Research Engineer : Software Packaging and Continuous Integration for Supercomputers (Grenoble/[...]

Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences; France; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading research institute in digital sciences is looking for candidates with a Master's degree, Engineer's degree, or PhD in computer science for a full-time role. The successful candidate will be involved in designing and implementing innovative software packaging strategies for supercomputers under the NumPEx project. Applicants are expected to have strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python, as well as experience in Unix/Linux environments. The position offers a starting salary of 2,692€ gross per month, with additional benefits including training opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Prestations

Partial reimbursement of public transport costs

7 weeks of annual leave plus 10 extra days for RTT

Possibility of teleworking (90 days/year)

Access to vocational training

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a Master's degree, Engineer's degree or PhD in computer science.
• Good programming skills in C/C++ and Python are essential.
• Experience in software compilation and version management is required.

Responsabilités

• Design and implement packaging and continuous integration strategies.
• Participate in the deployment and testing of software infrastructure.
• Provide user support and training.

Connaissances

Good practice of Unix/Linux and system administration

Good programming experience (C/C++, Python)

Experience with software compilation and installation chains

Technical English proficiency

Teamwork skills

Knowledge of package managers (Guix, Nix, Spack)

Experience with containers (Singularity, Docker)

Formation

Master's degree, Engineer's degree or PhD in computer science

Outils

CMake

Git

GitHub

GitLab

Description du poste

Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences

Organisation/Company Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences Research Field Computer science Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country France Application Deadline 31 Dec 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 38.5 Offer Starting Date 1 Feb 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 2025-09146 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

We are looking for candidates with a Master's degree, Engineer's degree or PhD in computer science, junior or senior, to join a team responsible for the packaging, deployment and testing of software libraries for supercomputers.

Our team is distributed and so we have the flexibility to offer candidates2 different possible localisations:

Duration: initial contratc of3 years with possible extension.

Hiring dates are flexible with a possible start from November 2025 (modulo mandatory administrative deadlines). We will process applications as they arise.

This work is part of the NumPEx project (http://www.numpex.fr ) endowed with more than 40 million euros over 6 years from 2023, to build a software stack for Exascale supercomputers related to the arrival in Europe of the first Exascale machines, with one planned in France for 2025. These machines will be among the most powerful in the world (https://top500.org/ ), used for traditional scientific applications and increasingly also for artificial intelligence.

Our role in NumPEx is to design and implement an innovative packaging, deployment and testing strategy. Commonly used solutions show their limits in front of the complexity of supercomputers and applications, as well as the need for reproducibility for open science. Our goal is to build a solution based on a new generation of software packagin tools: Guix, Spack.

You can have a look at the team activity athttps://numpex-pc5.gitlabpages.inria.fr/tutorials orhttps://hpc.guix.info . We also regularly contribute to the discussions on software production at the International INPEX worekshops (https://inpex.science/#workshops-events ).

You will contribute to the design and implementation of the packaging and continuous integration strategy. You will participate in the deployment and testing of the infrastructure. You will also participate to user support and to training activity around all these aspects.

Our packaging strategy is centered on the open source tools Guix (https://hpc.guix.info/ ), and Spack (https://spack.io/ ). In direct contact with the development teams of these tools, with the supercomputer administration teams, and software developers, you will participate in:

• the design of the packaging strategy of the NumPEx project,
• the effort of packaging libraries for supercomputers, from standards (MPI, PETSC, Pytorch,....) to application s.
• the design of a package test and validation solution taking into account the specificities of supercomputers (High performance network, ARM and X86 arch, GPUs)
• the development of a solution allowing non-administrator users to deploy software stacks on supercomputers.
• training around all of these aspects for researchers and engineers, whether they are library designers or users.

Master's degree, Engineer's degree or PhD, beginner or confirmed (salary adjusted according to experience) in computer science.

The essential expected skills are:

• Good practice of Unix/Linux and system administration
• Good programming experience (C/C++, Python)
• Experience with software compilation and installation chains, version management tools, testing and continuous integration (CMake, Git, GitHub, GitLab, etc...).
• The work being performed in an international context, a good practice of technical English (written and oral) is expected (proficiency in French is not compulsory), as is a taste for team work.
• Any additional skill related to package managers (Guix, Nix, Spack, apt, rpm,…), containers (Singularity/Apptainer, Docker,…) or open source development are a plus.

An initial training time will be provided to complement the missing skills.

You will integrate an academic research environment which will give you, throughout your contract, the opportunity to complete your training on cutting-edge technologies.

To apply, please send, in addition to the classic elements, any information that could help us assess your skills, such as a recent internship or thesis report, your github account or links to software developments in which you participate, as well as some references from people we can contact to certify your qualities.

Languages FRENCH Level Basic

Languages ENGLISH Level Good

Additional Information

• Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
• Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
• Possibility of teleworking (90 days / year) and flexible organization of working hours (except for intership)
• Social, cultural and sports events and activities
• Access to vocational training
• Social security coverage under conditions

From 2,692 € (depending on experience and qualifications).

Base of 2692€ gross / month. Wage according to the profile.