Research technician at the PharmacoInformatics group

Date limit
20-05-2026
Institution
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

The PharmacoInformatics group is seeking for a research technician.

Job title: Research technician ref. MELIS-PSR-INDF-2026-08
Date of publication of the job offer: 17/03/26
Research line: Toxicology research
Project and Institution that finance the contract: HE-JU-IHI-2023-05-01-VICT3R-101172693
Title: Developing and implementing VIrtual Control groups To reducE animal use in toxicology Research Part 1

Job description:
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining the frontends of scientific web applications used in European Projects. The position will be incorporated in a team participating in several ongoing international research projects. The candidate will participate in maintaining existing web applications and in the design and development of new ones, in collaboration with a team of backend developers. His/her responsibilities will include deploying web applications as containers on academic servers and collaborating on user support and training.

Information on the minimum requirements:

  • Demonstrable experience in frontend development
  • Experience working as a developer in Linux environments
  • Good programming skills in Angular and React libraries
  • Basic programming in Python
  • Knowledge of Flask and Docker
  • A bachelor's degree in informatics or a technical or computational discipline (such as informatics, engineering or data sciences). A master's degree will be considered an advantage.
  • English knowledge, at least basic reading and writing of technical documents
  • Experience in Keycloak will be considered a plus.

Expected remuneration: annual gross salary from 38,940.64 € to 41,556.88 € (depending on the candidate’s experience and qualifications).
Group and complement: from PSR 1U to PSR 1O
Dedication and working time: 35 hores setmanals.
Type of contract: open-ended contract, according the RD 32/2021 de 28 de desembre de 2021; and the article 23 bis de la Llei 14/2011 d’1 de juny, de la Ciència, la Tecnologia i la Innovació.

Selection criteria:

  1. Academic background: 0-20 points.
  2. Professional experience/Appropriateness to the proposed profile: 0-60 points.
  3. Other achievements: 0-20 points.

Minimum score to pass the selection process: 85 points.

Selection Committee:

  • President: Manuel Pastor Maeso
  • Member 1: Ferran Sanz Carreras
  • Member 2: Berta Alsina Español

Information on the application process: send an email with a copy of the candidate's curriculum vitae, indicating the reference MELIS-PSR-INDF-2026-08 in the subject line.
Contact: recruitment.melis@upf.edu
Deadline to submit applications: 20/05/2026 

 

Original source: https://www.upf.edu/documents/d/biomed/research-technician-ref-melis-psr-indf-2026-08