German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

As the German National Library of Science and Technology, our future-oriented services ensure the infrastructural requirements for a high-quality supply of information and literature for research in science and industry. With the Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG), we are working to revolutionise the exchange and use of scientific knowledge in the digital age.

The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology – Program Area C, Research and Development, is looking to employ a

to work in the Open Science Lab (OSL) at the earliest possible opportunity.

The position is fixed-term until the end of the project duration of the project "NFDI4Culture – Consortium for Research Data on Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage”, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the European Union-funded project "European Cultural Heritage Optimized Linked Open Tools (ECHOLOT)” until 31^st December 2028. The regular weekly working hours are 19.90 (part-time, 50 %). The remuneration is based on pay scale group 13 TV-L.

Your challenge

The OSL of the TIB is concerned with the development towards digital, open and collaborative science and supports scientific and cultural institutions by developing and testing new methods and software tools together with their communities. We are looking for a communicative and entrepreneurial person with a strong technical background to support the activities of the OSL in national and internationally-funded projects primarily focusing on research data management and open science for the cultural heritage sector.

You will contribute to the development of open-source software and research infrastructure supporting the semantic enrichment, interoperability and reuse of digital cultural heritage data. In the context of third-party funded projects, OSL works with many partners whose data needs span complex 3D models, A/V files, entire digitised cultural heritage corpora, and more. These partners will use services like Wikibase and Kompakkt as repository infrastructure, and require various customizations and increasingly the inclusion of natural language and agentic AI-based interactions in the way the data is presented and made accessible to external users. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and will have an opportunity to be an active voice in strategic discussions around the roadmap and development of services at OSL and TIB at large.

Your tasks include

• Independently designing, implementing and evaluating software components and workflows for the transformation, enrichment, harmonisation and integration of heterogeneous cultural heritage data.
• Researching, designing and implementing AI-assisted and agentic workflows for metadata curation and semantic data transformation, combining automated processing with human review and validation.
• Developing and integrating software features that support semantic data representation, interoperability, provenance tracking and the sustainable reuse of research data.
• Analysing scientific and technical requirements, translating them into software concepts and specifications, and developing solutions in collaboration with researchers, developers and cultural heritage professionals.
• Designing and evaluating user-oriented interfaces and interaction concepts for complex data processing and curation workflows, including user research, prototyping and usability testing where appropriate.
• Contributing to the architecture, implementation, testing, documentation and maintenance of sustainable, collaboratively developed open-source research software.
• Collaborating with international project partners and contributing to technical discussions, workshops, project meetings and the dissemination of software development practices and results.

Your profile

• You have a completed university degree at Master's level in Information Processing, Computer Science, Information Science, Digital Humanities or a related field.
• You have practical experience in software development and the implementation of web-based applications or research software.
• You have experience translating complex scientific, technical or user requirements into software concepts, functional specifications and implementable features.
• You have programming experience in one or more relevant languages, such as TypeScript/JavaScript, Python or Java, and are familiar with collaborative software development using Git.
• You have an understanding of data modelling, structured metadata, semantic data representation or the transformation and integration of heterogeneous datasets.
• Knowledge of Digital Humanities, Digital Cultural Heritage, research data management or the requirements of cultural heritage institutions.
• You are able to work independently on complex tasks, take responsibility for technical and conceptual decisions within your area of responsibility, and collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary and international teams.
• You have very good written and spoken English skills and are willing to work in an international research environment.

Desirable additions to your profile

• Experience in Research Software Engineering and the development of sustainable, openly licensed software in research or infrastructure projects.
• Experience with semantic technologies, Linked Open Data, knowledge graphs, ontologies, entity linking or metadata mapping and reconciliation.
• Experience designing or implementing AI-assisted or agentic workflows, particularly for data enrichment, information extraction and metadata generation.
• Experience with open-source software projects, including feature conception, requirements engineering, user-centred design, prototyping or usability evaluation.
• Familiarity with Wikidata, Wikibase, MediaWiki, Europeana data models or related cultural heritage data infrastructures.
• Experience documenting software architectures, workflows, data transformations and technical decisions for developers and research communities.

What we offer

Our mission is to keep rethinking and innovating the provision and use of research data and information. In TIB’s Research and Development Department, you have the opportunity to advance your career in a sizable, dynamic and excellent environment. We provide a scientifically and intellectually inspiring environment with an entrepreneurial mindset embedded in a leading technical university and one of the largest technical information centers being part of the Leibniz Association. TIB collaborates closely with the L3S Research Center at Leibniz University Hannover, one of the world’s leading research institutes in the field of Web & Data Science, within the Leibniz Joint Lab Data Science & Open Knowledge.

Last but not least, we attach great importance to an open, creative and fun work atmosphere.

Furthermore, we offer

• a job in the public service oriented toward the common good under the collective agreement for the public service of the German states (TV-L), with a salary in pay scale group 13 TV-L, provided that the requirements are met.
• a flexible workplace in terms of time and space with offers to reconcile work and family life, such as mobile and remote work options as well as flexible working time models (flexitime).
• a special annual payment at the end of the year and 30 days of vacation per year with a five-day working week as well as additional days off on Christmas Eve (December 24^th) and New Year's Eve (December 31^st).
• a modern workplace in a central location of Hannover with a collegial, attractive and versatile working environment.
• an employer with a wide range of internal and external further education and training measures, workplace health promotion and a supplementary pension scheme for the public sector (VBL).
• employee discount in the canteens of the Studentenwerk Hannover as well as the possibility to use the various offers of the University Sports Hannover at a discount.
• independent and future-oriented activities that offer variety and room for personal development.
• funding for necessary equipment, conference and research visit travel.
• to work in the context of a national, European or international research and innovation project.
• a portfolio of technology components to build on, including ORKG, OpenResearch.org, TIB AV-Portal, DBpedia.org and other.

If you are interested, questions regarding the position can be addressed to Ms. Lozana Rossenova by mail at lozana.rossenova(at)tib.eu.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application until November 29, 2026. To submit your application, please click here.

Paper applications are also possible on an equal basis. In this case, please send your complete application documents with the subject 50/2026 before November 29, 2026 addressed to

Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)

Germany

or alternatively as a single PDF document file to bewerbung(at)tib.eu. For applications in digital from, please send a PDF file with a maximum size of 10 MB.

We invite you to include an indication of your annual salary expectations with your application.

In the case of foreign university degrees, it is mandatory to submit a Statement of Comparability from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) for the final assessment of the hiring requirements during the hiring process (link for more information). A fee will be charged for this. This obligation does not apply if the foreign university degree has already been assessed by an expert and is listed in the ANABIN database of the ZAB as an equivalent university degree (link to ANABIN database).

Who we are

TIB, being part of the Leibniz Research Association, is with around 600 employees one of the largest technical information centres in Germany, having three main functions:

1. Acting in the capacity of the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, our forward-looking services secure the infrastructural requirements for providing researchers in science and industry with high-quality information and literature.
2. Carrying out cutting edge research to further expand TIB’s role as a German information centre for the digitisation of science and technology.
3. Offer library services for the Leibniz University Hannover.

TIB is an equal opportunity employer, providing ideal working conditions, and continuously taking action to enable its employees to combine career interests with family life. It wants to promote equal career opportunities for women and men in particular and therefore urges qualified women to apply.

Severely disabled candidates and those with equivalent status will be given preferential consideration in the event of equal suitability. If you wish your rights as a person with a severe disability or as a person deemed equivalent to a person with a severe disability to be taken into account during the selection process, please inform us of this voluntarily at an appropriate place in your application (e.g. in the cover letter or CV, or at another clearly highlighted point) and enclose appropriate proof (e.g. a copy of the disability certificate).

Equal opportunity is one of our core organizational values. We therefore welcome applications regardless of nationality, ethnic and social origin, gender identity, gender expression and/or gender characteristics, religion and worldview, age, sexual orientation, and identity.

Please indicate in the subject of your application which job exchange brought our offer to your attention.

Please note that your application documents will not be returned, and application and travel costs cannot be reimbursed.

For more information about the TIB, please visit: www.tib.eu/en/