Research Software Engineer – AI and GIS role at The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester has an exciting opportunity for a Research Software Engineer to join an interdisciplinary project team to help support the technical development of the £8m NERC funded Digital Solutions Programme. We are looking to appoint a Research Software Engineer with full‑stack development experience using .NET and other technologies, and with knowledge in Artificial Intelligence solutions and a keen interest in Geographic Information System (GIS) / GeoSpatial Software Development.
Responsibilities
* Work as a member of the Software Engineering team, delivering software components for the overall product in collaboration with the Geospatial Software Architect and the Product Owner.
* Collaborate with academics, post‑doctoral researchers, and a broad user community, engaging with programme stakeholders, including Programme Director Professor Richard Kingston.
* Design, modify, and implement software systems to meet specific research requirements.
* Apply software engineering concepts to practical designs, offering development expertise, consultancy, and guidance.
* Perform software engineering and development, service development, problem solving for users, documentation creation, database engineering, data preparation and cleansing.
* Build community, install and configure software, maintain licensing compliance, ensure compatibility with existing architectures, and adhere to regulatory standards, industry regulations, and organisational policies.
* Undertake any other activities deemed necessary for the development of software components.
Benefits
* Fantastic market‑leading pension scheme
* Excellent employee health and wellbeing services, including an Employee Assistance Programme
* Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
* Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
* Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal‑opportunity employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), 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. Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we unfortunately may not be able to provide individual feedback on your application. We are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from recruitment agencies. Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Richard Kingston
Contact: richard.kingston@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries:
Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
0161 850 2004
https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the further particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.
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