Research Software Engineer - Year in Industry Opportunity

About IT Services

IT Services at the University of Manchester is a vibrant and fast-moving department, we focus on delivering excellent customer service and quality services for our staff, students and researchers.

The Team

The division of Research IT provides research-focussed, specialist computing infrastructure, software engineering, data science, application support and training to researchers across a wide range of domains, who have diverse technical requirements. The Research Software Engineering department within Research IT is responsible for providing a range of software engineering services including engineering, consultancy and training. Research IT is a friendly, open, inclusive and diverse group of skilled people with a passion for helping others and delivering world-class research. You can find out more about life in the department by reading our blog post.

The Role

This role is aimed at undergraduate science and engineering students already studying at degree-awarding institutions in the UK who are seeking a “Year in Industry” placement for 12-months as part of their programme.

This role is an exciting opportunity to spend a full year working full-time in our thriving Research Software Engineering department within Research IT at The University of Manchester. As a trainee Research Software Engineer (RSE), you will work with several of our experienced RSEs on a range of real research projects, developing and delivering software applications and tools to academic research groups across our faculties and cultural institutions.

You will work on multiple projects, from weeks to months in duration, from conception to completion, getting to the heart of some of the world’s most important challenges and applying cutting-edge knowledge through software. This may involve gathering requirements, designing, building, testing, deploying, documenting and maintaining software in a wide range of domains. This role is designed to expose you to as much of our software engineering operation as possible and provide you with variety and opportunities to learn mobile app development, web development and even writing software for GPUs or supercomputers.

The Person

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Previous relevant work experience or (working towards) a relevant degree or professional qualification.
• Experience in software application development using a modern Object-Oriented Programming language such as Java, C# or Python.
• Strong organisational and communications skills and the ability to adapt to different audiences.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to pick up and adapt to new concepts quickly.
• Experience of a modern application development framework such as Django (Python), Xamarin / .NET MAUI (C#), Spring (Java).
• Experience of software engineering tools and processes, such as version control, linting, testing, test-driven development, continuous integration.
• Experience of developing software in a team environment.

What You Can Expect in Return

• A competitive salary and working for an internationally recognised University.
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 23 days plus bank holidays.
• Closure between the Christmas and New Year periods – this is in addition to your annual leave entitlement.
• Working in a friendly environment with help and support from your line manager and other team members and access to free training.
• Relevant experience to start a career in Software Engineering after that year.
• Access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, supporting your physical, mental, and financial health and legal advice.
• Leading pensions schemes, travel season tickets loans, workplace nursery, staff networking groups discounts for all the family to enjoy and so much more.
• In fact, there are so many benefits available you can see more of them by clicking HERE.https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/people-and-od/benefit/discounts/

Find out more about our organisation and values:

• IT Services: About us and ITS Practice Charter
• Benefits of working at The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a truly global institution with a reputation for education and innovation that resonates across the world, offering a wide range of courses and boasting outstanding facilities in the centre of Manchester. With 25 Nobel Prize winners among its current and former staff and students, it has a history of world firsts and brilliant discoveries. Manchester’s industrial and cultural heritage is mirrored by the achievements of some of the University’s most celebrated names. The computer revolution started here in June 1948 when a machine built by Tom Kilburn and Sir Freddie Williams, known affectionately as ‘The Baby’, ran its first stored program. The celebrated wartime codebreaker Alan Turing worked on this computer during his time at Manchester.

The University is committed to world-class research, an outstanding learning and student experience and social responsibility in everything it does. It is making one of the largest investments in facilities ever seen at a UK university, with £750 million spent so far and a further £1 billion to follow by 2022. Its goal is to become one of the world’s leading Universities.

Please address the screening question in addition to submitting a CV

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Blended working arrangements may be considered

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Email: Dr Adrian Harwood (adrian.harwood@manchester.ac.uk)

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.