Senior Lecturer in Distributed Large-scale Software Systems (f/m/d) Lund Universität Schweden

Lund University, LTH,

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Description of the workplace

The position is placed at the Department of Computer Science (https://cs.lth.se/en/) and will be part of the strategic research area ELLIIT, Excellence Center at Linköping - Lund in Information Technology (https://elliit.se), a partnership between Lund University, Linköping University, Blekinge University, and Halmstad University. The holder of the position is expected to contribute to ELLIIT's broader goals within research, doctoral education, collaboration, and dissemination.

The department of Computer Science conducts research in a number of areas such as embedded systems, graphics, programming languages, software technology and engineering, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The research environment is part of broad research programmes such as ELLIIT (https://elliit.se), WASP
(https://wasp-sweden.se), and NextG2Com (https://www.nextg2com.lu.se), with excellent opportunities for collaboration with other research groups both at Lund University and other Swedish universities.

The department offers a wide range of courses within the Engineering programs at Lund University, from introductory programming to specialized advanced courses and Master Thesis projects. The holder of the position is expected to give and further develop the master level course in Distributed Systems (EDAP25).
We are looking for a person with broad knowledge in the field and preferably with experience from collaboration with or own previous employment in industry.

Subject

Distributed Large-scale Software Systems

Subject description

The subject of the position is the field of Distributed Large-scale Software Systems, including container architectures, distributed databases, and stream-processing software frameworks. The focus is on improving software architecture and high-level programming of such systems, supporting properties such as robustness, security, privacy, efficiency, scalability, and flexibility.

Work duties
Work duties include:

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.
• Involvement in the management of the department and respective administrative tasks

Qualification requirements 

Appointment to senior lecturer requires that the applicant has:

•  A PhD or corresponding research competence or professional expertise considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means, unless there are valid reasons. 

Assessment criteria

When assessing the applicants, special importance will be given to research and teaching expertise within the subject, assessing research and teaching expertise equally.

The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be taken into account, and the level to be achieved, in order for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to senior lecturer:

• A good national and international standing as a researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• Good teaching ability, including a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• An ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD.
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Significant documented research experience (e.g. from postdoc or doctoral studies) from another university/institute or relevant experience from industry/public sector.
• Publications in internationally leading conferences or journals in the area such as SIGMOD, VLDB, IPDPS, CIDR, EuroSys, IEEE TPDS, ACM SOSP, or Usenix OSDI.
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently.

Other qualifications

• Documented experience of collaboration with researchers in other areas in computer science, or of interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Documented experience of development of reusable artifacts and software tools in connection to publication in the area.
• Documented experience from teaching courses in distributed software systems and/or databases.

The extent to which the applicant, through their experience and skills, may complement and strengthen ongoing research, undergraduate education, departmental innovation, and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

We offer 

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.  Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/work-lund-university. 

Instructions on how to apply

Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:
http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/

LTH is Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering. At LTH we educate people, build knowledge for the future and work hard for the development of society. We create space for brilliant research and inspire creative advancements in technology, architecture and design. We have nearly 12,000 students. Every year, our researchers – many of whom work in world-leading profile areas – publish around 100 theses and 2 000 scientific findings. In addition, a number of research results and degree projects are transformed into innovations. Together we explore and create – to benefit the world.

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Type of employment    Permanent position
Contract type    Full time
First day of employment    As soon as possible
Salary    Monthly
Number of positions    1
Full-time equivalent    100 %
City    Lund
County    Skåne län
Country    Sweden
Reference number    PA2026/1757
Contact   
•    Elin A. Topp, +46462224249, elin_a.topp@cs.lth.se
Union representative   
•    SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, 046-2229364
•    OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-2229362
Published    10.Jun.2026
Last application date    14.Aug.2026

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