The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) is operated by ETH Zurich and its headquarters are located in Lugano, Switzerland. CSCS develops and provides key supercomputing capabilities for solving important problems in science and society. CSCS is leading an effort to develop scientific software and libraries for HPC platforms. This work involves close collaboration with domain scientists and working on cutting edge HPC technologies, to ensure that scientists will be able to fully utilize modern HPC systems. To this end, CSCS has open position at our office in Zurich.
The main role of this position is to develop tools and libraries for scientific computing. This software features Domain Specific Python frontends and performance-portable backends for massively parallel many-core and GPU-accelerated HPC architectures. A variety of techniques and (domain specific) programming languages will be employed to transform user code to an optimal, architecture specific implementation. She or he will work closely with application developers and domain scientists to contribute to the design and implementation of domain specific languages and to integrate the solutions in established simulation packages. As part of an interdisciplinary team, she or he will contribute to the Exascale goal of CSCS in the domain of weather and climate modeling. This position is funded on a project basis, and contracts are offered for a two-year period. The location is in Zurich.
We are looking for candidates with a sound knowledge of computer science and compiler technology, and enthusiasm for software development and productization. Strong working knowledge of C++ and Python and experience in HPC or performance optimization is required. Experience with scientific software development and engineering as part of a team is beneficial. Experience with CI/CD, containers and cloud computing is appreciated. She or he should have a Master or Ph.D. in computer science, computational science, mathematics or natural sciences. Close collaboration with domain scientists requires taking initiative and will benefit from strong interpersonal and communication skills. As an ETH employee, you should be enthusiastic about working in an international environment and have an excellent command of English. We value the diversity of our team and particularly encourage female candidates to apply.