Research Software Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 43,881 - 52,586; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41 days holiday

Cycle to work scheme

Relocation scheme

On-site gym

Immigration loan

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

the company in London seeks a Research Software Developer to collaborate with research colleagues, building and maintaining codes for modelling, analysis and simulation. You will assimilate context from publications and conversations with research groups, and construct high quality software for researchers.

Successful candidates will have a PhD or equivalent, experience in research software development, strong software engineering practices, and proficiency in at least one language

Qualifications

• PhD degree or equivalent professional expertise.
• Experience with authorship, development, and maintenance of software for research & development.
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices.
• Experience with at least one programming language used for research (C, C++, Fortran, Javascript, Julia, Python, or R).
• Experience authoring technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with research colleagues to construct, improve, and maintain codes used for modelling, analysis, synthesis, simulation and more.
• Rapidly assimilate research context through publications and conversation with research groups, understand the computational algorithms, requirements and interfaces needed within the research effort, and construct high quality software for research colleagues.
• Provide consulting on software practices, techniques, design, and architecture to research groups, helping to build robust and maintainable research software.

Skills

PhD degree

Research software development

Software engineering practices

Programming languages (C, C++, Fortran

Technical documentation

Education

PhD degree or equivalent

Job description

Ref Number

B01-05517

Professional Expertise

IT and Digital

Department

Vice-President (Operations) (B01)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

£43,981-£52,586

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

02-Aug-2026

About us

The company is a world‑leading teaching and research university, often ranked in the top ten in the world with an annual turnover of well over £1 billion. Part of the company’s vision is to take on the hardest global challenges. The company Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is the company’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 the company 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 the company research.

About the role

ARC roles can be both research roles, contributing to the scholarly life of the university, carrying out research and teaching, and professional service roles, delivering shared capabilities and following professional best practice.

You will be part of ARC’s community of staff scientists and research technology professionals, both delivering the services and systems which make data and compute‑intensive research possible, and discovering and innovating new tools, practices, and systems in this field.

As part of being a Research Software Developer you will be required to, but not limited to, the following accountabilities:

• Collaborate with research colleagues from across the company to construct, improve, and maintain codes used for modelling, analysis, synthesis, simulation and more.
• Rapidly assimilate research context through publications and conversation with research groups, understand the computational algorithms, requirements and interfaces needed within the research effort, and construct high quality software for research colleagues.
• Provide consulting on software practices, techniques, design, and architecture to research groups, helping to build robust and maintainable research software.

For this post, we welcome applications from those interested in translational research and entrepreneurship, because working with our the company Centre for Digital Innovation would be a central activity. Familiarity with cloud computing, infrastructure as code and general DevOps practices is highly desirable, as is previous experience of working with start‑up companies or in technology transfer settings.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Asif Tamuri [e-mail] or Jodie Jackson [e-mail].

About you

To be considered for this role you will have following essential experience:

• PhD Degree OR equivalent professional expertise appropriate to the role. This is a role in a research community and we are great believers in the value of research degrees.
• Experience with the authorship, development, and maintenance of software for research & development in any field.
• Knowledge of and commitment to software engineering best practises.
• Experience with at least one programming language used for research (such as C, C++, Fortran, Javascript, Julia, Python, or R) at a level and breadth commensurate with seniority.
• Experience authoring technical documents to a high standard.

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)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On‑Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.thecompany.ac.uk/work-at-the‑company/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

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 the company’s workforce.

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