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| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 19 Nov 2023 |
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- cs.SE, cs.CY, physics.comp-ph
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T1 - Foundational Competencies and Responsibilities of a Research Software Engineer
AU - Goth, Florian
AU - Alves, Renato
AU - Braun, Matthias
AU - Castro, Leyla Jael
AU - Chourdakis, Gerasimos
AU - Christ, Simon
AU - Cohen, Jeremy
AU - Erxleben, Fredo
AU - Grad, Jean-Noël
AU - Hagdorn, Magnus
AU - Hodges, Toby
AU - Juckeland, Guido
AU - Kempf, Dominic
AU - Lamprecht, Anna-Lena
AU - Linxweiler, Jan
AU - Schwarzmeier, Moritz
AU - Seibold, Heidi
AU - Thiele, Jan Philipp
AU - Waldow, Harald von
AU - Wittke, Samantha
N1 - 28 pages, public repository for feedback here: https://github.com/CaptainSifff/paper_teaching-learning-RSE
PY - 2023/11/19
Y1 - 2023/11/19
N2 - The term Research Software Engineer, or RSE, emerged a little over 10 years ago as a way to represent individuals working in the research community but focusing on software development. The term has been widely adopted and there are a number of high-level definitions of what an RSE is. However, the roles of RSEs vary depending on the institutional context they work in. At one end of the spectrum, RSE roles may look similar to a traditional research role. At the other extreme, they resemble that of a software engineer in industry. Most RSE roles inhabit the space between these two extremes. Therefore, providing a straightforward, comprehensive definition of what an RSE does and what experience, skills and competencies are required to become one is challenging. In this community paper we define the broad notion of what an RSE is, explore the different types of work they undertake, and define a list of fundamental competencies as well as values that define the general profile of an RSE. On this basis, we elaborate on the progression of these skills along different dimensions, looking at specific types of RSE roles, proposing recommendations for organisations, and giving examples of future specialisations. An appendix details how existing curricula fit into this framework.
AB - The term Research Software Engineer, or RSE, emerged a little over 10 years ago as a way to represent individuals working in the research community but focusing on software development. The term has been widely adopted and there are a number of high-level definitions of what an RSE is. However, the roles of RSEs vary depending on the institutional context they work in. At one end of the spectrum, RSE roles may look similar to a traditional research role. At the other extreme, they resemble that of a software engineer in industry. Most RSE roles inhabit the space between these two extremes. Therefore, providing a straightforward, comprehensive definition of what an RSE does and what experience, skills and competencies are required to become one is challenging. In this community paper we define the broad notion of what an RSE is, explore the different types of work they undertake, and define a list of fundamental competencies as well as values that define the general profile of an RSE. On this basis, we elaborate on the progression of these skills along different dimensions, looking at specific types of RSE roles, proposing recommendations for organisations, and giving examples of future specialisations. An appendix details how existing curricula fit into this framework.
KW - cs.SE
KW - cs.CY
KW - physics.comp-ph
U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.2311.11457
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.2311.11457
M3 - Preprint
BT - Foundational Competencies and Responsibilities of a Research Software Engineer
ER -