Lectureship Full Stack Development / backend / node.js

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Salzburg University of Applied Sciences employs 450 staff members at its four campuses: Campus Urstein, Campus Kuchl, Campus Uniklinikum Salzburg, and Campus Schwarzach. In 18 bachelor's and 15 master's degree programs, 3,200 students train in the fields of engineering, business and social sciences, design, media & art, as well as health sciences.
 
For part-time teaching in the Department of Creative Technologies in the MultiMediaTechnology program, we are offering the following external teaching assignment for summer semester 2025.
 
Full Stack Development / backend / node.js
(42 teaching units) 
 
Students specialize in web development with knowledge of JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby. This course takes place in the fourth semester. The course consists of two parts, the frontend part with React and next.js takes place in the first half of the semester (March-May).
 
The learning outcomes of the course are:
  • Student know the ethical aspects of professional ethical hacking and penetration tests. 
  • They use common tools to check the security of systems. 
  • They understand the basic techniques for gaining unauthorized access to a large network and computer systems by technical and non-technical means. 
  • They are able to assess potential weak points in a web application or an online game and the associated infrastructure.
Students will
  • design and implement REST and APIs. 
  • they use JavaScript to query REST APIs. 
  • they use React to build a frontend from components. 
  • they use end to end tests to guarantee the functionality and interaction of front and back end. 
  • they can describe in their own words typical security problems of web applications, as well as describe and use the support that web frameworks offer to avoid these problems.
The language of instruction can be English or German.
 

Tasks

  • Collaborating with the head of the academic area and fellow lecturers to coordinate the syllabus.
  • Preparing teaching materials and content.
  • Delivering on-site instruction at Campus Urstein.
  • Conducting student assessments and evaluations.

Profile

We are looking for applicants (m/f/x) with a background in web development. A degree is a formal requirement.

Conditions

The employment will be in the form of a freelance contract (§ 4 Para. 2 ASVG). External lecturers are employed under the following conditions:

• Employment is limited to a maximum of 6 semester hours per week.
• External lecturers must have verifiable other employment subject to full social insurance.
 
1 semester hour per week = 14 teaching units of 45 minutes each
Teaching days: Monday to Friday
Location: Urstein Campus
 
Please submit your comprehensive application (brief motivational letter, detailed curriculum vitae, and, if applicable, a list of previous teaching activities and publications) online or send the documents to humanresources@fh-salzburg.ac.at.
-kat