Software architect for research cloud services at the SDU eScience Center

The eScience Center at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) develops and operates large-scale IT infrastructure dedicated to research in all fields. The center is a leading national provider of supercomputing resources and facilities, often provided in close collaboration with other Danish universities.

Our mission is to support research via the development of advanced IT infrastructure and by providing support and expertise to researchers. The key areas of the center are High Performance Computing (HPC), Cloud Services, Data Analytics and Data Management Services. We assist a large research community, educational and government institutions, as well as commercial companies. The center has developed a user-friendly and advanced private cloud system called UCloud, which is the core of the DeiC national system for interactive HPC and cloud computing.

We address stimulating new technological challenges. The SDU eScience Center offers a research-like environment where we encourage the study of innovative solutions and personal growth. We firmly believe in open-source and web technology as means to reach our goals.

Job description:

The center is expanding its staff in one of its core areas: research cloud services.

We seek an expert in the following areas:

• Distributed and concurrent systems
• SQL databases
• Software development for HPC environments
• Experience with Slurm, Kubernetes or OpenStack
• Software development experience using Go, C or C++
• Container and virtualization technology

Experience in at least two of the above areas is required, and candidates with previous experience with Go, Kubernetes and distributed systems will be strongly preferred.

The successful candidate will become part of the cloud team at the eScience Center. Tasks under the user cloud team include, but are not limited to: Designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance distributed systems and services. Integrating with HPC schedulers such as Slurm and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. Participating in the full feature lifecycle, from requirements gathering and architectural design to coding, automated testing, deployment, and ongoing monitoring of production environments.

The cloud team at the eScience Center currently consists of four employees with long expertise in building cloud computing infrastructure, programming and software engineering.

Required qualifications for the position:

• Proven experience in at least two of the areas in the job description.
• Strong background in Linux systems.
• Programming skills (e.g. in Go, C, C++, bash, …).
• Proven ability to work productively both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team balancing divergent objectives involving research, code development, supporting software and consulting with scientists.

Other relevant qualifications (not required):

• MSc or PhD in a relevant field of science or engineering.
• Experience with DevOps practices (e.g. git and GitHub, continuous integration and deployment, software documentation).

While the positions offer flexibility and the possibility of remote work, the candidates are expected to be on-site in Odense.

Condition of Employment
The starting date for the positions is 1st of January 2026 or as soon as possible. Appointments are for full time positions for a limited time period of at least 1 year based on the candidate's profile with the possibility of extension.

Application deadline is 28 November 2025.

All inquiries are welcome. Please contact:

Dan Sebastian Thrane
Team leader for Cloud Services
SDU eScience center
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Southern Denmark
Email:

Or:

Prof. Director Claudio Pica
SDU eScience center
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Southern Denmark
email:

Employment shall take place in accordance with the framework agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

Application must include cover letter, CV and certificate. All documents in connection with the application should not contain CPR number (civil registration number) – in that case, the CPR number must be crossed out.

All attached files must be in Adobe PDF format. Cover letter and CV can contain max. 5 Mb.

We recommend that you read how to apply before you apply.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

About SDU

The University of Southern Denmark was established to create value for and with society. Whether our contributions come in the form of excellent research, innovative solutions, education or learning, we must make a positive difference to society and contribute to a sustainable future. We do this by cultivating talents and creating the best environments for research and learning. It is therefore crucial that SDU retains, develops and recruits talent. At the same time, we need to ensure consistently high quality in all our activities – and we can only do that with the right people. The University's researchers, lecturers, students, managers and technical/administrative staff are the foundation of our success.