From 2026, MESHR will be incorporated as a project within TRUST, with the aim of providing legal technology services to various users and stakeholders associated with TRUST. One of the objectives for 2026 is to develop a user interface that will give Norwegian judges access to judgments from the Norwegian Courts Administration.
MESHR is institutionally placed at CELL, and CELL will be responsible for recruitment, the working environment and administrative follow-up. TRUST will be responsible for professional guidance and financing.
More about the positions
These are 20% part-time positions. The main responsibility will be to contribute to the development of a tool designed to help students navigate, understand, and use case law within international human rights. The project’s results will be open source and may be shared within educational environments. Further details about the three positions:
Language Technology Engineer
You will work on:
- Embedding text documents into ChromaDB (or similar)
- Use LLMs for tasks such as summarizing texts (using Ollama, HuggingFace or similar)
- Automatic translation of documents
The skills you should bring:
- Good knowledge of fundamental language technology
- Good knowledge of a scripting language (e.g. python)
- Basic understanding of web technologies
Full Stack Developer
You will work on:
- Maintaining and developing front/back-end (React & Nodejs, Typescript)
- Implementing designs
The skills you should bring:
- Decent React & Typescript knowledge
- Basic understanding of relational databases (optional: graph & vector databases)
- Good understanding of web technologies (common protocols, authentication)
- Basic understanding of software engineering (agile development, git)
- Basic understanding of software deployment (docker, deploy environments)
Dev Ops/ SRE
You will work on:
- Maintaining the deployment of all services and environments
- Deploy new versions of the App
- Improve the developer experience
- Functions as a full stack developer when DevOps is under control
The skills you should bring:
- Good with Linux, docker and git
- Good understanding of web technologies
- Basic understanding of software engineering
Soft skills (relevant for all positions):
- Take ownership of your work
- Work without supervision
- Strong willingness to learn
- Ability to communicate ideas and problems with team members
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Assisting in the design of a tool intended to help students navigate, understand, and use case law within international human rights.
- Programming or interaction design related to the development of the tool.
- Testing the tool with selected students and staff members.
- Continuous evaluation of project development.
Qualifications and personal attributes
- You are a student and must be admitted to a master’s degree programme at the University of Oslo (UiO).
- You hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- You have a strong interest in, and substantial experience with, programming and the development of technical solutions.
- You have basic competence in machine learning and interaction design, as well as relevant programming skills.
- You are service-minded, flexible, diligent, and able to complete tasks independently.
- You are outgoing, have excellent collaboration skills, and enjoy working in project-based environments.
- You have excellent written and oral communication skills, and strong proficiency in both Norwegian and English.
- You are interested in different pedagogical approaches.
Additional information
The position is temporary, for a duration of up to 6 months. The preferred start date is as soon as possible and no later than February 15th. Work language is english.
Interviews will be held February 2nd.
We offer a salary for the position of professional consultant (SKO 0389) that will be determined through individual assessment within a range of NOK 430,200 to NOK 440,000 per year for a full-time position, depending on qualifications and seniority.
A complete application, including CV and any relevant documentation, should be submitted as a single PDF file by email to Karoline Stensvik. Please indicate which position you are applying for, and contact us if you have any questions.
Application deadline: January 30th, 2026.
Qualified candidates will be invited for an interview.