Research Data Scientist/Research Software Engineer

Alan Turing Institute London United Kingdom Research Engineering Group
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Company Description

The Alan Turing Institute is the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence whose mission is to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better.

Position

The Institute’s Research Engineering Group work to realise cutting edge research as professionally usable software tools and to apply these to address real-world data science and modelling challenges.

The Group consists of research software engineers and research data scientists. We note the considerable overlap between these emerging roles and embrace the breadth of interdisciplinary skills and diversity of approaches entailed in these fields. Staff can choose either job title and change their choice as their career progresses.

In contrast to traditional research careers, we are committed expert collaborators, who join research teams to further the Institute's challenges. We collaborate with scholars across the Institute’s research community to enhance the applicability of research for particular problems. We work with clients in industry, government and the third sector to turn their data challenges into research questions. We value expertise across many domains, with current members of the Group having backgrounds in psychology, mathematics, digital humanities and other areas. We rely on this diversity to design tools, practices and systems to harness the power of data science around the world.

We create software that implements research and use it to analyse client data in a readable, reliable and reproducible fashion. We present conclusions of research and analysis to the research community and clients through presentations, research papers, blog posts, interactive data visualisations and open-source software packages. We work with state-of-the-art, high performance computing and cloud platforms to realise collaborators' data science and artificial intelligence research at scale.

Requirements

The Research Engineering Group is a learning team, and actively encourages its members to develop their skills so that they can apply new techniques and approaches across their projects. A commitment to developing new expertise is therefore very desirable to us. In addition to the technical skills you already have, we will look for evidence of a commitment to learn by looking at new skills you have developed in previous roles, and your interest and plans for acquiring future skillsets.

We note that not all skills useful to us will fall into the categories of data science and software engineering. Experience in teaching and training, building open-source communities, scientific computing, knowledge of public cloud or high-performance computing platforms, or other areas, are also very welcome. If you feel that your skillset and experience would support the Group's activities, we strongly encourage you to apply. We welcome any informal inquiries in regards to this.

Please see our portal for a full breakdown of the job description and duties/responsibilities.

Other information

Terms and Conditions

This post is offered on a full-time, permanent basis, at an annual salary of £36,000-£45,500 plus excellent benefits https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/why-work-turing/employee-benefits

Application procedure

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click the apply button at the top of this page. You will need to register on the applicant portal and complete the application form including your CV, covering letter and contact details for your referees. Please submit a CV (maximum 3 pages, no photos) and a cover letter telling us:

  • Why you would like to work at the Turing and
  • How your skillset would complement the activities of the Research Engineering Group.

If you wish to share links to blog posts, public code repositories or research papers containing work that you have made significant contribution to, please add a link to those in your cover letter.

For questions about the role and the recruiting process get in touch either with Dr. Federico Nanni ([email protected]) or with Dr. Camila Rangel Smith ([email protected]). For all other queries, please contact Dr. Martin O'Reilly, Director of the Research Engineering Group ([email protected]).

If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact [email protected].


Closing date: 31 January 2021 at 23:59.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

The Institute is committed to creating an environment where diversity is valued and everyone is treated fairly. In accordance with the Equality Act, we welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability.

Please note all offers of employment are subject to continuous eligibility to work in the UK and satisfactory pre-employment security screening which includes a DBS Check.

Full details on the pre-employment screening process can be requested from [email protected].