Scientific Software Engineer

Our client, in the oil and gas industry, is looking for a Scientific Software Engineer to join their team in Spring, TX!

Job Title:

Scientific Software Engineer

Location:

Spring, TX - 5 days per week in office Pay Range: $80-95/hour W2 (C2C/1099 options as well) 1 year contract with potential to extend ongoing and/or convert to FTE

Computational Scientist candidates are focused on harnessing computational power to solve complex problems across research and geoscience domains. A software engineer working in this area is expected to have the curiosity and ingenuity required to quickly learn a knowledge domain well enough to interact effectively with company experts in that domain.

Our team members have diverse backgrounds in computational sciences. The software engineer will support and develop geoscience applications for the Subsurface Imaging team. The Subsurface Imaging team is within IT and partners with upstream researchers to deliver advanced seismic imaging solutions. Our technology leverages a world-class High-Performance Computing system and enables geoscientists to gain insights on where to find oil and gas, providing significant competitive advantages.

This role is 80-100% development work

• Work on a scrum team as a software developer to develop and support proprietary applications used for seismic imaging
• Collaborate closely with researchers to enable their research and to commercialize prototype research code
• Support internal business partners that are globally distributed
• Optimize applications to improve HPC system utilization and to increase throughput of seismic processing projects
• Collaborate with HPC systems team and geoscientists to influence decisions regarding future hardware/system upgrades

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computational Science, or related field
• Several years of C/C++ experience with scientific computing codes that use parallel computing; strong understanding of code complexity and the performance implications of various algorithms
• OS:
  Experience in a Linux environment
• Able to work well in a diverse team environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration and mentoring
• Self-motivated and driven to learn
• Safety oriented mindset - safety and well-being of our employees are our highest priority

• Python, modern C++ (i.e., C++11 and later), Unix shell scripting languages (BASH primarily) - looking for 8+ years of C++ experience
• Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipeline development, and Git Hub Actions
• Object oriented design principles
• Parallel computing technologies (e.g., OpenMP, MPI, CUDA)
• Source control and work item tracking systems (e.g., Git, ADO)
• Experience following an Agile (Scrum) software development process
• Knowledge of simulation software development, specifically in seismic imaging or geoscience domain
• Experience with profiling tools (Intel VTune, NVIDIA Nsight, gprof) and performance tuning
• Top 3 skill sets/technologies required for qualification:
  1) Python, modern C++ 11 and later, BASH
  2) Experience with using third party APIs
  3) Knowledge of simulation software development, specifically in seismic imaging or geoscience domain