Senior Software Engineer

Description

White City Campus - Hybrid

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the design and implementation of novel digital technologies in collaboration with a wide range of academic and industrial partners who will be part of AlChemy - a new Hub involving Imperial College London, the University of Liverpool and a large consortium of academic and industrial partners.

The post will be ideal for an individual interested in working creatively across a range of projects and experts to deliver software from data infrastructure to novel AI, working closely with academics in Chemistry and multiple other departments, as well as partners across the larger consortium. You will also work closely with the AIChemy leadership team, project management team, researchers and other software and data scientists to deliver on objectives.

Duties and responsibilities

You will be responsible for leading the technical discussion on project research requirements, to deliver the design, development of end-to-end software solutions to achieve research objectives involving stakeholders from Imperial College London, the University of Liverpool and a consortium of academic and industrial partners. ��

As a highly motivated software engineer, you will be developing the key infrastructure for the development and use of AI in Chemistry and have a clear framework of accountability, while exercising substantial personal responsibility and autonomy, applying novel technologies to diverse and meaningful challenges. This will include being able to provide expert advice, guidance and support to other members of the team to define software requirements and develop a high-level plan for development as part of an agile process.

Essential requirements

We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer. Some of the essential requirements for this role include:

• A postgraduate degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or Chemistry with strong emphasis on computational chemistry/machine learning and software development.


• Significant experience of full cycle software development, including design, implementation and deployment


• Experience with Windows and Linux environments


• Experience coding with at least one industry-standard language commonly used for data analysis and web applications e.g. Python

Further information

This is a full time and fixed term role until 31st�Jan 2029. Your will be based at the White City campus.

For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Prof Kim Jelfs via email at�[email protected].

Further information about the post is available in the job description.

Applications need to be made online via our website. To apply visit�www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs�and search by the job reference NA01684

Hybrid working may be considered for this role. Staff working in roles that are suitable for hybrid working will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite. The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

More information is available on the following web page:�Work Location Categories (from 30 September 2023) | Administration and support services | Imperial College London

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�64,935 per annum