Software Engineering & Infrastructure - Internship — EPFL
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 8 days ago
Role overview
Summary of position
You will work with the team of the Vice-President for Innovation (VPI) at EPFL, which is dedicated, among other things, to the creation of start-ups.
Our mission is to provide a comprehensive suite of services and resources to equip EPFL Master's students, PhD students, post-docs and professors who want to launch tomorrow's companies.
- Summary of position
- You will work with the team of the Vice-President for Innovation (VPI) at EPFL, which is dedicated, among other things, to the creation of start-ups.
Application process
- Our internal tools rely on a containerized infrastructure (Docker) hosted on an internal VM: a Supabase database (PostgreSQL) and a Next.js front-end application.
- Your role will be to consolidate and strengthen this infrastructure, enhance its security and consistency of data, and integrate new features based on artificial intelligence. Main tasks
- Backup system: design and implement an automated backup strategy (database, Docker volumes, configurations), with documented and tested restoration procedures.
- Test environment: set up a staging environment that replicates production, allowing to validate the evolutions before deployment.
- Security: Conduct an infrastructure security audit (VM, containers, access management, API, Row Level Security policies) and implement identified improvements.
- Data integrity: strengthen the database schema (table constraints, reference integrity, validations) to ensure data consistency.
- IA Features: Implement new artificial intelligence features within the application, building on EPFL's internal infrastructure (RCP cluster) and open source models.
- Documentation: Document infrastructure, operating procedures and technical choices to ensure the sustainability of the tools. Profile
Additional details
- Your role will be to consolidate and strengthen this infrastructure, enhance its security and consistency of data, and integrate new features based on artificial intelligence.
- Documentation: Document infrastructure, operating procedures and technical choices to ensure the sustainability of the tools.
- You are a methodical and rigorous person, with a strong sense of reliability: you like to build robust, tested and well documented systems. Expected competencies:
- Beyond academic qualities, we seek human qualities and an interest in entrepreneurship. Effective date: 01/09/2026
- Min occupancy rate: 100.00 Max occupancy rate : 100,00 Type of contract: CSD
Notes and original content
- Main tasks
- You are a methodical and rigorous person, with a strong sense of reliability: you like to build robust, tested and well documented systems.
- Expected competencies:
- Beyond academic qualities, we seek human qualities and an interest in entrepreneurship.
- Information
- Effective date: 01/09/2026
- Min occupancy rate: 100.00
- Max occupancy rate : 100,00
- Type of contract: CSD
- Duration: 6 months
Questions about this listing
What salary does EPFL offer for this role?
EPFL lists CHF 60'500 - 91'500 gross per year for this position in Lausanne. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does EPFL offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Vaud?
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