The Research Computing as a Service (RCaaS) Research Software Engineering (RSE) lead is responsible for the development and delivery of software engineering services for the University of Glasgow’s research communities, ensuring the highest standards of quality, sustainability and security are maintained. A software engineering technical expert with deep understanding of technical challenges associated with research across multiple disciplines, the postholder will be responsible for shaping, expanding and delivering the RCaaS RSE service. Adopting a research-driven approach the postholder will establish close collaborative relationships with PIs to understand and respond to requirements, be proactive in the co-creation of research design and funding proposals and provide an enabling function that facilitates research creativity, collaboration and innovation.

The postholder will deliver a service with the potential to support research in multiple ways. This may include (although is not limited to) implementing research in software, facilitating analysis in intuitive, readable and reproducible ways; publishing and amplifying the impact of research through interactive technical showcases and visualisations; and scaling and optimising data science and AI research to leverage HPC and GPU infrastructure.