For our location in Zeuthen we are seeking:
Senior Software Developer
Remuneration Group 13 | Limited: 2 years with the option to extend | Starting date: 01.12.2026 | ID: APMA007/2026 | Deadline: 11.10.2026 | Full-time/Part-time | Remote work possible
DESY, with more than 2900 employees at its two locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, is one of the world's leading research centres. Its research focuses on decoding the structure and function of matter, from the smallest particles of the universe to the building blocks of life. In this way, DESY contributes to solving the major questions and urgent challenges facing science, society and industry. With its ultramodern research infrastructure, its interdisciplinary research platforms and its international networks, DESY offers a highly attractive working environment in the fields of science, technology and administration as well as for the education of highly qualified young scientists.
The Photo Injector Test Facility PITZ in Zeuthen (near Berlin) is one of the leading international groups for developing modern photo injectors and their applications. Current R&D goals of PITZ include improving the electron source brightness beyond state of the art for X‑ray Free Electron Lasers as well as applications of high brightness beams, e. g. for most modern cancer radiation therapies like FLASH‑RT and SFRT (FLASHlab@PITZ). The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is the next-generation, ground-based facility for very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will feature two massive telescope arrays deployed across both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Operations and scientific data acquisition within the observatory are managed by the Array Control and Data Acquisition (ACADA) system. Within ACADA, the Resource Manager (RM) handles infrastructure administration and system supervision, while the Central Control (CC) orchestrates the execution of astronomical observation workflows.
As software developer, you will work for PITZ to develop server software for the accelerator control system, as well as for the ACADA system's RM and CC subsystems.