About the Role
We now have an opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to provide leadership and develop scientific software to be used on Diamond’s beamlines. Work collaboratively with beamline scientists and other members of SSCC to gather software requirements, design, and architect software solutions to meet the needs of the user community. Lead on activities to provide software as a service to users on Diamond and external infrastructures (e.g., cloud) to the benefit of beamlines
This role offers a rare opportunity to work on a greenfield project: building a cutting-edge, cloud-native data analysis platform. You will play a central role in shaping the architecture, tooling, and deployment strategy, free from legacy constraints. The project will leverage modern technologies such as Kubernetes for orchestration, Rust for high-performance, reliable services, and TypeScript with React on the frontend.
Responsibilities include:
1. Providing technical leadership on software projects to develop, test, maintain and support software solutions across beamlines in collaboration with SSCC members and beamline scientists.
2. Leading and implementing industry standard software engineering practices to ensure sustainability of software solutions.
3. Bringing an experienced software engineer vision and problem-solving mindset to the software lifecycle and advise on project structure to identify problems early and avoid pitfalls before they become apparent.
4. Leading on code modernisation activities with reliability, robustness, performance, and portability in mind to meet the needs of the user community.
5. Leading on code review meetings and provide mentoring for junior software engineers as well as develop a nurturing environment to learn industry standard software engineering practices
About You
You will hold a First degree in relevant field, or equivalent, as well as significant experience in the following areas:
6. Professional (or equivalent) software development in a technical software environment
7. At least one higher level programming language (such as C++/Python/Rust/Typescript)
8. Supervising and directing small teams and mentoring/code reviews
9. Cloud-native technologies and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
You will also have a technical/theoretical understanding of methods, systems and approaches relating to technical software engineering including computing architecture and algorithms
Experience with or interest in modern frontend development and user interface design principles would be beneficial.
Benefits
Diamond offers an exceptional benefits package to support staff in achieving a positive work/life balance. This includes 26 days annual leave plus Christmas closure, public holidays, 2 annual volunteering days and flexible working hours. We also offer an excellent defined benefit pension scheme. Staff also have access to a range of amenities on site including a nursery, cafes, a restaurant and sports and leisure facilities. A relocation allowance may also be available where applicable.