About Us
Diamond Light Source is one of the world’s most advanced scientific facilities. We’re home to the UK’s synchrotron light source – a giant microscope producing beams of light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. Probing the structure and composition of matter, our work drives innovation in everything from vaccines to nanotech.
Scientific Software, Controls and Computation (SSCC) software and computing systems support activities that extend from when a “Diamond user” applies to the User Office for beam time, through to pre-experiment planning, on to the life cycle of conducting the experiment and to post-experimental analysis. It extends from the control of the instruments, managing the experiment and the data analysis through to the deposition of the resulting data and metadata into the data archive and catalogue. It supports the transfer of data to the home institute and the capturing of publication information. It is critical to the running of Diamond as a world leading Research Institution.
About the Role
We have an opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer Team Leader to lead a team developing software and databases to manage the ISPyB/SynchWeb applications and APIs that provide experimental information management systems for instruments at Diamond. ISPyB provides a back-end data model and service to collect metadata, with SynchWeb providing the main web-based user interface. The services support shipping of samples, visualisation of processing pipelines and facility wide statistics.
The role will develop the services to meet the need of the science community at Diamond and further afield and contribute to the ISPyB collaboration that develops the system, as well as contributing to the development of software across the whole of SSCC.
About You
The candidate we are looking for will be committed to the development of excellent software services, focussed on the needs of scientists. This is an ideal role for someone with experience of technical development either with line management experience or with an enthusiasm to develop these skills. You should understand what is required to deliver the whole service ensuring resilience and responsiveness in the services that are provided.
We are looking for:
- Ability to lead and mentor small teams of technical or administrative roles
- Good interpersonal, communication and presentational skills and the ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels
- Use of software development frameworks and applications
- Experience of programming languages such as JavaScript, PHP and Python, and software tools for delivering and visualising large complex data
- Use of information or data management and models in the context of data analysis and processing
Benefits
Diamond offers an exceptional benefits package to support staff in achieving a positive work/life balance. This includes 25 days annual leave plus 13 days of statutory and company holidays, along with flexible working hours and an excellent pension scheme. Staff also have access to a range of amenities on site including a nursery, cafes, a restaurant and sports and leisure facilities.
To Apply
Please use the online application process to apply and tell us why you believe you are suitable for this role.
Other information
Where relevant, and possible for the role, we will consider flexible working arrangements and secondment opportunities.
Diamond attract talented individuals from around the world and currently employ 44 different nationalities. Reflecting trends in our sector we employ more men than women (77% men and 23% women as at March 2021). Therefore, in accordance with law and good practice, we particularly welcome applications from suitably qualified women.
If you are disabled and would like to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please let us know via the online application process.
Diamond are members of Working Families (the UK’s work-life balance organisation), we have also achieved the Athena SWAN Bronze award and Disability Confident Level One.