University of Edinburgh Hiring for Digital Library Software Developer Job at Edinburgh, Scotland Full Time

UE07 £ 34,304 – £ 40,927 per annum

Information Services Group, Library and University Collections, Digital Library

Fixed Term, Full time 35 hours per week

Fixed Term from 1st March 2022 – 29th February 2024

We are looking for 2 talented Digital Library Software Developers.

The Opportunity:

Would you like to be part of a dynamic systems and development team within the Digital Library at the University of Edinburgh? Our team develops innovative software solutions, installs, integrates and supports third-party products, and actively participates in collaborative Open-Source projects.

These positions will focus on exciting work developing the University’s new Collections site as part of the Digital Library Programme whose vision is ‘ Edinburgh will be a leading university in the provision of easily accessible digital collections, to be widely used in supporting creative learning, teaching and research. ’ This will feature our wonderful and unique cultural heritage, research and archive collections across the university and a powerful search tool.

The work will involve developing APIs for the integration of golden-copy back-end systems, sorting and collation of collection items, output to the University’s Drupal-based front-end, technologies such as IIIF, clever search functionality across the collections and much more!

We are looking for talented and passionate software developers with excellent technical and communication skills to fill these roles.

These posts are offered on a full time, fixed-term contract basis. Flexible working is available such as working around school hours.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent software development skills including requirements analysis and software design
• Experience of developing web applications using a variety of programming languages such as Java, PHP or Python and a familiarity with web development frameworks
• Proven ability to learn new technologies and apply new skills effectively in a range of business contexts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a flexible approach to problem resolution and an ability to deal appropriately with changing requirements.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 28th January 2021

Interviews will be held virtually: Week beginning 7th February 2022

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Tier 2/Skilled Worker Visa.