Software Engineer

University of Southampton; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Eastleigh is hiring a Software Engineering / Customer Support role. The successful candidate will develop and support customer-focused projects related to EPrints systems and engage in various engineering activities. Essential qualifications include proven industrial experience or a PhD in Computer Science. The role offers a full-time contract and a competitive benefits package, fostering an inclusive environment. Applicants are encouraged to apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

30 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and 6 extra days

Subsidised health and fitness facilities

Cycle to work scheme

Range of discounts on restaurants and retail

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and technical support.
• Ability to engage in design, programming, testing, and project management.
• Experience in customer support for software applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support customer-focused projects relating to EPrints systems.
• Engage in diverse engineering tasks including content management and integrations.
• Provide customer support for software-related inquiries.

Skills

Proven industrial experience

Knowledge of Linux

Web technologies (XML, SQL, JavaScript, CSS)

High level programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl)

Education

PhD or equivalent professional qualifications in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

Overview

About EPrints Services

As a result of our continued success, we are hiring into a Software Engineering / Customer Support role. We primarily develop and maintain Web-based repository services for a wide variety of both education and commercial organisations all over the World. At our core is an open source repository platform, EPrints, which provides a flexible way to configure operations concerning data capture, structure and presentation, and a range of services that allow content to be accessed in a variety of ways. We support our many customers by maintaining our own Linux based virtual hosting infrastructure. We are a well established small Enterprise team based in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.

About You

As part of the team, you will take responsibility for the development and support of customer focused projects, for both EPrints systems and more varied engineering activities. These typically relate to open access, open data, digital education, content management and systems integrations. All projects require some level of design, programming, testing, project management, and customer support.

It is essential you have:

• Proven industrial experience
• and / or
• PhD or equivalent professional qualifications and experience in Computer Science or related discipline.

In addition, some knowledge of Linux as well as Web relevant technologies, for example XML, SQL, JavaScript and CSS is required. Experience in high level programming languages such as Python, PHP or Perl will be highly desirable.

This role is offered on a full-time fixed term contract initially for two years. It is normal for us to extend contracts on a rolling two-year basis.

For further information please see www.eprints.org/jobs, or contact Justin Bradley at [e-mail]

About University of Southampton

There are a great range of benefits that includes a contributory pension scheme; holiday entitlement of 30 days plus 8 bank holidays and 6 additional holidays (closure days); subsidised health and fitness facilities on-site; cycle to work scheme; a range of discounts which include restaurants, retail outlets and entertainment.

Equality, diversity and Inclusion is central to the ethos in the School of Electronics and Computer Science. We particularly encourage women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBT and disabled applicants to apply for this position. We are committed to improving equality for women in science and have been successful in achieving an Athena SWAN bronze award in April 2020. We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and due consideration will be given to applicants who have taken a career break. The University has a generous maternity policy and onsite childcare facilities.

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. With a generous holiday allowance as well as additional university closure days we are committed to supporting our staff and students and open to a flexible working approach.

Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on [phone] or [e-mail] quoting the job number.