Senior Analyst Developer

Full time - 35 hpw

Contract - 29 months

 Join our team at the UoE and leverage your software development expertise to support ground breaking research on international peace agreements. This role not only challenges your technical skills but also contributes to global peace-building efforts. 

We are seeking an experienced software developer to help us build web applications and related tools to support this exciting research project. 

About the role: 

You will join a team of software developers who work on a wide variety of projects used in many business areas across UoE. This team is part of the Applications Directorate within the University's Information Services Group. You will also work closely with colleagues in other teams like project managers, and system/database administrators. 

This role is offered as a FTC, with an end date of 31/03/2027. The role may be extended subject to funding arrangements, but this is not guaranteed. 

The project: 

You will join our long-running collaboration with the Edinburgh Law School, supporting the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) and their Peace Agreement research project. 

This is a well-established and successful project for which the research team have already received accolades such as the RSE's Mary Somerville medal. 

The primary output of our development work is the PA-X Peace Agreements database - a web application and database which allows users to search, view, and access detailed research on international peace agreements.  

Technical aspects of the role will include: 

• Take the lead on all Django backend and frontend tasks. 
• Explore use of natural language processing (NLP) to enable innovative research techniques. 
• Extend the design of the data architecture of the platform - make the core data available with APIs and file downloads to support satellite applications and related research activities. 

What the job involves:

You will be the primary/lead developer on this project, responsible for day-to-day development and first point of contact with the research team. You will be building new functionality on an established and mature web application. 

You will be a member of a team of developers who are working with similar platforms in different business areas. In addition to project work (80% of time), you will be expected to participate in team activities such as team meetings and discussions with the Development and PeaceRep research teams. As a senior developer, you have a leadership position in the team and will have the opportunity to mentor more junior developers, where appropriate. 

Activities required by the role: 

• Django and Python development on our core application, PA-X. 
• JavaScript development on smaller front-end apps (Vue.js). 
• Close working relationship with the research team, on: 
  • Exploring requirements 
  • Discussing implementation details 
  • Planning releases 
  • Attending planning and training days 
• System design, including data structures and application architecture. 
• Use of tools to support development and project methodology:,  
  • Jira (for requirement recording and prioritisation) 
  • Git (for version control) 
  • Bamboo (for automatic deployment) 

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