Senior Architect & Technical Lead, Portable HPC Integrations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks a Senior Architect and Technical Lead for the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Council. This role involves leading the development of an innovative AI environment for research, both on-premise and in the cloud, and requires extensive technical experience and leadership skills. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in high-performance computing, scientific software, and team supervision. A Bachelor's degree and at least ten years of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years relevant experience in technical fields and/or computational research.
• Experience in research institutes with knowledge of scientific software.
• Understanding of large-scale advanced research computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead and senior architect for an innovative agentic AI.
• Lead initiative for a unified, researcher-centric computing experience.
• Collaborate with a team to develop core portability tools.

Skills

Leadership in technical teams

Scientific software knowledge

High-performance computing expertise

Software management

AI and Bayesian methods application

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree in a relevant technical field

Tools

Linux container technologies (LXC, Apptainer)

Open-source schedulers (e.g., Slurm)

Job description

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks a Senior Architect and Technical Lead for the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Council. This role involves leading the development of an innovative AI environment for research, both on-premise and in the cloud, and requires extensive technical experience and leadership skills. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in high-performance computing, scientific software, and team supervision. A Bachelor's degree and at least ten years of relevant experience are required.