Scientific Software Engineer

Met Office • Full-time • Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom • £33.79k - £49.31k / year • 1w ago

Job Introduction

We’re looking for an exceptional Scientific Software Engineer to 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 25 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

You will contribute to the work of both the Operational Evaluation and Monitoring and the Convective-scale Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) teams. These teams are part of the Research to Operations group within Weather Science, an exciting area of the Met Office where scientific innovation meets operational delivery.

In the Operational Evaluation and Monitoring team, you will help coordinate the evaluation and monitoring of our operational NWP systems. This work is essential to understanding system performance and guiding the scientific response to current and emerging operational needs.

Your key duties:

Develop and maintain the software capability required to run verification of NWP models and to deliver upgrades to regional NWP systems.
Deliver robust, scalable, and efficient code that underpins Met Office science programmes, ensuring it meets operational and research needs.
Support and troubleshoot software applications, ensuring continuity and reliability in research and operational environments.
Collaborate with scientists and other scientific software engineers to translate scientific requirements into technical solutions.

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