Scientific Software Engineer in Earth System Modelling

Position

Scientific Software Engineer in Earth System Modelling

University of Leeds

Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (employed through the University of Leeds)

Academic

• Climate:
  Past, Present & Future (CL)
• Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI)

Contract

Experienced

£41,064 – £48,822 p.a., depending on experience (Grade 7). 3‑year role.

26 February 2026

6 February 2026

Are you keen to apply your programming and software engineering expertise to help improve our ability to understand and predict the major risks associated with global climate change? Would you like to contribute to the development of the next generation of the UK’s global climate and Earth system models? We are seeking a talented Scientific Software Engineer (SSE) to join the UKESM team as part of PROMOTE (Progressing Earth System Modelling for Tipping Point Early Warning Systems), an ARIA‑funded, multi‑centre research project.

The successful candidate will join the UKESM team, contributing to:

• Development and optimisation of a new hybrid‑resolution configuration of the UK’s Earth system model, UKESM2
• Improving the model’s performance, scalability, and scientific capabilities
• Supporting high‑resolution simulations that explore climate tipping points

A central scientific goal of PROMOTE is to investigate the risks, impacts, and potential interactions between abrupt changes in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre (SPG) and the Greenland ice sheet
. The high‑resolution modelling tools you help build may ultimately support early‑warning systems for abrupt climate shifts.

26 February 2026

Apply today!