C++ Scientific Developer

Spring, TX | 100% onsite (candidates must live within 45 miles) |

Contract:

long term (about 11 months)

Your code helps geoscientists see deep below the earth's surface. As a Scientific Software Engineer, you will build and support seismic imaging software used by a leading energy company. You will work side by side with geoscientists and researchers, and your code will run on a world-class high-performance computing (HPC) system. Success means faster, more reliable imaging, so scientists get answers sooner.

• Develop and support seismic imaging applications as part of a Scrum team
• Work from a shared backlog with engineers in Houston and India
• Work with geoscientists and researchers to understand their needs and solve scientific problems
• Turn prototype research code into reliable production software
• Tune applications to make better use of the HPC system and speed up seismic processing projects
• Support business partners around the world
• Help the HPC systems team and geoscientists plan future hardware and system upgrades

• 10+ years of C/C++ experience on parallel scientific computing code
• Modern C++ (C++11 and later)
• Python and Bash scripting on Linux
• Experience building simulation-based software
• Experience working with third-party APIs
• A strong grasp of code complexity and how algorithm choices affect performance
• A degree in computer science, software engineering, engineering, applied mathematics, computational science or a related field
• Must live within 45 miles of Spring, TX

• Experience in seismic imaging, geoscience, or oil and gas
• MPI, plus OpenMP or CUDA
• Profiling and performance tuning with tools such as Intel VTune, NVIDIA Nsight or gprof
• Object-oriented design
• Git and Azure Dev Ops (ADO)
• Experience on an Agile Scrum team
• Clear written and spoken communication, including mentoring others
• Takes initiative, enjoys hard scientific problems and puts safety first