Connectionists: Software Engineer - Behavioral Analysis Platform Development - Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

[Ahmed El Hady]

As part of a startup spinoff project funded by Max Planck Innovation's 
MAX!mize program. We're developing next-generation software for 
automated analysis of animal social behavior . Our platform makes 
behavioral analysis tools accessible for research and industry 
applications. We have the following opening:

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*                Software Engineer (m/f/d) (80 - 100 %) - Behavioral 
Analysis Platform Development*

/Our Offer/
We offer an interesting job in an open-minded team, flat hierarchies and 
an open-door culture where we encourage building on strengths, a wide 
range of further training and education opportunities, 30 days of 
vacation for a five-day week, flexible working hours, a responsible and 
varied workplace in a growing interdisciplinary and international 
research institute. The payment is made in accordance with your 
experience and qualification and the collective agreement for the public 
service (TVöD-Bund).

/Your tasks/

  * Design and develop interface for video analysis and data visualization
  * Build APIs connecting Python backend with frontend applications
  * Integrate existing behavioral analysis research tools
  * Create annotation tools and real-time visualization dashboards
  * Transform Python-based behavioral analysis algorithms into
    accessible web applications
  * Ensure complex scientific tools are intuitive for non-programmer users

/Your Profile/

  * Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
    experience
  * Strong web development and applications skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript
    + any modern framework
  * Proficient in Python programming
  * Experience making complex tools user-friendly
  * Self-directed problem solver with ability to work independently
  * Very good written and spoken English skills
  * Team-oriented with strong communication and collaboration abilities

Other valuable experience: Scientific/data-heavy applications, real-time 
visualization, video processing/computer vision, 
Docker/containerization, research/startup experience

The Max Planck Society endeavors to employ more severely disabled 
people. Applications of severely disabled persons are expressly welcome. 
The Max Planck Society strives for gender and diversity equality. We 
welcome applications from all backgrounds.


/Are you interested? /Then we are looking forward to receiving your 
application until November 30, 2025, with your CV, a brief cover letter 
including link to GitHub or project portfolio under the following link 
<https://bewerbermanagement.net/en/jobposting/82ea614de840b641fc5b2e466fad8acb58f503450/apply>: 
https://bewerbermanagement.net/en/jobposting/82ea614de840b641fc5b2e466fad8acb58f503450/apply 



Questions about this position will be answered by Jacob Davidson 
(jdavidson at ab.mpg.de) or Ahmed El Hady (ahady at ab.mpg.de).

Please make sure to spread it to anyone you think might be interested to 
apply or is well suited for the position.


All the best regards,


Ahmed El Hady


Dr. Ahmed El Hady
Research group leader
Cluster for Advanced Study of Collective Behavior
University of Konstanz/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz
Room ZT 907



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