Digital Society (DigiS) is a research center of Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) formed by a multidisciplinary team of more than 100 researchers, technologists, and managers (including Ph.D. and students). It is organized in 7 research units dedicated to specific research areas in the AI and ICT domain and two support units focusing on project management and technology maturation. Our mission is to perform advanced research and develop innovative digital technology to address the future digital society’s key challenges. Digital technology has a pervasive impact on our lives and is reshaping our society. The challenge is to ensure that digital technology becomes a steppingstone to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and secure society. More information is available at https://digis.fbk.eu/#vision .

The position is opened by the Modeling and Simulation of Socio-Technical Systems (MoST) research unit of the Digital Society center. The unit aims to research new modeling and simulation techniques for complex socio-technical systems (e.g., cities, rural areas, complex organizations) by exploiting, developing and integrating data science, artificial intelligence and complex systems approaches. One of the key research areas of the MoST unit are Social Digital Twins, namely dynamic digital models of socio-technical systems, fed by data collected from the systems themselves, and capable of faithfully reproducing their behavior and of predicting their evolution, including the effects and impacts of external changes (e.g., climate change) and internal processes (e.g., urban/rural transition policies and incentives).

FBK actively seeks diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is also committed to promoting gender equality. To promote the inclusion of disabled staff as per law 68/99, the Foundation is available and interested in evaluating the applications received for technical-scientific domains that do not correspond exactly to this call.

Job Description

FBK is seeking a Software Developer to support the activities of the MoST unit concerning urban mobility dynamics. The candidate will be involved in the extraction of urban road networks from Open Data, in the analysis of these urban road networks, in the identification of end-to-end mobility paths, with specific focus on slow mobility. The candidates will work in collaboration with other researchers of the FBK, as well as with partners involved in the projects.

Job requirements

The ideal candidate should have:

• Master in Computer Science, Information Engineering, Applied Mathematics or related fields;
• Previous experience in analyzing urban road networks and urban mobility dynamics;
• Software development skills (preferably in Python);
• Good knowledge and proficiency of the English language;
• Team working attitude;
• Good communication and relation skills;
• Self-motivation and result orientation.

Furthermore, the following elements will be positively evaluated:

• Experience in working in research groups.

Employment

Type of contract : fixed-term contract

Working hours : part-time (19 hours per week)

Start date: April 2026

Gross annual salary : about € 29.800 (to be pro-rated based on part-time hours and contract duration)

Benefits : flexi-time, company subsidized cafeteria or meal vouchers, internal car park, welcome office support for visa formalities and for research in accommodation, social security (SANIFONDS), family-work balance, free training courses, support on bank account opening, discount on public transport, sport, language course fees, counseling and psychological support service. More info at https://www.fbk.eu/en/work-with-us/

Workplace : Povo, Trento (Italy)

Application

Interested candidates are requested to submit their application by completing the online form ( https://jobs.fbk.eu/ ). Please make sure that your application contains the following attachments (in pdf format):

• Detailed CV;
• Cover Letter (explaining your motivation for this specific position).

Application deadline: April 3, 2026

For further information, please contact the Human Resources Services at jobs@fbk.eu