Technical Lead, Health + Life Science Alliance Data Space | Technical Lead for the "Health + Life Science Alliance Data Space"

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum

Heidelberg, Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Published Aug 26, 2025
Full-time
Fixed-term

Job Summary

This Technical Lead will be a senior member of the team, responsible for guiding the design, development, and integration of the Health + Life Science Alliance Data Space platform. Day-to-day, they will define system architecture, provide hands-on technical leadership across cloud, frontend, and backend development, and mentor engineers. The role requires a deep understanding of AWS services, experience with Infrastructure as Code, and proficiency in designing APIs and scalable system architectures. This position offers the unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge biomedical research by enabling inter-institutional data sharing and analysis within a world-leading innovation cluster, ensuring a robust, secure, and scalable system.

Required Skills

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field

Experience

  • Proven experience in technical leadership roles on cloud-native or distributed system projects
  • Experience with hybrid cloud environments and integrating on-premise resources with cloud services (preferred)
  • Familiarity with privacy regulations and security protocols in health/life science domains (preferred)
  • Background in interdisciplinary research or academic technology platforms (preferred)
  • Experience leading distributed and cross-functional teams (preferred)

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Proof of immunity against measles required; Position initially limited to 2 years with possibility of prolongation.