Research Software Engineer

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Do you have the passion to help others and make a real impact in improving research software?

We are looking for a talented research software engineer who is proactive, engaging and altruistic to join us in building a better research computing landscape at the University of Bath.

Using your proven expertise in software development best practices, you will work in collaboration with cutting edge research groups to improve and deliver high quality, high performance research software. Using your knowledge of research computing infrastructure, you will help shape the future of research computing at the University of Bath.

The challenge

Working as a research software engineer at the University of Bath you will be tasked to deliver innovative software solutions to the questions posed across the full spectrum of pioneering research being carried out at the University. You will be given the opportunity to affect a step change at the University by building a culture of software development best practice and by bringing together the research software community through outreach work and the design and delivery of training. You will be given the responsibility to help design and deliver new high performance computing infrastructure for the University, and will have a direct impact on the ability of researchers at Bath to carry out their work.

The position

You will be joining the advancing Research Computing (ARC) team who are focused on providing a modern and engaging, community-orientated, computational environment to help nurture research talent across the University.

As a Research Software Engineer (RSE) you will be committed to improving the quality and performance of research software across a range of disciplines and advancing the knowledge and skills within the research community at the University. You will work closely with researchers at all development stages and be proactive in promoting and disseminating best practices in the development, sustainability and use of research software. You will be given responsibility to help deliver the next generation of research computing infrastructure at the University of Bath and you will assist in evolving and delivering the research software skills programme.

As part of wider engagement, you will contribute to a pool of regional RSE expertise to support activities for the GW4's EPSRC's Tier2 HPC Centre, Isambard.

Digital, Data and Technology are here to ensure our staff and students are able to enjoy a seamless experience for learning, teaching & research. We aim to provide a technological environment that matches the University's international, teaching and research reputation, and which contributes to the realisation of its key institutional strategies. We strive to respond intuitively to both the ever evolving needs of our users, and the wide diversity of those users through the exploration of new and emerging technologies.

This post is available full time for a fixed term duration of up to 24 months.

What we can offer you:

Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work.

We are:

a family friendly workplace

open to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the University.

recognising of the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package

encouraging of your personal and professional development

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. 

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Closing date: 9 June 2021.

To apply please click the APPLY button.

The University of Bath is an equal opportunities employer and has an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations.  We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Bronze Athena SWAN award, and we are actively working towards a Silver award. We are a family-friendly University, with an increasingly agile workforce. We are open to flexible working arrangements and we're also proud to be a disability confident employer and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require.