Software developer for GeoFAIR project

As a software developer within the Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University, you will work on the development of linking and bringing together existing research datasets and platforms.

Your job
This function specifically targets software development for the GeoFAIR project. The project aims to improve the discoverability, interoperability, and reuse of existing (inter)national infrastructure for data sharing (e.g. online data tools and portals, data standards, web viewers) by developing an integration layer through which their metadata can be harvested and searched. The resulting integrated connection services will be deployed in the Delta Enigma data infrastructure; the national access point for biogeomorphology research data: https://delta-enigma.nl/. In this role, you will work together with the task leader to explore and develop methods for data exchange using automated workflows. You can also contribute to (inter)national network and associated meetings if you are interested.

This is what you will do:

• being involved in the entire process of making research data collected by sensors and generated in laboratories from rivers, estuaries and coasts easier to re-use;
• interacting with other developers and engineers internally within the project and externally at collaborators;
• using adopted (meta)data standards and existing data processing methods to develop new data transfer procedures
• contribute to designing a common metadata model and document mapping between the existing metadata standards, writing automated tests to ensure the quality of your software;
• involve project stakeholders to realize new features or make integration layers on top of the existing data infrastructures.