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I would very much appreciate information on this; notably I would be interested in any junior positions that might be available. I've scanned the site but only

• Symbiote 12y ago
  They're listed under "Science" on the careers website, which isn't obvious — we have nothing to do with the 'business' IT of HR and finance systems. Three positions are primarily software development jobs — there's no requirement for any knowledge of botany etc, but we want to make good, stable software. The first is a junior position, a recent graduate is fine. 1. Biodiversity Informatician: https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/biodiversity-informatician-208826.html https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/biodiversity-informatician-2... 2. Senior Biodiversity Informatician: https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/senior-biodiversity-informatician-208856.html https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/senior-biodiversity-informat... 3. Lead Developer — Drupal: https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/lead-developer-drupal-208862.html https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/lead-developer-drupal-208862... The fourth is a new kind of role in the biodiversity informatics / development team, since it's focussed on research. I think that means the software is allowed to be a kludged together bundle of scripts so long as it's novel and can have papers written about it. (We all do this kind of thing sometimes, but have usually either set it aside, or turned it into a production system. It's been rare to write a paper about it.) 4. Early Career Research Fellowship — Biodiversity Informatics: https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/early-career-research-fellowship-208850.html https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/early-career-research-fellow... I hope that helps!