Assists in application development and integration on our High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster used by researchers across disciplines. Work closely with research computing staff, software engineers, and faculty to help build, optimize, and support scientific and data-intensive applications on a modern HPC environment.
This role is ideal for a student who enjoys software development, is curious about large-scale computing, and wants hands-on experience enabling real-world research in areas such as computational science, AI/ML, bioinformatics, and data analytics.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and maintain tools, scripts, and services that support research workflows on the HPC cluster (e.g., job submission helpers, workflow automation, monitoring tools).
- Contribute to internal web applications, command-line tools, or APIs that simplify HPC usage for researchers.
- Assist with integrating new research applications and libraries into the cluster environment.
- Follow software engineering best practices including version control, code reviews, issue tracking, and testing.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Help identify and implement improvements to development processes and tooling.
- Configure, build, and test scientific software, libraries, and containerized applications (e.g., Singularity/Apptainer, Docker) for use on the cluster.
- Contribute to performance testing and benchmarking of applications, analyzing results and suggesting improvements.
- Support efforts to improve usability, reliability, and automation within the HPC software stack.
Job Location/Working Conditions
- Normal office environment
- Typically sitting at a desk or table
- Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement
- Office equipment
Education:
Required Qualifications
A diploma, certification or degree is not required.
Certifications/Professional Licenses:
No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.
Work Experience:
No specific work experience is required for this position.
Skills:
Not Applicable
Driver's License:
A driver's license is not required for this position.
More About This Job
WashU seeks highly motivated individuals who are able to perform duties in a manner consistent with our core mission and guiding principles.
Education:
Preferred Qualifications
No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
Certifications/Professional Licenses:
No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
Work Experience:
No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence Algorithms, C++ Programming Language, Communication, Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Git, Independent Problem Solving, JavaScript, Linux Environments, Machine Learning (ML), Python (Programming Language), PyTorch, scikit-learn, Tensorflow, Web Application Frameworks, Work Collaboratively
Grade
G11-H
Questions
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Accommodation
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All qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.
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