Gaia/Plato Software Engineer (Fixed Term)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
University of Cambridge
and Plato software development teams. The role will focus on development of on-ground data processing software for both Gaia and Plato, including automation, large scale distributed processing, data analysis and data management. The work involves systems analysis, design, implementation, testing, documentation and improvement of existing code. The post-holder will have the opportunity to build upon … programming. An understanding of abstraction including familiarity with software design considerations is essential. Experience of Python development would be very useful. Experience with Spark, Kubernetes and knowledge of database systems would be advantageous. Experience of the acquisition and reduction of data from astronomical facilities and with the use of database and web-based systems would be desirable. The … than three trillion observations of two billion stars and other objects during a ten year period before being decommissioned earlier this year. Development and execution of data processing and analysis for the full mission duration will be carried out over the next several years culminating in the publication of the final Gaia catalogue. Gaia's key objective is a More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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