Open Science Software Developer

Data Preservation, software developer
Reading
June 20, 2025
Full Time Hybrid
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Job Description

Central Reading, UK (Hybrid working options available)
Permanent, starting Sept 2025
Competitive Salary, based on experience.

Job Opportunity

Our client is seeking a skilled Software Developer to join their team for an exciting opportunity to work on the EOSC EDEN project, which is part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative.

This role focuses on developing and providing digital preservation solutions to EOSC at a pan-European level. You will work alongside a diverse consortium of 16 organisations on developing tools and services that support the long-term preservation, curation, and access to high-quality research data. 

The work will include integration of our client’s leading SaaS solution for digital preservation and archiving into the infrastructure that the EOSC EDEN project will define and create. This job opportunity is a unique chance to work simultaneously within their exciting commercial digital preservation business and on an international multi-organisation R&D project that spans Europe.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with project partners to design and implement SaaS solutions for EDEN.
  • Develop software services for digital preservation and trusted digital repositories.
  • Integrate the in-house system into EOSC EDEN, including implementation of support for EDEN specifications, protocols and data mapping and transformation.
  • Contribute to the creation of a registry for use when finding and integrating software tools and services that provide digital preservation.
  • Apply and advance standards and protocols for long-term digital preservation.
  • Engage with early adopters and stakeholders to validate and refine the preservation models, systems and tools that have been developed.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Proficiency in programming in Python or Java or both.
  • Experience with developing cloud hosted software solutions
  • Design, development and use of REST APIs.
  • Familiarity with containerisation such as docker and k8s.
  • Experience of tools and techniques for data and metadata transformation, mapping, packaging and exchange, especially using json and XML.
  • Ability to work effectively in a distributed team and agile development environment.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to innovate.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Educated to degree level.
  • 2 – 5 years’ experience of software development in a commercial or research context.

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • Experience with digital preservation standards, workflows, tools and systems. For example, knowledge OAIS, METS, PREMIS and OCFL.
  • Experience in the field of Research Data Management, Trusted Digital Repositories and the FAIR principles.