Senior Research Software Engineer

Description:

As part of UWE’s Computer Science Research Centre, you will join a national team delivering “TREvolution”. This ambitious Transformation Programme project sits at the heart of the UK’s aim to establish a safe and collaborative, AI-enabled network of Trusted Research Environments where approved researchers can efficiently access and analyse sensitive data to advance research for public benefit.

You will to be part of a team working at the cutting-edge where advanced analytics meets cybersecurity. The team will be creating tools for assessing and managing the vulnerability of research outputs (including AI models) produced from sensitive data to subsequent attacks that might disclose individuals’ confidential data. These will be embedded within vendor-neutral cloud solutions on cutting-edge systems and high performance (AI) compute resources.

You will play a key role in the project delivery by:

• Helping produce software prototypes as part of the co-design process with stakeholders;
• Guiding the transformation of research outputs into robust production-ready implementations that conform to high standards of trustworthiness and safety;
• Contributing to the maintenance and extension of the open-source repositories within the sacro family;
• Liaising with other TREvolution partners and our international stakeholder community to agree common standards and best practice for development and documentation.

This role offers an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate with leading academics, data governance practitioners, and industry stakeholders, to shape the transformation of how the UK makes sensitive data accessible to researchers.

With access to state-of-the-art research facilities, you will contribute to high-quality technologies and publications, shape national policy discourse, and help create innovative approaches to privacy risk management. This is a rare chance to advance your career while making a tangible impact on unlocking the potential of data and advanced analytics.