Do you have a passion for driving innovation, and advancing science? Do you like providing bespoke consulting services & developing software for research projects?

Job description

The Research Engineering and Infrastructure Team (REIT) is currently looking for candidates to fill one position as a Research Software Engineer.

As a Research Software Engineer, you will be collaborating with researchers on projects across diverse domains, such as artificial intelligence, intelligent human/agent interactions, bioinformatics, computer graphics and visualizations, software engineering, data management and engineering, information systems, cyber security, high performance computing and embedded systems.

You will typically be working on two research projects simultaneously, with your engagement in projects varying from a few weeks to multi-year collaborations. You will be liaising with researchers to understand their requirements, developing and implementing solutions, while documenting them along the way.

REIT collaborates with all sections at the computer science departments of TU Delft. We are looking for a wide range of skills, for example:

• Planning, designing and implementing software solutions, including HPC, edge, and embedded software
• Implementing, training and deploying machine learning models
• Developing data processing and analysis pipelines, including visualizations
• Web and mobile development
• Promoting best practices for reproducible and open research

As a member of REIT, you will be joining a group of friendly and dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds. We explicitly encourage our engineers to continuously develop their skills and to explore fields outside their main area of expertise.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we are widening our contribution to the research and teaching community. We constantly strive to find innovative and efficient ways to solve problems and enable high-quality research. At REIT, we welcome candidates who can help shape this vision.

We are looking for a full-time engineer.

Job requirements

Must have:

• Master or PhD degree in a computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, or similar
• Fluency in one or more modern programming languages commonly used in research (Python, C/C++, Rust etc.). Demonstrable use of other programming languages together with a keen interest in learning new languages is also welcome.
• Enthusiasm and ability to rapidly acquire fluency of new technologies and fields.
• Capable of switching focus between different projects and teams (over time)
• An understanding and willingness to keep up to date and implement best practices for software development and analyses (such as version control, issue tracking, automated testing, continuous integration etc.) for reproducible research.
• Experience with developing web applications and interactive visualizations is a plus
• Strong social and communicative skills (in English)
• Team player/experience of working in a team

Experience in one of the following would be a bonus:

• Artificial intelligence
• Data engineering
• Language models, including privacy-preserving large language models
• Machine Learning/ Reinforcement Learning/ Pattern Recognition/ Signal Processing
• Computer Vision, Affective Computing, or Wearable Computing
• Web and mobile development
• Designing and testing embedded systems, including PCB prototyping

Due to Dutch regulations, only candidates from EU countries or those with a valid Dutch work permit are eligible for this position.

Conditions of employment

• Duration of contract is 1 year Temporary with prospect of permanent
• A job of 32-40 hours per week.
• A salary based on Scale 10 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a salary between €3546 - €5538 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Additional information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Avishek Anand, via Avishek.Anand@tudelft.nl.

Application procedure
Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 31 August 2026 via the application button and upload the following documents:

• CV
• Motivational letter telling us why you would like to become part of the Research Engineering and Infrastructure Team, and how your skills and experience would complement the team
  

You can address your application to Avishek Anand.

Please note:

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
• As part of knowledge security, TU Delft conducts a risk assessment during the recruitment of personnel. We do this, among other things, to prevent the unwanted transfer of sensitive knowledge and technology. The assessment is based on information provided by the candidates themselves, such as their motivation letter and CV, and takes place at the final stages of the selection process. When the outcome of the assessment is negative, the candidate will be informed. The processing of personal data in the context of the risk assessment is carried out on the legal basis of the GDPR: performing a public task in the public interest. You can find more information about this assessment on our website about knowledge security.
• Please do not contact us for unsolicited services.