Research Software Engineer
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,064 to £46,049 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University of Glasgow |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 179752 |
Summary
University of Glasgow
College of Science & Engineering
James Watt School of Engineering
Research Software Engineer
Vacancy Reference: 179752
Salary: Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum
This post is full time (35 hours per week), and has funding available for up to 30 months in the first instance.
Working directly with the TransiT (National Research Hub on Twinning for Decarbonising Transport) team, the Research Software Engineer (RSE) will take a leading role in the design, development, and maintenance of research software solutions to accelerate research and outcomes within TransiT. The RSE will allocate a portion of time to training and mentoring the large PhD/Postdoctoral Research Assistant cohort as required.
The role demands excellent programming skills and software development experience. They will be proficient at testing and evaluating the utility, usability and integrity of software outputs, as well as ensuring the correct licensing, documentation and open access of outputs to enable wider impact.
The RSE will work directly with the newly appointed TransiT Head of Data to help shape the data strategy (how software assets should interface with this), the local TransiT Teams, as well as providing and additional interface to with other TransiT project institutes as required, e.g. to collaborate on the integration of Twins/Models.
The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
College of Science & Engineering
James Watt School of Engineering
Research Software Engineer
Vacancy Reference: 179752
Salary: Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum
This post is full time (35 hours per week), and has funding available for up to 30 months in the first instance.
Working directly with the TransiT (National Research Hub on Twinning for Decarbonising Transport) team, the Research Software Engineer (RSE) will take a leading role in the design, development, and maintenance of research software solutions to accelerate research and outcomes within TransiT. The RSE will allocate a portion of time to training and mentoring the large PhD/Postdoctoral Research Assistant cohort as required.
The role demands excellent programming skills and software development experience. They will be proficient at testing and evaluating the utility, usability and integrity of software outputs, as well as ensuring the correct licensing, documentation and open access of outputs to enable wider impact.
The RSE will work directly with the newly appointed TransiT Head of Data to help shape the data strategy (how software assets should interface with this), the local TransiT Teams, as well as providing and additional interface to with other TransiT project institutes as required, e.g. to collaborate on the integration of Twins/Models.
The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
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