Systems Developer
Edinburgh University Expired |
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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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We are looking for talented developers to join the DMPonline team. You will work on enhancing functionality to meet international user needs by developing new features, undertaking routine maintenance and liaising with DMPonline clients.
The Opportunity:
DMPonline is a world-leading service for data management planning, allowing researchers to create, share and update their plans for creating and sharing data used in research. It allows them to collaborate with research colleagues, professional support staff who can provide reviews and advice, and their research funders. Using the open-source DMPRoadmap code, developed in collaboration with colleagues at UC3 (https://uc3.cdlib.org/) the service is free to use for researchers. We sell our service to over 50 research organisations and funders in Europe and elsewhere and have an active user group that provides input on feature development and integration with other research infrastructures. You will be jointly responsible for support and technical development, working with other developer and customer support colleagues within the DCC, and helping with liaison with other contributors to the open-source codebase at UC3 and elsewhere.
Your skills and attributes for success:
The Opportunity:
DMPonline is a world-leading service for data management planning, allowing researchers to create, share and update their plans for creating and sharing data used in research. It allows them to collaborate with research colleagues, professional support staff who can provide reviews and advice, and their research funders. Using the open-source DMPRoadmap code, developed in collaboration with colleagues at UC3 (https://uc3.cdlib.org/) the service is free to use for researchers. We sell our service to over 50 research organisations and funders in Europe and elsewhere and have an active user group that provides input on feature development and integration with other research infrastructures. You will be jointly responsible for support and technical development, working with other developer and customer support colleagues within the DCC, and helping with liaison with other contributors to the open-source codebase at UC3 and elsewhere.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Ability to work in a range of programming languages, with Ruby on Rails experience highly desirable, and experience of some MVC framework essential
- Web application development expertise across the full software lifecycle
- Knowledge of technical SQL programming and web service development
- Evidence of considerable experience of developing and managing web based systems and databases
- Ability to work independently and to participate as part of a distributed team with colleagues based in various UK and EU institutions