Research Software Engineer

Department of Statistics, University of Oxford

24-29 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LB

We invite applications for a Research Software Engineer to join the (OPIG). This exciting position is unique within the University and will provide an unrivalled and privileged opportunity to interact directly between a highly productive academic group and many pharmaceutical companies.

The project is pioneering an academic business model for how to achieve simultaneously the ideal of fully open software while sustaining a long-term funding stream. The position is offered on a permanent basis and is full-time.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Applicants will have completed a relevant PhD/DPhil with post-qualification research experience.
2. Relevant areas of research include computational chemistry, structural biology/bioinformatics, statistics, machine learning, computer science or mathematics.
3. Strong publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research in computational chemistry or structural biology/bioinformatics.
4. Experience with coding in a wide variety of languages and platforms, particularly Python.
5. Prior experience of collaboratively developing software tools in the areas of computational chemistry, structural biology/bioinformatics, statistics or machine learning.

More requirements will be found on the Job Description. We proudly hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award and a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our commitment to openness, inclusivity and transparency, we would particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type at Oxford. Applicants will be selected for interview purely based on their ability to satisfy the selection criteria as outlined in full in the job description.