Research Software Engineer

Salary: Grade 7 (£36,333 - £43,155 depending on experience)

2 vacancies available

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday, 24th May 2023.

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you excited about driving innovation? Can you facilitate better computational research practices? Do you like to deliver training around software engineering, GPU toolsets, machine learning and providing bespoke consulting services for research projects?

The University of Leeds is a member of the Russell Group of the top research universities in the UK. As part of our strategy to meet the global research challenges of the next ten years, we are investing in a major refresh of our research support teams and technology platforms. The Research Software Engineering team at Leeds works closely with our research colleagues to address the many challenging problems that research and innovation continually pose. The new investment includes a significant expansion of this team, and we are now looking for individuals who would like to work with data, technology and research to deliver the world of tomorrow.

As Research Software Engineer, you will help to explore, design, build and support innovative solutions to research computing problems and support our research community across a range of domains including Artificial Intelligence, bioinformatics, computational fluid dynamics, deep learning and data science. As part of a team, you will support University High Performance Computing service and the regional N8-BEDE and JADE-2 services, working collaboratively with researchers to help them devise and optimise workflows, models and codes. You will also have the opportunity to specialise your expertise to one of the following domains: computational fluid dynamics, artificial intelligence and deep learning or data science.

You will join a friendly, focused and growing team of Research Software Engineers and Infrastructure Specialists with a mission to provide the tools and skills to help improve the quality and delivery of research at the University of Leeds. It is an exciting time to join the team, with a significant financial investment and transformation programme underway. It will transform the services we support and enhance our provision to the research and teaching community. We are always looking for new ways to efficiently and effectively solve problems and support the delivery of high quality research.

A significant part of this role will include working with staff and students in a number of UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training that the University of Leeds is part of, as well as colleagues in the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) and across the University.

Working in the Research IT team based within IT Services, as a Research Software Engineer, you will provide a range of technical software development, data management and cloud computing related activities to enhance research outcomes.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 21.6% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

If you are looking for a role that will allow you to drive innovation, and work with data, technology and research to deliver the world of tomorrow, apply today!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Mark Conmy, Head of Research IT

Email: [email protected]