Research Software Engineer: HPC & Open-Source Astrophysics

University of Cambridge; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Cambridge is seeking a part-time Research Software Engineer (0.5 FTE) to join the Institute of Astronomy and Kavli Institute for Cosmology. You will manage version-controlled repositories, optimise GPU-accelerated codes, and coordinate cross-institution collaboration on open-source software.

Responsibilities include integrating codes into the Gammapy framework, ensuring performance and reproducibility, and mentoring researchers in software best practices across Cambridge and

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in a computational field.
• Experience with software engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with HPC codebases and GPU computing.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage version-control infrastructure for group codes.
• Deploy and optimise codes on HPC facilities and document workflows.
• Coordinate shared code development with partner institutions and open-source integration.

Skills

Version control

HPC environments

C++

Python

CUDA/OpenCL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Git

GitHub Actions

CMake

Julia

Gammapy

Job description

The University of Cambridge is seeking a part-time Research Software Engineer (0.5 FTE) to join the Institute of Astronomy and Kavli Institute for Cosmology. You will manage version-controlled repositories, optimise GPU-accelerated codes, and coordinate cross-institution collaboration on open-source software.

Responsibilities include integrating codes into the Gammapy framework, ensuring performance and reproducibility, and mentoring researchers in software best practices across Cambridge and