# Software Engineer for CERNBox (IT-SD-GSS-2026-174-GRAP)

This is a graduate position within the QUEST programme, funded by the EOSC4ALL project of the European Commission. It is open to recent graduates in computer science, engineering or a related field. You do not need to tick every box or have every skill listed below, if you are motivated to learn, we encourage you to apply. Join CERN's Storage and Data Management Group and help evolve the storage systems behind the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), while learning large-scale storage, cloud-native technologies and open-source software with the support of an experienced team. You will work on CERNBox, the cloud storage used by the whole CERN community, from scientists to administrative staff. Your main task is to help make it interoperable with research infrastructures across Europe, through the Open Cloud Mesh (OCM) standard, and easy to deploy anywhere using Kubernetes. You will also explore how AI can help users find and use their data. If you enjoy open standards, open source and building tools that many institutions can adopt, this is the place for you! You will be supported by experienced colleagues and learn from the whole team. Your responsibilities Develop and integrate backend an

- **Id**: 3875795
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cern-software-engineer-for-cernbox-it-sd-gss-2026-174-grap>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Geneva, Switzerland
- **Countries**: CH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T14:47:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T02:13:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5691
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 4055
- **Name**: CERN
- **Domain**: home.cern
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cern>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

## Salary

- **Min**: 6372
- **Max**: 7004
- **Currency**: CHF
- **Period**: month
- **Usd annual**: 102336

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Helm** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Vue.js** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T16:13:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 102336
- **Is top pay**: no

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