"Research Software Engineer"

Working directly with the TransiT (National Research Hub on Twinning for Decarbonising Transport) team, the Research Software Engineer (RSE) will take a leading role in the design, development, and maintenance of research software solutions to accelerate research and outcomes within TransiT. The RSE will allocate a portion of time to training and mentoring the large PhD/Postdoctoral Research Assistant cohort as required.

The role demands excellent programming skills and software development experience. They will be proficient at testing and evaluating the utility, usability and integrity of software outputs, as well as ensuring the correct licensing, documentation and open access of outputs to enable wider impact.

The RSE will work directly with the newly appointed TransiT Head of Data to help shape the data strategy (how software assets should interface with this), the local TransiT Teams, as well as providing and additional interface to with other TransiT project institutes as required, e.g. to collaborate on the integration of Twins/Models.

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Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

To apply please visit: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-software-engineer?source=gla.ac.uk

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