Fullstack Python / Django Developer

Software Heritage is a universal software source code archive project, whose aim is to recover, preserve for the very long term and share all publicly available source code, together with its development history (e.g., as stored in version control systems). The Software Heritage archive already contains over 19 billion unique source files and 4.2 billion commits, retrieved from over 300 million software development projects. The Software Heritage initiative, hosted by the Inria Foundation, is an entirely free software (FOSS) and non-profit project.

Autonomy, transparency and consultation are at the heart of our values (the project is free and open source).

Most of the team is based at the Inria center in Paris, but the position is open to any location in France close to an Inria center (Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Grenoble, Rennes, Saclay, Sofia Antipolis, Nancy).

We are looking for an experienced front-end software engineer. The ideal candidate will have a particular interest in front-end development, web framework architecture and implementation, and API development, in a complex development and continuous integration environment.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of projects on which you could be asked to collaborate:

• Contribute to the design and development of new application modules for the Software Heritage portal (https://archive.softwareheritage.org/)
• Maintain and develop APIs enabling the use of Software Heritage functionalities
• Maintain and develop GraphQL APIs, and interface them with existing or future modules
• Participate in the continuous improvement of web applications to ensure compliance with quality and accessibility standards.
• Contribute to interfacing external projects with the Software Heritage ecosystem
• Contribute to support and troubleshooting

• Development and maintenance of web applications (Django)
• Integration of REST and GraphQL APIs
• Participation in the development of Python application components
• Active participation in team life
• Interaction with relevant Open Source communities and Software Heritage partners

The following skills are expected:

• Python application development
• Implementation and configuration of web applications with Django
• Unit and front-end testing (e.g. pytest and Cypress)
• Use of continuous integration tools (Gitlab, Jenkins…)
• PostgreSQL or equivalent SGDB
• Good level of English (written and spoken)

Knowledge and experience of the following will be considered an asset:

• GraphQL apis development
• Notions of user research (UX) and UI design
• Linux fluency
• Container technologies (e.g. docker)
• Working knowledge of distributed software architectures
• Distributed scheduling technologies (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
• NoSQL databases (in particular Cassandra)

• Subsidized meals
• Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
• Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
• Possibility of teleworking (after 6 months of employment) and flexible organization of working hours
• Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
• Social, cultural and sports events and activities
• Access to vocational training
• Social security coverage

Depending on diploma and professional experience