Research Software Engineer

Department of Computer Science, Parks Road, Oxford.

Research Software Engineer

Full-time, flexible options considered (e.g. part-time, job share)
Fixed-term for up to 12 months

Grade 7: £33,309 - £40,927 p.a(note: post may be under-filled at grade 6:£29,614 - £35,326p.a.)

The Oxford Research Software Engineering Group (OxRSE - www.rse.ox.ac.uk) is looking to recruit a Research Software Engineer (RSE) to join our team. We work with other research groups across the University of Oxford to create, improve and maintain software used for scientific research and translational projects, as well as providing consulting and training to other researchers on best practices in software development and reproducible research.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and work as an RSE on a diverse selection of world-leading and impactful projects. Some of our past / current projects include Global.health (https://global.health): an improved, scalable platform for disease tracking created by an international team of researchers from leading institutions such as Oxford, Harvard and the Boston Children’s hospital; PyBaMM (www.pybamm.org), a library for solving PDE models of batteries with a core development team from Oxford, Michigan, Warwick, UCL and Imperial; and LanguageScreen (languagescreen.com) a key tool for the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) programme and part of the COVID-19 catch up package offered by the Department for Education to primary schools in England.

We offer new recruits the potential to advance their career and to make a significant contribution to the development of good software practices at a world-leading university. You will work on a variety of world-class research projects across the University of Oxford, deliver workshops and training in software development best practices, and further develop your own technical and research skills as well as those outside of software development, such as project management and consultancy.

We are looking for candidates with a doctoral degree (or be close to completion i.e. thesis submitted) with a significant software development component, and/or equivalent experience of software development in a research environment. You must be able to collaborate effectively with other researchers in order to design and implement reliable and maintainable software solutions to scientific questions, and must be able to rapidly acquire skills in new programming languages, libraries and platforms. Any prior experience working with data science, machine learning or databases would be highly desirable, as would any experience designing or delivering training courses.

Whilst the role is a grade 7 position, we would be willing to consider candidates with potential but less experience who are seeking a development opportunity, for which an initial appointment would be at grade 6 (£29,614 - £35,326 p.a.) with the responsibilities adjusted accordingly (for Grade 6, you would be expected to hold a First degree and/or Masters in computer science, or related discipline, or be close to completion). This would be discussed with applicants at interview/appointment where appropriate.

This post in the first instance is a fixed-term 12 month position. It is full time but flexible options may be considered (e.g. part-time, job share).

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 26 October 2021.

Our staff and students come from all over the world and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diversity groups and champions, for example http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/aboutus/women-cs-oxford/index.html, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example maternity leave.

For further information, please contact Martin Robinson at martin.robinson@cs.ox.ac.uk .

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