Senior Research Software Engineer (3 posts)

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p></p><div>Whilst the role is a grade 8 position, we would be willing to consider candidates with potential but less experience who are seeking a development opportunity, for which an initial appointment would be at Grade 7 (&#163;38,674 - &#163;46,913 per annum) with the responsibilities adjusted accordingly. This would be discussed with applicants at interview/appointment where appropriate.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>Contract type</strong></div><br> <div>Fixed term (until 31 March 2026)</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>Hours</strong></div><br> <div>Full time &#160;</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div>Do you have expertise and experience in the development and implementation of research software? Would you enjoy working with researchers, collections, and innovative digital methods to explore history, culture, and ideas? Would you like to join a growing team of digital scholarship experts at one of the world&#8217;s most prestigious universities?</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><em>Digital Scholarship at Oxford</em> is recruiting three <strong>Senior Research Software Engineers</strong> (RSEs) to its team and is particularly seeking engineers with experience in any of the fields of <em>artificial intelligence and machine learning</em>, <em>textual scholarship</em>, or <em>data and infrastructure</em>.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>As part of the Digital Scholarship at Oxford (DiSc) team, which includes a small group of specialist RSEs, the successful applicants will support the digital scholarship within the University, participate in the research software development community, and engage with researchers to help to realise the potential of their research and the University&#8217;s collections through generating innovative and impactful digital outputs. They will have opportunities to engage with the University&#8217;s wider digital scholarship community and to contribute to a range of activities and initiatives, such as the <em>Research Software Development Network</em>, the <em>Digital Humanities @Oxford Summer School</em> and the MSc in Digital Scholarship.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The DiSc initiative is based in the Humanities Division and Bodleian Libraries, and the post-holders will have the opportunity to work in varied spaces around the University, including the Radcliffe Humanities Building and the Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Weston Library, as well as flexibility for mainly remote working subject to discussion.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong>&#160;</div><br> <div>You will hold a PhD/DPhil with a significant software engineering component, with post-qualification research and software engineering experience, or substantial experience of software development in a research environment, and have the ability to design, implement and deploy a complex software engineering project while applying software engineering best practices and using common software architecture paradigms.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>You will also have experience in working with data engineering, databases, data modelling, or a cognate field, and working in and contributing significantly to a software project team.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The duties and skills required are described in further detail in the job description.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>Application process</strong></div><br> <div>When making your application, please specify which of the three specialisms you feel to be most interesting or relevant to your skills and experience. Further information about the posts is available from Andrew Cusworth (via digitalscholarship@humanities.ox.ac.uk).</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>For further details, please refer to the How to apply section of the job description. Any further enquires may be directed to hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk.&#160;</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 29 November. Only applications received before this time can be considered.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>Shortlisting is expected to take place week commencing 2 December and interviews held week commencing 9 December.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>Please quote Vacancy ID 174201 on all correspondence.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>Committed to equality and valuing diversity</strong></div> </div>