Research Software Engineer

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974. Grade: 7

Closes: 19 August 2024 

Join our brilliant team at the University of Birmingham‘s Advanced Research Computing department (ARC), where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative research projects at a world-class university. The University of Birmingham aspires to establish itself as a World Top 50 university by 2030, and ARC have a key part to play in achieving this aim. ARC is a well-respected, award-winning team with a national and international profile.

Our team is continuously growing, and we are excited to announce that we are looking for a talented individual to join our Research Software Group (RSG) as a Research Software Engineer (RSE). As an RSE you will join the 15 RSEs already on the team to provide a technical software development and support service to academics from a wide range of disciplines. Current team members themselves hail from a variety of backgrounds, from astrophysics to theology, and with various amounts of time spent inside, outside and adjacent to academia.

Key features of the role are working with researchers, providing the knowledge and skills to develop, improve, maintain and support high quality research software that fulfils the requirements of research projects. The work will be varied and challenging, supporting a broad spectrum of research, using a variety of cutting-edge software technologies. To see some examples of the work we do, check out our annual reports.

Main Duties

• Provide advice, support, coaching, and coding services; crucially always with the aim of ownership and responsibility remaining with the research group. Prioritise tasks across multiple engagements to meet agreed objectives, ensuring effective communication to project leads. Manage the expectations of researchers and research groups. Engage with researchers at all development stages and disseminate best practices in the development of sustainable research software.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent qualifications) preferably in a subject with a strong software engineering component or relevant technical qualification and considerable relevant experience. Where no equivalent qualification is held, significant practical relevant experience and expertise in a series of more demanding roles will be required demonstrating the conceptual understanding required.
• Experience successfully developing software in collaboration with other people, ideally in a research environment.

You will work in a helpful and collaborative environment, interacting with other team members, supporting, guiding and sharing know how on a daily basis. If you are passionate about research and technology and want to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you. We have a very positive attitude to developing your career prospects and skills, through training and mentoring. Sounds good? Then view the full job description and apply today.

We welcome applicants looking for flexible or hybrid working patterns, spending some time each week on our wonderful campus.

Informal enquiries can be made to Warrick Ball W.H.Ball@bham.ac.uk

To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the 'Apply' button above.

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