Junior Scientific Programmer

Location

Zwijnaarde

Working hours

Full-time

Contract Type

Permanent

Working area

R&D

Join the team

Agriculture plays a fundamental role in fulfilling many of humanity’s basic needs: food, feed, and energy. To support growers and those who take care of our environment, BASF develops innovative solutions for farming, pest control and landscape management – so that we can effectively contribute to improving people’s lives and business’ demands. Come join us on our journey to create solutions for sustainable agriculture at the Innovation Center Gent, Belgium.

The BASF team is seeking a motivated Junior Scientific Programmer to join us. The team focuses on statistical genetics, experimental design, and data analysis in molecular breeding processes, in close collaboration with breeders, geneticists, and software developers.

The Junior Scientific Programmer will develop and participate in projects that support efficient data and analytics workflows, computational tools/platforms, and reporting software. The selected candidate will also contribute to the implementation of state-of-the-art algorithms to improve genetic gain in breeding programs and be expected to identify and maintain an evolving analytics toolbox.

Responsibilities

You create innovative, scalable, fault-tolerant software solutions for our customers with clear technical specifications and documentation, striving to create interconnectivity of solutions.
You automate frequently used scientific workflows, and implement new methods developed in-house or through collaboration.
You act as a translator for our customer’s digital needs, and hereby interact with project managers, designers, other developers, systems analysts, and R&D specialists to support the design and implementation of the most adequate technological solutions.
With your analytical mindset, you support R&D specialists.
You ensure a robust and performant analytics platform for our team.
You work closely together with the head of Biometrics and the Biometrics Technology lead. You are a reliable technical support during critical periods in the year to ensure delivery of time-sensitive results.
You interact with R&D teams in a collaborative effort to develop and deliver a high quality product to farmers.

Qualifications

You hold a MSc in Computer Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics or related scientific field with a strong affinity for applied statistics.
You have strong scripting skills in R and have basics of Python.
You are experienced in working in a collaborative IT environment which includes knowledge of a version controlling system like git.
You are an expert in connecting data and analytics (especially REST, GraphQl APIs) in the context of prototyping, established graphical interfaces, and towards expert users.
Knowledge of Cloud-based analytics is not a prerequisite but would be of value.
You have a creative and innovative mindset and act proactively.
You have excellent communication and analytical skills.
You work autonomously with limited supervision from senior team members. You have interest in supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

A permanent contract within an attractive working environment in a professional and motivated team.
A role with challenging assignments and responsibilities.
An attractive base salary in relation to your diploma and competencies, an annual bonus and extra legal benefits.
A good work-life balance where regular working from home is possible.

Come join us in bringing the lab to the field

About BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division

Everything we do, we do for the love of farming. Farming is fundamental to provide enough healthy and affordable food for a rapidly growing population, while reducing environmental impacts. That’s why we are working with partners and experts to integrate sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We invest in a strong R&D pipeline, combining innovative thinking with practical action in the field. Our solutions are purpose-designed for different crop systems. Connecting seeds and traits, crop protection products, digital tools and sustainability approaches, to help deliver the best possible outcomes for farmers, growers and our other stakeholders along the value chain. With teams in the lab, field, office and in production, we do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture. In 2023, our division generated sales of €10.1 billion.

For more information, please visit www.agriculture.basf.com or our social media channels.

Application process

1. Application

You found the job you like on our website. Time to hit that ‘apply’-button and let us know who you are through the application form.

2. First encounter

We are intrigued by your application and call you immediately. At this point you can expect questions like: What motivates you? And what are your skills?

3. Interview

The call went great! So here you are, ready for your interview with HR and a hiring manager. We want to know more of your story and of course, you can ask about our story as well.

4. Contract

Welcome to our team. When can you start? So we can everything ready for your first day. You know, computer, paperwork, cake, balloons …

5. Onboarding

We welcome you with open arms and get you up and running. Including our eye-opening bootscamp, from the lab to the field.