Research Software Engineer (EPSRC DIVERSE CDT) (110339-0725)
Location University of Warwick Campus, Coventry
Department Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies
Position Type Fixed Term
Duration Fixed Term Contract until 30th September 2033
Hours 18.25 hours per week / 0.5 FTE
About the Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Prof Cagatay Turkay (Warwick DIVERSE CDT Director) Cagatay.turkay@warwick.ac.uk
We are seeking a part-time Research Software Engineer (RSE) to lead the design and implementation of an open software and data infrastructure to support the applied research and training of 60 PhD students over the next 8 years. The RSE will be a core member of the team developing the new EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Diversity in Data Visualisation (DIVERSE CDT, https://diverse-cdt.ac.uk/ ). The CDT is co-hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at University of Warwick and City St George’s, University of London.
DIVERSE CDT is a major £10m investment and aims to train the next generation of critical, multidisciplinary leaders at the forefront of data visualisation research through training, placements, community activities that enable and inform the PhD students’ research. More than 40 industrial and academic partner organisations are involved with the CDT. The RSE will then play a pivotal role in bringing the students, academics and partners together through the infrastructure for open research software and data.
This post offers a unique opportunity to be part of the innovative DIVERSE CDT programme. The role enables you to build on your expertise in web-based development, data and database technologies & open science practices to develop an infrastructure that enables data visualisation research that is conducted and reported through computational notebooks (e.g. using Javascript and Observable Notebooks).
The post holder will work with academics, external partners and CDT students to setup and manage this infrastructure, providing opportunities to collaborate in aspects of the research it enables, and explore the practices and tools involved within interdisciplinary Research Software Engineering. We expect this to involve developing and the maintenance of an efficient and secure data infrastructure that enables the development of web-based visualisations with and through literate computing technologies such as Observable Notebooks. The post holder will also support the PhD students in conducting their research through this infrastructure and provide them guidance and specialised training through targeted sessions on, for instance, good research software engineering practice, open practices within software development.
The diversity of PhD student backgrounds provides a rich and exciting range of opportunities to further develop a career in Research Software Engineering, and Open Research Software and Data. The breadth of research topics and approaches will provide numerous opportunities to explore and solve real-world challenges around data management, data privacy and open science practices, including through interactions with the non-academic stakeholders.
About You
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an enthusiastic RSE who is competent in developing technical data and data visualisation infrastructure to support doctoral research in data visualisation and related data-intensive research. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with web-based programming languages, particularly JavaScript, to develop a web-based interface for the digital notebooks and be competent in setting up an efficient and secure data infrastructure to serve the data related needs of the students and our non-academic stakeholders. We encourage applicants who have worked as an RSE previously, as well as those who may have developed equivalent experience through PhD or postdoctoral research, or through alternative routes such as working in industry.
Whilst direct experience in designing and developing data visualisations is not essential, experience in web-based data visualisation technologies such as D3 or Observable would be desirable.
This part-time post will be suitable for flexible working routines. DIVERSE CDT has a mission to deliver cross-site (University of Warwick and City St George’s), hybrid training (in person and online) and cohort building activities, and we are open to discussing modes of working that are suited to the candidate and the project.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About the Department
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization – DIVERSE CDT
Part of a £1 billion investment in doctoral training made by the UK government over the next 10 years, DIVERSE CDT will deliver high-quality doctoral training through four key innovations in technology, community, process and pedagogy. These are designed to tackle key barriers to doctoral education for those who identify as female, and those from ethnic and socio-economic groups that are under-represented in data visualization research, and in doctoral education more broadly.
DIVERSE CDT runs from July 2024 until September 2033 with the first student cohort beginning their programme of studies in October 2025. DIVERSE CDT is driven by a vision to:
Address a significant skills gap in the UK workforce and in doctoral level training in data visualization – developing people who have specialist knowledge, skills and experience in visualization;
Develop greater diversity in data visualization researchers and practitioners by making doctoral level training in data visualization widely attractive and accessible; and
Disrupt existing practices through multidisciplinary approaches to data visualization that will enable and produce new, effective, human-centred ways of perceiving and interacting with diverse data to address challenging problems in a complex world.
The successful candidate is expected to work closely with the broader CDT team and this would also include academics based at City St George’s, University of London. As well as regular presence at University of Warwick, the dual-site nature of the CDT could require visits and meetings at City St George’s London campus.
We would also like to highlight that we are happy to consider flexible and remote working routines
Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies - CIM
The mission of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) is to investigate how methods and methodical practices drive interdisciplinary research and how interdisciplinary research drives methodological innovation. You will join a friendly and supportive team, made up of approximately 15 permanent academics and 3 research software engineers, who are committed to working together to conduct high quality interdisciplinary research and research-led teaching. You will contribute to our shared mission through your critical, innovative approach to methodology, complementing and extending the range of approaches we bring to research and education.
The RSE team at CIM is a small, but active and growing team with a diverse range of skill sets and a critical understanding of computation and digital artefacts (software, datasets, infrastructure…) as methods. The team works with academics, early career researchers, PhD candidates and the broader Masters student cohort on research initiatives, and provides bespoke training on software-intensive research practices.
For further information about the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, please visit thedepartmental website .
At CIM we are committed to continuously improving our efforts in building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for students and all staff. We believe that every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways of understanding the world. We are proud to say that Warwick holds a Silver Athena Swan Charter award and CIM.
About the University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
*QS World University Rankings 2024
** Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 29th July 2025 at 23:55 (BST)
To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.
Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).
You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.
* YourCVshould include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
* As part of your application, we strongly recommend including a link in your CV to your GitHub/GitLab profile and/or another public code repository you have created or contributed to. Your application should introduce that work as examples of how you would approach this role in terms of the CDT and the role description (below).
* Yourcover lettershould explain yourmotivations for applyingto the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of theessential and desirable criteriadetailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. Wehighly recommendusing individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, thoughyou are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official careers webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.
* Interview Date: To be confirmed
* Desired Start Date: 1st September 2025
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer .
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere .
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance .
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.
In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).
We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.
Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders
The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.
We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.
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