Senior Research Software Engineer

Join the eScience Lab (esciencelab.org.uk) at the University of Manchester and help shape the future of climate data sharing and use in Europe! We're seeking a talented Senior Research Software Engineer to lead FAIR, ontology-driven approaches to climate data integration within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

You'll work at the cutting edge of reproducible research, semantic interoperability, and privacy-preserving data tracking—collaborating with climate scientists, technologists, and software engineers across Europe. From developing and contributing to knowledge graphs and FAIRification templates to driving open science practices and community consensus, this is a high-impact, team-driven role with global reach.

If you're passionate about improving how climate data is handled and shared and making research more open and interoperable, we’d love to hear from you.

Please see the Further Particulars document which contains the full person specification criteria.

Members of University of Manchester staff get these additional 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 retailer

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 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: Stian Soiland-Reyes

Email: soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk

Name: Shoaib Sufi

Email: shoaib.sufi@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

0161 850 2004 jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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