The Institute of Cancer Research Hiring for Research Software Engineer (ID332) Job at Sutton, London, England Full Time

Key Information

Salary: Appointments are normally made at the starting salary, however comparable skills and experience will be considered. Future progression is based on annual performance review.

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Closing Date: 10 August 2022

Job Details

Summary of Role

As a Research Software Engineer, you will be required to:

• Collaborate with research teams across the ICR to develop robust, high quality, bespoke scientific software. The development of custom software accelerates progress by enabling new avenues of research and allowing researchers to focus more on science and less on software wrangling.

• Provide specialist support in the use of existing software, by assisting with installation and use, as well as ensuring efficient use of SC infrastructure. This includes scientific software and development tools (e.g. version control systems).

• Contribute to computational skills training at the ICR. This will include the delivery of formal training courses and informal promotion of good software development practices (e.g. testing, version control).

• Proactively engage with research teams across ICR to identify common problems and opportunities that can be addressed by the Scientific Software Group.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate must have experience of developing high-quality scientific software and be able to support the development of new applications, pipelines and other software products for ICR’s research. Flexibility and the ability to acquire new skills and analyse problems are key requirements for this role.

Department/Directorate Information

The scientific computing team provides services to researchers including high performance computing, large scale data storage, research data management and scientific software. The scientific software team will work closely with researchers from across the ICR to develop new tools and also to better exploit the existing infrastructure.

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Jon Lockley via Email on [email protected].

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