Research Software Engineer

You will be responsible for designing and implementing high quality, reliable and maintainable software that will lead to specific research outcomes and enable the translational impact of existing research. You will collaborate with the researchers and consultant teams on software projects, providing not only technical expertise but specialist domain knowledge to individual projects, and you will contribute to the research ideas and work of the project. Other responsibilities will include following and promoting research software engineering and reproducible research best practices within the University of Oxford and the wider UK and international research community, and developing training material and facilitating workshops and training courses internally within the group and for the wider NTD consortium.

It is essential that you hold a degree in Biostatistics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computing, Mathematical Biology or a related subject. You will have experience of software development in a research and/or industrial setting, and the ability to independently design, manage and implement a complex programming project (either as a stand-alone project or a significant contribution to an existing project). It is essential you have experience with one programming language used for research (e.g. Python, C++, C, Matlab, R, Java, Javascript, Fortran, Julia) and conversant with at least one more, and that you are able to rapidly acquire fluent knowledge of new programming languages, libraries and platforms., This position is offered full time (part-time also considered with a minimum of 60% FTE) on a fixed term contract until 31 May 2025 and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.