With global biodiversity in rapid decline and a growing number of species on the brink of extinction, advances in technology are becoming ever more important in helping conservationists address big challenges. ZSL has established a growing Conservation Technology Unit (CTU) currently consisting of seven people. The team is working with a range of expert technology companies and universities to develop innovative solutions to address conservation challenges around the world.
As the Creative Software Engineer, your role will span writing software to power our IoT platform for conservation, creating APIs to integrate new services, deploying code to cloud-based services and working with embedded systems. We use the phrase “Creative Engineer” as we're looking for someone who is as comfortable participating in ideation workshops, as they are building out the technology components. You’ll research and develop technical solutions, collaborating broadly on wider incubation efforts and enjoy working with Raspberry Pi’s, Arduinos and similar prototyping platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fun and talented team with start-up mentality, which will provide opportunities to define and drive forward your own projects.
You’ll work in close collaboration with CTU’s Project Managers, Technical Field Specialist and Scientists, as well as working alongside technical partners such as: Cambridge Consultants, Google, Nominet’s R&D team and key universities. The role will be based in ZSL London Zoo Regents Park, with travel to partner offices and international field sites, reporting directly to the Conservation Technology Lead.
This exciting role will work to advance ZSl's products:
- Instant Detect 2.0 (A multi-sensor IoT platform to raise real time alerts on illegal activities in both terrestrial and marine environments)
- Animal tracking (embedded systems for tracking assets and animals);
- Instant Wild 2.0 (citizen science crowd sourcing platform )
- Plus contributing to collaboration initiatives such as hackathons and a tech prize
References for information on some of our projects and partners: