Research Computing Facilitator

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a research facilitator to engage with economists, co-create computing capabilities, and reduce barriers to HPC use for advanced economic research.

You will accelerate publication time through software optimization, parallelization, and modern techniques, while developing training curricula and supporting research workflows across on-prem and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a computational field (CS, Computational Economics, Applied Math, Data Science or related).
• Minimum of 5 years' relevant post-secondary education or relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in multiple programming and scripting languages (Python, R, Matlab, C, Stata, SQL, or equivalent).
• Knowledge of AI tools and practical experience utilizing large language models for research applications.
• Strong communication skills translating complex concepts for researchers with varying programming experience.
• Experience with command line tools and Linux operating systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with researchers from diverse backgrounds.
• Service-oriented mindset with commitment to supporting research excellence.
• Experience with version control systems (Git/GitLab).
• Terminal proficiency and Linux system navigation.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to economists and research associates through consultations.
• Build deep understanding of economic research activities and computational requirements.
• Co-author research papers under guidance of economists.
• Facilitate design, debugging, and optimization of research workflows and software models.
• Implement software parallelization and performance improvements to reduce time to publication.
• Support adoption of cloud computing and AI tools in research workflows.
• Facilitate economist usage of on-prem and cloud HPC environments.
• Communicate regularly with research staff and technical professionals.
• Collaborate across teams on computational approaches and best practices.
• Develop and deliver curriculum on research computing tools and techniques (Git, Python, R, Matlab, Linux, SLURM, AI/LLM).
• Provide one-on-one consultations and maintain documentation of local computing resources.
• Give presentations to research staff on latest tools and techniques.

Skills

Strong communication

Collaborative

Research support mindset

Customer-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in computational field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

R

Matlab

C

Stata

SQL

Git/GitLab

Linux

SLURM

Cloud computing

Job description

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a research facilitator to engage with economists, co-create computing capabilities, and reduce barriers to HPC use for advanced economic research.

You will accelerate publication time through software optimization, parallelization, and modern techniques, while developing training curricula and supporting research workflows across on-prem and cloud environments.