Job reference: HUM-030314
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Planning, Property and Environmental Management
Hours Per Week: Full Time
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/12/2025
Contract Duration: until 30 September 2026
School/Directorate: School of Environment, Education & Development
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 fullstack 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
As a Research Software Engineer working on this programme, you will be a member of the Software Engineering team and work under the supervision of the Geospatial Software Architect to deliver software components for the development of the overall product as described by the Product Owner of the programme. Being part of the software engineering team means you will also collaborate with academics, post-doctoral researchers, and a broad user community, and engage with the stakeholders of the programme especially Programme Director Professor Richard Kingston. Your core responsibility involves designing, modifying, and implementing software systems to meet specific research requirements. You will identify and apply software engineering concepts to practical designs, offering development expertise, consultancy, and guidance.
The role encompasses software engineering and development, service development, problem solving for users, documentation creation, database engineering, data preparation and cleansing, community building, software installation and configuration, maintaining licensing compliance, ensuring compatibility with current architectures, and the adherence to regulatory standards, industry regulations, and organisational policies and any other activity deemed necessary for the development of software components.
What you will get in return
* 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 opportunities 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.
Please note that 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
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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
£37,694 to £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
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