Research Software Engineers - Job Descriptions - Aalto Scientific Computing Group

This resource first appeared in issue #46 on 16 Oct 2020 and has tags Hiring: Other, Technical Leadership: Software Development, Managing A Team: Career Ladders, Hiring: Creating a Job Description

The Scientific Computing group of Aalto University has text for their job descriptions of a simple three-step (RSE1, RSE2, RSE3) progression for software development in their institution. It’s not a formally recognized ladder by HR yet but it guides their hiring decisions. The whole thing is just a few paragraphs long, but it’s very clear and is a lot more than most institutions have. The other internal documents they have on the page are models of clarity and transparency and they should be commended for it.

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