Software Developer Industrial Placement – Advanced Research Computing

Software Developer Industrial Placement – Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

This placement offers an opportunity to develop software tools to support research workflows within the Advanced Research Computing (ARC) facility.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software tools to support research workflows.
• Work with data, metadata and research infrastructure systems.
• Contribute to both user‑facing and backend systems.
• Translate technical outputs into clear, user‑focused documentation.
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers and operations teams.
• Produce clear technical and user‑facing documentation for your work.
• Deliver a presentation or demonstration of your project outcomes.
• Contribute maintainable code or outputs that can be used beyond the placement.
• Gain hands‑on experience working with real research infrastructure systems.
• Work in data‑intensive and research‑driven environments.
• Design software for non‑technical users.
• Develop insight into how infrastructure supports scientific research.
• Receive mentoring and support from experienced engineers.

Eligibility Criteria

• You must currently be an undergraduate student at a UK university pursuing a computer science or related course.
• You must be enrolled in a degree that allows you to work for a Year in Industry as a placement year.
• You must have the requisite grades to meet your university Year in Industry requirement.
• You must have the legal right to work in the UK. International students studying full‑time in the UK at UK universities may apply, provided they can demonstrate that the “year in industry” placement is a formal part of their undergraduate programme and that their student visa or pre‑settled/settled status allows them to undertake full‑time paid work for one year.

Examples of Potential Project Areas

• Tools to assess and improve metadata quality in line with FAIR principles.
• User‑facing dashboards to visualise infrastructure usage and system status.
• Pipelines to extract structured metadata from semi‑structured data sources using LLMs.

Benefits

• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays and Christmas holiday shutdown.
• Generous pension scheme (employer contribution up to 18%).
• Group Life Assurance.
• Buying and selling annual leave.
• Workplace nursery salary sacrifice scheme.
• Hub building with state‑of‑the‑art laboratories.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Training and development opportunities for staff at all levels.
• Bus pass discount scheme and good transport links to Oxford and surrounding areas.
• Cycling to Work scheme.
• Access to employee discount platform (Perkbox).
• Occupational health and wellbeing support including Employee Assistance (24/7 support and counselling).
• Health cash plan.
• Subsidised canteen and food outlets on campus.
• Free on‑site parking.
• Campus location in beautiful countryside with social and sports clubs open to staff.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and welcoming a diverse workforce. For further information, view our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

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