Research Software Engineer
Job No.: 683947
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $106,789 - $117,128 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Are you passionate about building software that drives positive outcomes? As a Research Software Engineer at the Environmental Informatics Hub, you will play a central role in designing, building, and maintaining systems and digital services that support cutting-edge research projects. You will contribute to the research design processes, identification of suitable technology configurations, and design, development and maintenance of information systems and digital services using a wide variety of tools and platforms, including but not limited to web, mobile, conversational AI and cloud infrastructure.
This is a unique opportunity to work on impact-focused projects within a team of multi-disciplinary researchers and engineers and have technical ownership over systems and digital tools.
In this role, you will operate as a full-stack research software engineer, contributing across the development pipeline. This includes front-end development (e.g. React, Next.js, Vue), backend and API development (e.g. FastAPI, Node.js, Docker), infrastructure and automation tooling (e.g. Ansible, Terraform), and working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP. The exact mix will vary by project, but a willingness to work across the stack and collaborate closely with researchers is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to planning and operational research teams to contribute your specialist technical knowledge and inform strategic decision-making
- Oversee and administer the delivery of technical services: apply advanced methodologies, conduct analysis and interpretation, report on findings, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure all work meets operational standards, policies, timeframes, and regulatory compliance requirements
- Provide specialist and technical advice, guidance, and training to collaborators, staff, students and other stakeholders ensuring adherence to technical standards, protocols, and best practices
- Keep up to date with emerging methods, equipment, technologies, and data-management/analysis techniques and implement innovations to improve software
- Support technical service or programs including providing advice, contributing to drafting papers for publication, research or technical procedures, and supporting intellectual-property, copyright or licensing activity
In this role you will use your software-engineering skills to build real digital tools that support environmental research — helping turn data into action and directly contributing to sustainability, climate and ecological outcomes. If you are excited about working in a cross-disciplinary team and engaging with varied projects, offering both technical challenges and variety, then apply today!
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to
'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Professor Iadine Chades, Director Environmental Informatics Hub, Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Information Technology, iadine.chades@monash.edu
Position Description: Research Software Engineer
Applications Close: Sunday 1 February, 11:55pm AEDT. Please submit your application for this fabulous opportunity to join Monash University. Interviews will take place in February 2026.
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