User Interface/Experience (UI/UX) Developer (Front end Software Engineer)

This new full-time post is available from 1 October 2024 until 30 September 2026 on a fixed-term basis.

The opportunity is a two-year fixed-term contract but could become a longer-term opportunity, subject to funding. Additional supplements may be available, depending on qualifications and experience.

The PROTECT team operates almost exclusively remotely and this post is available as a fully remote or hybrid working arrangement. We encourage applications from individuals located across the UK to join our diverse, enthusiastic and creative team.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

This role may be subject to additional background screening.

Summary of the role
We are seeking a UI / UX developer to join our dynamic, creative research team. The role will support the development and release of exciting new applications which are the basis of our research into brain health. Our team maintains a growing portfolio of web- and app-based products that support multiple research studies. Our goal is to use digital tools to improve research in brain health and to translate the findings into improvements for the public and patients, particularly in the field of dementia and other brain health conditions.

This role will work closely with external user experience (UX) designers and the existing team of back-end developers. You will be responsible for developing new user-facing features, determining the structure and design of user interfaces and building reusable components. This role will support our back-end development team and to provide development for the PROTECT portfolio, which is currently entering a period of reconfiguration and extensive development.

The developer would work closely with the existing development team to design the most appropriate architecture for the new configuration of the entire PROTECT platform based on the future direction and strategy of the portfolio. The post-holder will be responsible for identifying and embedding the most appropriate front-end solutions for the needs of the platform.

The PROTECT research team conducts fast-paced digital research in the cognitive and mental health space. The team delivers computerised cognitive testing for research in addition to a suite of digital tools employed in a flexible, bespoke manner as required by the research study or commercial client. At its core, the infrastructure exists to drive forwards quality in the cognitive research field and to translate this research into new digital tools for healthcare.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information
Please contact Steve Lewis, S.A.Lewis@exeter.ac.uk for further information.

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