Software Developer for Summer Work

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has around 44 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.


Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.




MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research laboratory hosted by Lund University.

It provides scientists from Sweden as well as internationally, with state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. Fully developed it will receive more than 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

Are you interested to work in an exciting scientific environment? Perhaps a summer work at MAX IV would be something for you?

Your team
The Scientific and Information Management team handles Web applications for MAXIV. As part of the team, you will be in a unique position to take part in the endeavor to provide information services to the scientific community. We are a team with broad skill sets and considerable opportunity to learn and grow both as an individual and a professional.


MAX IV are looking for a Software Developer who will contribute with skills and ideas to one/couple of our projects. The work falls within the umbrella of web development. One of the target projects is j5 which is aimed at implementing a Maintenance management system for the whole MAX IV facility, and develop it with the j5 Hexagon software.


Your main work tasks will be

- Coding, testing and deployment
- Fixing bugs
- Database management – design, SQL
- Attending meetings, gathering requirements
- Documentation



To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

- A student in Computer Science or related courses
- Skills in Nodejs, React
- Skills handling PostgreSQL
- Skills in JSON, GraphQL or REST
- Understanding of RDBMS principles and skills in SQL
- Strong communication skills, fluent in English

Below are seen as merits

- Linux CLI experience


As a person you are 

- a self-starter with a passion for learning new technologies
- a team player committed to the goals of the team
- reliable and responsible
- able to listen and respect different perspectives
- a problem solver


You must be minimum 18 years and fluent in English to apply to this position.



The MAX IV Controls and IT team (KITS) deliver solutions to the whole MAX IV organisation in the areas of control system hardware, controls software applications, infrastructure and networking, information management and scientific software. This is a dynamic and highly challenging environment and requires close collaboration with the staff in order to understand the needs and be effective in forming solutions. We are around 50 people in total who work in 5 domains in a well organised and agile way. We hold values of lean management, knowledge spread, user autonomy, continuous improvement and flexibility as guiding principles for our work.

We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.