About us

The Centre for Space Exochemistry Data grew out of the Exoplanet and Extragalactic Astrophysics Groups at UCL in November 2018. The Centre is based within the Harwell Space Cluster, a strategic location that facilitates intersections with public organisations, including European Space Agency (ESA), STFC’s RAL-Space, Satellite Applications Catapult and leading private companies from the space sector and start-ups. CSED aims to bridge the gap between astrophysics, space engineering, computer science, machine learning and industry.

Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was selected as the fourth medium class mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will study what exoplanets are made of, how they are formed, and how they evolve, by surveying a diverse sample of about 1000 extrasolar planets simultaneously in visible and infrared wavelengths. It Is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets, enabling planetary science far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System.

About the role

The Ariel ESA mission is looking for an applicant with experience in front-end development to work on the Ariel Exoplanet website. The successful candidate will work alongside the Head of Numerical Methods on the Ariel Exoplanet database and website. The applicant will need to build and maintain administrative tools for managing the users, observable targets and scientific data provided by the Ariel consortium. The candidate will also write unit tests as part of the development process and handle deployment of the site and polishing various aspects of the site.

The successful candidate will be working closely with Professor Giovanna Tinetti, Chief Scientist on the Ariel project and Dr Ahmed Al-Refaie.

Informal enquiries regarding the vacancy can be made to: Emma Dunford - [email protected] or Dr Ahmed Al-Refaie - [email protected]

About you

As a Website Developer, we would expect candidates to be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

The applicant will need to build and maintain administrative tools for managing the users, observable targets and scientific data provided by the Ariel consortium.
The candidate will also write unit tests as part of the development process and handle deployment of the site and polishing various aspects of the site.
The applicant will have excellent working knowledge of JavaScript ES6, Full stack development, React + Next.js, Python, FastAPI framework, Typescript, SQL (Postgres) and SCRUM/Agile
The successful applicant will have good verbal and written communication skills and will work methodically, prioritising and managing tasks

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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