As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, we are dedicated to make substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.

Our Center for Digital Safety & Security is looking for new Ingenious Partner for our location in Vienna. Our Competence Unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies is leading in applied research on the development of data-based IT solutions for various application scenarios, including the design of new and innovative solutions supporting society, industry and public administration, in increasing their preparedness and sustainability. As a reliable partner of industry and public authorities, we work on digital tools to enable informed decision making and collaboration, based on current research results and in close collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders and end users.  

Our Sustainable and Resilience Society team focuses on enhancing organisational resilience by enabling collaboration across public and private sectors. we develop technological solutions for data collection, sharing, analysis, and knowledge management, supporting informed decision-making in areas like crisis management and sustainable communities. By promoting trusted data exchange and managing unstructured knowledge, we helps improve planning, response, and resilience to environmental, societal, and technological challenges. Key areas of focus include crisis and disaster management and expanding the use of data spaces and AI-driven tools for effective decision support and knowledge mining.

• You will design, implement, and maintain backend solutions for GIS-based applications and data space architectures, creating added value for our partners in building a more sustainable and resilient society.
• In coordination with experts and end-users, you will develop secure, interoperable data-sharing solutions for communities, enabling better decision-making in the context of climate change and long-term societal resilience.
• You will bring your experience in developing complex distributed software systems to conceive and implement innovative solutions, leveraging your proficiency in Python, Angular or React, or building and deploying scalable services.
• You’ll play a key role in designing and implementing knowledge graph storage, querying, and reasoning systems using technologies such as RDF, SPARQL, OWL, GraphDB or similar.

• You will integrate solutions with data spaces aligned to Gaia-X, IDSA, or similar standards, ensuring secure, interoperable, and trusted data exchange between stakeholders.
• You support ongoing communication with stakeholders.
• Your innovative solutions and methods, tailored to user requirements and distinguished by technological and scientific excellence are proven in practice and successfully used in demonstrations.
• You continuously expand your network in the national and international community and actively pass on your knowledge internally to colleagues and students.
• You publish your results in journals and present them at events and scientific conferences.