How might you shape open research infrastructure with RSpace?

This isn't a specific vacancy—it's an open invitation to connect if you care about solving research data challenges and want to work in the open. We're building RSpace—an open-source platform that integrates lab notebooks, sample tracking, computational workflows, and data repositories into unified research infrastructure.

ResearchSpace is a distributed team partnering with research institutions, infrastructure providers, and the RDM community to make FAIR data the default, not an afterthought. We value inclusion and diverse perspectives. If your experience doesn't match any of our open positions, we still want to hear from you.

This might be for you if ...

• You've felt the pain of messy research data and want better workflows

• You're active in RDM or adjacent communities (as a researcher, research software engineer, data steward, infrastructure provider, …)

• You like turning standards into working software and practices

• You want to contribute to open-source infrastructure that matters

• You're motivated by outcomes: findable data, usable metadata, smoother pipelines

We might collaborate with you as ...

• Technical contributors (backend, frontend, DevOps, testing)

• Domain experts (researchers, data stewards) growing into technical/community roles

• Community contributors

• Emerging roles (you tell us!)

What you might work on

• Designing FAIR aligned workflows that reduce friction for researchers

• Building and refining open APIs, schema validations, and interoperability

• Integrating RSpace with storage systems and compute platforms

• Contributing to documentation, examples, and training materials

• Collaborating across institutions to pilot and iterate on solutions

Our context

• Distributed team across the UK and Europe; remote friendly with flexible schedules

• Fully open source since 2024; we work in public and welcome community input

• We collaborate with research institutions, infrastructure providers, and the RDM community

How to start the conversation (no formal application—just reach out)

Email hiring@researchspace.com with:

• A brief intro (what motivates you, where you can add the most value)

• Links (GitHub, papers, talks, blog posts, community contributions)

• [Optional] An idea for a small "first contribution" you'd be excited to tackle

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