A position is available for a Research Software Engineer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as part of the Epiverse-TRACE project, a joint collaboration between researchers in London and The Gambia supported by data.org as part of Epiverse initiative, building on previous policy-relevant analysis for outbreaks such as COVID-19 and Ebola within our Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID), and analytics development programmes such as the R Epidemics Consortium and EpiForecasts.

The purpose of this job is to join a team that develops free, open-source software for outbreak analytics, to support national and international preparedness and response. Beyond contributions to code, documentation, testing, code reviews, and training, the you will ensure that tools are fully integrated in the current software ecosystem and build, when possible, on existing code bases. You will be responsible for implementing the general software engineering vision and strategies outlined by the project’s leadership, and for releasing and maintaining software packages. The main programming language used will be R.

Further particulars are included in the job description. The post is full-time, fixed term until 31/08/2024 and available immediately. The position may be extended beyond its current end date subject to future funding.