Senior Scientific Software Engineer - Post-Processing Applications

at  Met Office

Job Introduction
We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Scientific Software Engineer to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Senior Scientific Software Engineer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 22 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a job share. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we’ll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
Whilst this is a temporary position for 2 years, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience and knowledge in a mathematical, physical or computational science or related discipline, equivalent to several years working post-graduate and being a recognised subject matter expert.
• Software development: Demonstrable experience of leading significant scientific software developments and maintaining scientific software applications across multiple or complex platforms and solving complex software coding problems in Python.
• Software quality: Evidence of promoting and applying best practice in software quality assurance, such as version control, standards, testing, and reviewing, to scientific software applications.
• Evidence of proactively applying your software development knowledge and understanding of the wider context of the capabilities and needs of your working area to inform strategic planning.
• Evidence of excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to understand user needs and communicate complex scientific and technical information to a range of audiences, which increased the impact of your work.
• Strong team player with the ability to work as a dynamic and productive member of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver projects, including leading, influencing and supporting a small team on a specific science project and demonstrable experience of collaborating with other teams or external organisations/customers.

• Design and develop operational data services exploiting cloud computing technologies to efficiently produce forecasts and contribute to setting the strategic direction for production of data services
• Support Met Office scientists to develop high-quality code and implementations of their research, lead activities to develop their capabilities
• Influence and negotiate with stakeholders to understand their requirements and ensure that forecast services fully meet their needs
• Collaborate with a motivated team to deliver projects that solve real world challenges.