The Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics of the University of Zurich invites applications for a

Professorship (Open Rank) in Large-Scale Systems

The position can be filled at any level (Assistant with Tenure-Track, Tenured Associate or Full Professor), starting at the earliest in Fall 2026.

Candidates applying for an Assistant Professorship shall hold, at the time of appointment, a Ph.D. degree in computer science or a closely related field and have an excellent research record in large-scale systems. Candidates applying for Associate or Full Professorship shall demonstrate excellent teaching abilities at both undergraduate and graduate levels and have an internationally leading research profile in large-scale systems.

The successful candidate is expected to conduct research in any of the following broad areas:

• Scalability and Performance: Design and implementation of multi-component systems that can handle efficiently increasing amounts of work and data by scaling up (enhancing single components) and scaling out (adding more components); Performance optimization using load balancing, caching strategies, and parallel processing; Programming abstractions that allow seamless development of scalable software.

• Systems for Data Science: Efficient and scalable processing of large volumes of relational, heterogeneous, or fast evolving data; Optimization of resource utilization for data management and machine learning workloads.

• System Design and Architecture: Management of computer resources, such as allocation, virtualization, containerization, and energy efficiency.

The successful candidate will be expected to be able and willing to teach a broad range of topics, in particular Database and Data Management Systems, Systems for Data Science and AI.

The performance evaluation of the candidates will be undertaken in line with DORA and the Open Science Policy of the University of Zurich. Through its educational and research objectives, the University of Zurich aims at attracting leading international researchers who are willing to contribute to its development and to strengthen its reputation as a future-oriented university with excellence in research, promotion of young researchers and innovative research-based teaching. The University of Zurich is an equal opportunity employer and strives to increase the percentage of women in leading positions. Therefore, qualified female researchers are encouraged to apply.

Your application must include: (1) motivation letter, (2) CV, (3) publication list, (4) research statement, (5) teaching statement, (6) a diversity and inclusion statement, and (7) a list of three (assistant professor level) to five (tenured level) references who have no conflict of interest with you (e.g., no subordination such as employment, supervision, or PhD committee; no co-authorship and no joint research projects in the last five years; no lineal or collateral kinship). Please submit your application material until October 5, 2025 here.

Documents should be addressed to Prof. Dr. Harald Gall; Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics; University of Zurich; Switzerland.

Applications will be reviewed after October 5, 2025 and candidates applying by that date will be given priority. However, applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics

Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

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