Senior Research Software Engineer

About us

The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is UCL’s new institute for infrastructure and innovation in digital research - the supercomputers, datasets, software and people that make computational science and digital scholarship possible. We are an innovative hybrid: a professional services department that delivers reliable and secure infrastructure and services to UCL research groups, and a laboratory for research and innovation in the application of advanced computational and data intensive research methods, working in partnership with academics from all fields.

We are a home for the research technology professionals - Research Software Engineers, HPC systems engineers, dev-ops specialists, data engineers, data scientists and data stewards - who support and collaborate in the delivery of UCL research, providing outstanding career development opportunities for these new kinds of research professionals.

About the role

Would you like to construct, improve, and maintain code used for modelling, analysis, synthesis, simulation and more?

You will design, extend, refactor, and maintain scientific software in all subject areas, providing expert Software Engineering collaboration services to world-leading research teams, training researchers in programming best practices, and working with scientists and scholars to build software to meet new research challenges. With such a varied job we don’t expect our candidates to know it all from the start. It is an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, spending time to study both the research areas we support and the specialist technologies applied.

At senior levels you will take on a leadership role within the department, either technically or managerially, helping to guide the vision for this strategically important area for UCL. You may lead the technical design for complex projects or new services, spearhead the development of new courses, manage research programming projects, and/or mentor and supervise other group members.

This role meets the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship or a global talent visa under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL welcomes applications from international applicants who require a visa.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis. This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit UCL's HR page for more information.

About you

It is essential that you have either a suitable degree or equivalent professional experience, according to seniority. An aptitude and enthusiasm for learning new skills, and a knowledge of and commitment to software development best practices, are critical. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

We have multiple vacancies at Senior level and are particularly seeking experience in

• DevOps (Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Linux, MLops)
• Trusted Research Environments (Cybersecurity, Secure Data Environments, ISO/IEC 27001)
• HPC (heterogenous GPU programming, parallel CPU programming, Fortran, numerical simulations.)

Candidates with other backgrounds will also be considered. Some positions may be offered at Standard level depending on the balance of candidates.

Salary range for grade 8 Senior Research Software Engineer is £51,474 to £65,698 including London Allowance depending on experience. USS pension Scheme offers staff contribute 6.1% and UCL will contribute 14.6%

The job description and person specification for this post can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page. Please supply a cover letter setting out which level you are applying for and how you meet the corresponding selection criteria.

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 (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• This post is eligible for USS Pension Scheme
  • defined benefit scheme
  • staff contribute 6.1% and UCL will contribute 14.6%
  • Life insurance is included (3x salary)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounted medical insurance

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.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible. Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.