At the ETH Student Project House (SPH), we inspire and empower students to cultivate a maker-innovator mindset. We believe that by exploring their own ideas and developing personal projects, students gain valuable hands-on experience and learn essential skills for their future. That's why we've created an ecosystem where students - Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral - are encouraged to ideate, build prototypes, and continuously test and refine their creations.
Our interdisciplinary team of 30 people supports students with the tools, knowledge, and guidance they need to pursue their passions. Our well-equipped Makerspace provides access to a wide range of tools and equipment for prototyping. To help projects grow beyond the idea stage, we also offer co-working, ideation, and event spaces, as well as personalized coaching.
Many of our offerings are entirely digital, so we're developing and running a variety of digital solutions to support this space. This includes integrations of different software services, deployments in the clouds or on our own servers.
We're now looking for a new team member to join our
Software Development & IT team. Read on to find out if this could be the right fit for you!
Project background You'll be working in one of the most inspiring spaces at ETH Zürich - surrounded by 3D printers, computers, whiteboards, ideation tools and custom-designed furniture.
We currently have two locations: a five-storey house near the ETH main building, and a space on the Hönggerberg campus. We share our open workspace with student project teams, collaborating at eye level and fostering a culture of exchange and creativity. We also work at both locations.
Our community brings together individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, which is why we communicate primarily in English.
We believe in the power of open source and contribute back to the community whenever we can.
Job description Below is a selection of projects you will be working on:
- Digitalization of our processes within SPH
- Reduce friction of students and staff in using our services
- Optimize event signup
- Optimize KPI collection
- Create, extend and maintain our digital tools landscape
- Entrance terminal user experience
- Coffee machine integration
- Maintenance and development of our website
- Ensure our digital services are accessible (screen reader support, etc.)
- Develop an SPH-wide app
- IT support for the SPH team
- Server Administration
- Maintenance, updates
- Dev-Ops and automations
- Bring your own ambitious ideas to help ETH students with their digital projects
Profile We need your digital expertise to support our students and the team:
- You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree, ideally in Computer Science, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience
- You are passionate about analyzing, conceptualizing and bringing projects to life
- You have demonstrable experience with digital tools (e.g. Docker, networking, Unix, Windows)
- You're proficient in at least one programming language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, PHP)
- You're motivated and able to learn new languages, tools, and technologies
- You enjoy working with people and are passionate about supporting them
- You can stay calm and flexible when urgent issues arise (e.g. server downtime or a broken webpage)
A note: research indicates that women and individuals from marginalized groups tend to apply only when they meet all of the criteria. If you believe you're qualified, but don't necessarily check every box, please submit an application.
We offer - Your job with impact: Become part of ETH Zurich, which not only supports your professional development, but also actively contributes to positive change in society
- You can expect numerous benefits , such as public transport season tickets and car sharing, a wide range of sports offered by the ASVZ , childcare and attractive pension benefits
- We offer a 1-year contract with the possibility to prolong the contract
- We believe in personal growth. For that we do regular team feedback sessions and value everyone's opinion. We find the best solutions through diversity
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