Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB) is a non-profit company for applied research and innovation founded in 2001 with over 40 employees. We develop research projects by crosslinking future topics like digitalization, resource efficiency, smart city and climate resilience with the traditional fields of the urban water cycle (www.kompetenz-wasser.de). In addition, KWB promotes the active transfer of knowledge to experts, municipal stakeholders, research partners, as well as to the interested public through public relations and the organization of events.

As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will contribute to research and innovation projects at the interface of data science and engineering.

Your key focus will be to develop, maintain and operate software applications leveraging data-driven approaches and applying machine learning in urban water management, climate change adaptation and urban transformation.

Specifically, you will contribute to the further development of our SEMAplus application which aims to support the planning of municipal infrastructure rehabilitation. You will also take part to projects dealing with, for example, the uptake of our data-driven solution for bathing water management, or the development of machine learning approaches for climate change mitigation planning.

Must have

• A degree in the field of Informatics, Computer Science or related fields (Bachelor, Diploma, Master, or PhD)
• >1 year of professional experience with full-stack development
• Solid knowledge of software development and architecture.
• >1 year professional experience with Python and JavaScript
• User oriented mindset and desire to upscale prototypes (e.g. script for ML) to fully fledged applications
• Desire to work closely in a team of highly motivated scientists and software developer.
• Based in Berlin or willing to move to Berlin
• Professional working proficiency in English and/or German

Nice to have

• >3 years of professional experience with full-stack development
• Experience working with agile methods (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, pair programming)
• Experience leading software development projects
• Experience with Test-Driven-Development & Domain-Driven-Design
• Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps and CI/CD (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, GitLab / GitHub CI/CD pipelines)
• Understanding of data science, statistics, machine learning and modelling
• Experience with R
• Experience with data-intensive applications and software security topics
• Experience with product development

• Join a leading international research and innovation center addressing the most pressing challenges of water management, environmental protection and urban planning
• Work in an interdisciplinary team of experts in the environmental, engineering and digital fields
• Opportunity to develop applications with positive societal and environmental impacts
• Excellent working atmosphere; relaxed communication with peers
• Continuous development of your skills and expertise with tailored training opportunities
• Professional development opportunities: there is no shortage of challenges in the field of water management and urban transformation