Foundation Scientific Software Engineer

Foundation Scientific Software Engineer – Workflows Infrastructure Join to apply for the Foundation Scientific Software Engineer – Workflows Infrastructure role at Met Office Base pay range We're looking for an exceptional Foundation Scientific Software Engineer – Workflows Infrastructure to help us make a difference to our planet. As our Foundation Scientific Software Engineer – Workflows Infrastructure, 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 28 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 The Met Office's world leading weather forecasts and climate research are incredibly complex and varied. They rely on high quality automation and orchestration pipelines (workflows) to get the best out of our software, staff time, and our world‑class supercomputing. Our workflows keep a million CPU cores constantly busy, with hundreds of thousands of HPC‑jobs flowing through our supercomputers per day, 24/7. This is an opportunity to join the team that develops the workflow solutions to keep Met Office science running, scaling, and evolving. Your role would include development, maintenance, communication and support of the open source software Cylc (https://github.com/cylc/cylc-flow) and Rose (https://github.com/metomi/rose), working as part of a team that includes international partners from New Zealand and Australia. It would also involve helping scientists and scientific software engineers develop and optimise their workflows that use Cylc and Rose. This is a wide role across many technical areas, and we would expect that training and learning are an important part of developing you in this role where necessary. Qualifications & responsibilities Design, develop, maintain and support specialised scientific software solutions, that enable Met Office Science and Technology to be recognised as world leaders in weather and climate science and services, in a rapidly changing world. You will: Deliver improvements in capability for colleagues and/or stakeholders through the effective application of scientific software engineering knowledge, understanding and skills. Provide proactive scientific and technical insight into the solving of scientific software engineering tasks or problems. Engage with others to understand the requirements for your work and its wider context. Consider good Quality Assurance processes, best practice, standards and/or regulations in your work. Communicate accurately and concisely with colleagues and wider stakeholders. Develop your skills proactively and provide support to others to develop their skills. You can expect to work specifically on topics like: Web app frontend development. Working with databases. Working with communication protocols (e.g. HTTP). Consulting on developing scientific software workflows. Benefits 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 Foundation Scientific Software Engineer – Workflows Infrastructure, your total reward package will be up to £42,724 annually, which includes: An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97% Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) – you will be paid £2,200 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. While in post, you will be paid this market‑driven allowance from April 2024 until March 2026 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 an option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave. Essential Criteria, skills and experience: Platform Skills – keen interest in automating software (value: Live and Breathe It) Understanding Requirements – evidence of engaging with others to understand requirements for software development and its wider context, and then translating these into software solutions (value: Better Together) Quality Assurance – evidence of using good QA processes, best practice, standards and/or regulations in your work (value: Experts by Nature, Live and Breathe It) Communication – evidence of communicating knowledge accurately and concisely in written documents and group discussions (value: Better Together) Skills Development – evidence of proactively developing your software development skills and generally supporting others in developing skills (value: We Keep Evolving) 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 28/11/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 08/12/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. Using AI in your application We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment. How we can help If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us. 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, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us. Seniority level Entry level Employment type Full‑time Job function Science #J-18808-Ljbffr