Principal Data Infrastructure and Software Engineer job in Adelaide SA

Published on 9 November 2026
As a Principal Data Infrastructure and Software Engineer within the Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN), you will lead the design and development of software to support standards-based processing and management of imagery and associated data collected using UAV platforms operated by APPN and its National Research Infrastructure partners: AuScope, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network and CoastRI. The goal is to develop shared processing pipelines that deliver interoperable data and metadata from all partners to form a nationally significant image and data collection to support analysis and reuse of these digital assets by diverse research communities. Downstream uses will include GIS access, training of computer vision and machine learning models, calibration of processing algorithms, and support for cross-domain environmental and earth science research.