Research Software Engineer

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Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Salary:  £43,947 to £49,908 per annum, inclusive.
Closing Date:  Monday 15 April 2024
Reference:  EPH-EPED-2024-07

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Software Engineer to join the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics within the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health. The post-holder will sit within the Center of Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) and work with world-leading experts in infectious diseases.

The Research Software Engineer will be responsible for developing, maintaining and deploying open-source dashboards of immunological data, building on existing R analysis pipelines. Once established, these dashboards will improve the accessibility of the tools which visualise, analyse and model immunological data, providing exciting insights into immunological characteristics of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine-preventable neglected tropical diseases (NTD).

The post-holder will be expected to hold an MSc degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline and experience with the tools required to deploy R apps on Cloud servers (e.g. RShiny, shinyproxy, Nginx, Docker, Posit Connect etc.) and an understanding of the importance of good practices for producing reliable software and reproducible analyses.  A demonstrable interest in creating front-end UI/UX interfaces and knowledge of immunology and serological inference methods is desirable. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 14 April 2025. The post is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available from 15 April 2024.

The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale Grade 6 in the range £43,947­–£49,908 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part-time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London.

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website . Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to [email protected] . Please quote reference EPH-EPED-2024-07.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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