Open-Source Epidemic Forecasting Software Engineer

University of Melbourne; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Salary packaging

Health and wellbeing programs

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The University of Melbourne is seeking a Research Software Engineer to design and deliver open-source software powering national epidemic forecasting and scenario modelling hubs. You will work with epidemiologists and data scientists to turn complex health data into actionable insights.

This professional software engineering role focuses on building high-quality tools rather than academic publications, with responsibilities spanning design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or a similarly computational discipline.
• Apply strong software engineering practices, including Git, testing, continuous integration and high-performance computing skills.
• Manage project workload effectively, meeting milestones and deadlines while maintaining clean, reproducible and well-documented code.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, communicating complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical public health stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, develop, test and deploy open-source research software that supports ACEFA's forecasting and scenario modelling hubs.
• Create modern web interfaces, dashboards and user experiences, integrating secure back-end services, databases and cloud infrastructure.
• Engage software users and collaborators through code repositories and forums, supporting multi-team participation in epidemic analytics.
• Implement robust data management, security and confidentiality practices aligned with population health research policies and standards.
• Produce clear technical documentation, reports and project communications that enable reuse, scalability and ongoing maintenance of tools.

Skills

Software engineering

Open-source software

High-performance computing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Databases

Job description

The University of Melbourne is seeking a Research Software Engineer to design and deliver open-source software powering national epidemic forecasting and scenario modelling hubs. You will work with epidemiologists and data scientists to turn complex health data into actionable insights.

This professional software engineering role focuses on building high-quality tools rather than academic publications, with responsibilities spanning design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation