contact details of the Data ControllerContact details of the Data Protection OfficerThe Data Protection Officer is available at the following e-mail address: Description of data processingDuring the selection process, IIT will process the following categories of personal data (herein also “Data”):Personal data such as, for example, name, surname, tax code, e-mail address, phone number.Special categories of Data concerning health such us, for example, data for verifying suitability for certain jobs and/or eventual data relating to protect categories.Reference letters/contact details of referees, if requested by the call. Where you provide references relating to your previous professional experience containing contact details of the referees, you declare to have received the authorization from the referees themselves so that IIT may process - their data for its own purposes and in an autonomous manner. Please kindly note that IIT will only process these Data to verify your references for the time strictly necessary to the management of the selection process.Purposes and lawfulness of data processingThe processing of your personal data by IIT will take place for the purpose of managing the selection process started. In particular, the processing of your data will take place under the following legal basis:The execution of a contract or the execution of pre‑contractual measures taken upon your request (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b of the Regulation), with regard to personal data and for the following purposes:The assessment of suitability of the professional and personal profile, also by video‑interviews;The refund of travel expenses incurred for participation in the selection process, if provided and requested.The purpose of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the Controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law in so far as it is authorized by Union or Member State law or a collective agreement pursuant to Member State law providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject (Article 9, paragraph 2, letter b of the Regulation), with regard to special categories of data and for the following purpose:The fulfilment of specific obligations or the performance of specific tasks provided for by European Union legislation or by national law. In particular for the purposes of establishing the employment relationship (Article 1.3, letter a of Annex 1 of Provision no 497/2018 of the Italian Supervisory Authority), also with reference to the Law no 68/99 concerning the hiring of protected categories.Legitimate interest of the Data Controller (Article 6, paragraph 1, lett. f) of the Regulation), limited to the processing of the tax code in order to optimise the management of the periodic information flows from the HCOD to the 231 Supervisory Board. In this regard, IIT has carried out the balancing test required by the Regulation, in order to verify that the legitimate interest does not prevail over the freedoms and rights of applicants. The test returned a positive result.Processing methodYour data will be processed by computer and paper support, following the rules on protection of personal data, including those related to data security.If your CV contains not relevant data to the purpose pursued, IIT will refrain from using such information during the selection.Access to personal dataData will be processed by authorized Staff of Human Capital Organization Directorate, by the internal function involved in the selection as requesters and by external evaluators, as persons authorized to the processing of personal Data, where applicable.Data will also be processed by the 231 Supervisory Board for the purpose of managing the periodic information flows provided for in the IIT Model 231.Categories of recipients of personal dataThe Data may be disclosed to public and private entities for the purposes mentioned above. The communication of the data is carried out on basis of the obligations provided by law. In this regard, personal data are communicated to Italian employment centres and Credit Institutions, in the case of refund of travel expenses.Your data may also be communicated to persons appointed by IIT as External Data Processors for purposes strictly related to the execution and management of selection process.In any case, IIT remains responsible to communicate Data to Judicial Authorities, to handle requests.Transfer of personal data to third countriesThe Data will be processed in the European Union. If necessary, IIT will transfer Data outside European Union after an impact evaluation of the transfer and the adoption of appropriate guarantees (i.e. Adequacy Decisions, Binding Corporate Rules or Standard Contractual Clauses).Data storageThe Data will be kept for the purposes referred to in paragraphs 4.A), 4.B) and 4.C) for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes, and in any case for no longer than 18 months after the end of the selection process (except in case of your consent to the further data processing).Data acquired by video‑interview will be stored for 90 days from the recording.Your RightsYou can exercise the rights provided for by Articles 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21 of the Regulation at any time sending an e‑mail to . In particular, you can request:Access to your personal data, as provided in Article 15 of the Regulation;Rectification of your personal data, as provided in Article 16 of the Regulation;Erasure of your personal data (\"right to be forgotten\"), as provided in Article 17 of the Regulation;Restriction of personal data processing, as provided in Article 18 of the Regulation;Portability of your personal data, as provided in Article 20 of the Regulation.Finally, we would like to remind you that you have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of your data on legitimate grounds relating to your particular situation, in accordance with Article 21 of the Regulation.Complaint with a Supervisory AuthorityFinally, pursuant to Article 77 of the Regulation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a Supervisory Authority (for Italy: Autorità Garante per la Protezione dei dati personali - Web: , e-mail , phone number ), if you believe that data processing infringes the provisions of the Regulation.Nature of the processing and obligation of providing dataData required are necessary (even in fulfilment of obligations deriving from legal rules) to the selection process aimed at the possible establishment of the contractual relationship. Failure to provide them will result in conclusion of the selection process.Existence of automated decision‑making processes in the data processingThere is NO type of automated decision‑making process, pursuant to Article 22 of the Regulation for the processing of the above data.Privacy PolicyINFORMATION ON PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING FOR APPLICANTSThis is to inform you pursuant to the Regulation (UE) 2016/679 on \"Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data\" and to Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003 as amended (herein \"Regulation\"), about the data processing carried out by Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (herein \"IIT\") during the selection process.Identity and contact details of the Data ControllerContact details of the Data Protection OfficerThe Data Protection Officer is available at the following e‑mail address: Description of data processingDuring the selection process, IIT will process the following categories of personal data (herein also \"Data\"):Personal data such as, for example, name, surname, tax code, e‑mail address, phone number.Special categories of Data concerning health such us, for example, data for verifying suitability for certain jobs and/or eventual data relating to protect categories.Reference letters/contact details of referees, if requested by the call. Where you provide references relating to your previous professional experience containing contact details of the referees, you declare to have received the authorization from the referees themselves so that IIT may process - their data for its own purposes and in an autonomous manner. Please kindly note that IIT will only process these Data to verify your references for the time strictly necessary to the management of the selection process.Purposes and lawfulness of data processingThe processing of your personal data by IIT will take place for the purpose of managing the selection process started. In particular, the processing of your data will take place under the following legal basis:The execution of a contract or the execution of pre‑contractual measures taken upon your request (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b of the Regulation), with regard to personal data and for the following purposes:The assessment of suitability of the professional and personal profile, also by video‑interviews;The refund of travel expenses incurred for participation in the selection process, if provided and requested.The purpose of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the Controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law in so far as it is authorized by Union or Member State law or a collective agreement pursuant to Member State law providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject (Article 9, paragraph 2, letter b of the Regulation), with regard to special categories of data and for the following purpose:The fulfilment of specific obligations or the performance of specific tasks provided for by European Union legislation or by national law. In particular for the purposes of establishing the employment relationship (Article 1.3, letter a of Annex 1 of Provision no 497/2018 of the Italian Supervisory Authority), also with reference to the Law no 68/99 concerning the hiring of protected categories.Legitimate interest of the Data Controller (Article 6, paragraph 1, lett. f) of the Regulation), limited to the processing of the tax code in order to optimise the management of the periodic information flows from the HCOD to the 231 Supervisory Board. In this regard, IIT has carried out the balancing test required by the Regulation, in order to verify that the legitimate interest does not prevail over the freedoms and rights of applicants. The test returned a positive result.Processing methodYour data will be processed by computer and paper support, following the rules on protection of personal data, including those related to data security.If your CV contains not relevant data to the purpose pursued, IIT will refrain from using such information during the selection.Access to personal dataData will be processed by authorized Staff of Human Capital Organization Directorate, by the internal function involved in the selection as requesters and by external evaluators, as persons authorized to the processing of personal Data, where applicable.Data will also be processed by the 231 Supervisory Board for the purpose of managing the periodic information flows provided for in the IIT Model 231.Categories of recipients of personal dataThe Data may be disclosed to public and private entities for the purposes mentioned above. The communication of the data is carried out on basis of the obligations provided by law. In this regard, personal data are communicated to Italian employment centres and Credit Institutions, in the case of refund of travel expenses.Your data may also be communicated to persons appointed by IIT as External Data Processors for purposes strictly related to the execution and management of selection process.In any case, IIT remains responsible to communicate Data to Judicial Authorities, to handle requests.Transfer of personal data to third countriesThe Data will be processed in the European Union. If necessary, IIT will transfer Data outside European Union after an impact evaluation of the transfer and the adoption of appropriate guarantees (i.e. Adequacy Decisions, Binding Corporate Rules or Standard Contractual Clauses).Data storageThe Data will be kept for the purposes referred to in paragraphs 4.A), 4.B) and 4.C) for the time necessary to fulfil the purposes, and in any case for no longer than 18 months after the end of the selection process (except in case of your consent to the further data processing).Data acquired by video‑interview will be stored for 90 days from the recording.Your RightsYou can exercise the rights provided for by Articles 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21 of the Regulation at any time sending an e‑mail to . In particular, you can request:Access to your personal data, as provided in Article 15 of the Regulation;Rectification of your personal data, as provided in Article 16 of the Regulation;Erasure of your personal data (\"right to be forgotten\"), as provided in Article 17 of the Regulation;Restriction of personal data processing, as provided in Article 18 of the Regulation;Portability of your personal data, as provided in Article 20 of the Regulation.Finally, we would like to remind you that you have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of your data on legitimate grounds relating to your particular situation, in accordance with Article 21 of the Regulation.Complaint with a Supervisory AuthorityFinally, pursuant to Article 77 of the Regulation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a Supervisory Authority (for Italy: Autorità Garante per la Protezione dei dati personali - Web: , e‑mail , phone number ), if you believe that data processing infringes the provisions of the Regulation.Nature of the processing and obligation of providing dataData required are necessary (even in fulfilment of obligations deriving from legal rules) to the selection process aimed at the possible establishment of the contractual relationship. Failure to provide them will result in conclusion of the selection process.Existence of automated decision‑making processes in the data processingThere is NO type of automated decision‑making process, pursuant to Article 22 of the Regulation for the processing of the above data.#J-18808-Ljbffr