We're looking for an exceptional Scientific Software Engineer help us make a difference to our planet.
As our 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 30 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.
World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.
- We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
- We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
- We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
- We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
- We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Your world of expertise
We are looking to recruit a software engineer who shows real potential to be exceptional team member and who is passionate about the application of their expertise into products & services that benefit our customers.
Our team works with a range of customers and performs research that spans weather and climate timeframes. The work we undertake is diverse, and depending on your skills you could be involved in:
- Understanding UK Climate Projections and using techniques, such as machine learning, apply this to build data science solutions, including reports, models and dashboards.
- Working across timescales to understand how weather predictions and climate projections can be translated into risk to ultimately support our customers' medium to long-term planning
- Applying appropriate statistical techniques to available data to develop information to support decision makers focused on translating climate hazard into climate risk
The underlying skills required are outlined in the essential criteria below, however support and training will be given based on each successful candidate's individual experience and the skills required for the respective projects.
Your key duties
- Develop, build and optimise risk assessment software platforms from different sectors for use in seasonal, decadal and climate risk assessment and decision making.
- Develop and deploy machine learning approaches to hazards and impacts modelling to better integrate such methods across the project the team is working on and within those at the proposal stage.
- To champion software development best practise and build such capabilities within the team.
- Support the implementation of aspects of operational software tools for use with climate prediction and projections
Why join us
Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.
As our Scientific Software Engineer, your total reward package will be up to £46,974 annually, which includes:
- £33,794 base pay
- An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £2200 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until September 2025 in your monthly pay
- Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
- Show technical insight through delivery of significant advances in software capability by the effective application of technical knowledge, understanding and skills (We're Experts by Nature)
- Champion and ensure good Quality Assurance processes, best practice, standards and/or regulations in your work and the wider team, including performing user testing on products prior to launch (We Live and Breathe it)
- Engage with others to understand the technical and scientific requirements for your work and its wider context, and work with colleagues to implement scalable data science / spatial risk products (We're Better Together)
- Communicate knowledge accurately and concisely in written documents and group discussions, present analysis and visualisations tailored to your audience and building trust / credibility (We're Better Together)
- Proactively develop your skills and support others in developing their skills, leading to beneficial impacts and efficiencies (We Keep Evolving, Better Together, Experts by Nature)
How to apply
If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.
Closing date 01/12/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 09/12/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.
How we can help
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at .
If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.
We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.
We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.
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