Software Developer – Stfc Jobs Didcot

Overview

Position Title: Software Developer

Company: STFC

Location: Didcot, UK

Job Description

The ISIS department within the Science and Technology Facilities Council is a world-leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences. Our suite of neutron and muon instruments gives unique insights into the properties of materials on the atomic scale. We support a national and international community of more than 3000 scientists to research into subjects ranging from clean energy and the environment, pharmaceuticals and health care, through to nanotechnology and materials engineering, catalysis and polymers, and on to fundamental studies of materials.

Responsibilities:

• Software is a vital part of all science at ISIS. The ISIS computing division is a growing area and plays a crucial role in supporting the ISIS facility. It provides all of the software needs for our scientists.
• The User Programme Software group provides the web services for proposal management, scheduling experiments and other critical services for our experimental user programmes.

Requirements:

• Backend development experience and experience with relational databases.
• Experience of developing high quality software with a good understanding of standard methodologies in software development.
• Experience of deploying to and running a production environment, possibly including DevOps or Kubernetes experience
• A customer centric approach with experience in requirements gathering, analysis, and specification.
• Good interpersonal skills, particularly in presenting complex and technical information appropriate to the audience
• Strong problem-solving abilities.