Senior HPC & Automation Software Engineer

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock Options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join the Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) team. You will help design and build high-performance computing pipelines, automate analysis workflows, and enable scalable compute for engineering teams.

The role focuses on HPC infrastructure on AWS, containerized environments, REST APIs, and CI/CD for analysis software, with collaboration across disciplines to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in computer science, information science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience with production systems.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, particularly compute-oriented services (EC2, Image Builder, ParallelCluster, or equivalent).
• Proficiency in at least one of: Java, Python, or C#.
• Experience with Linux system administration, containerization (Docker), and build pipelines.
• Familiarity with HPC concepts: job schedulers (Slurm), MPI, cluster management.
• Experience developing and consuming REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of version control (Git) and DevOps practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain HPC infrastructure and workflows on AWS (EC2, ParallelCluster, SOCA) to support engineering analysis workloads.
• Develop integrations and automation pipelines for 3rd-party analysis tools (e.g., Ansys, Altair) to improve engineer productivity and throughput.
• Build and maintain containerized development and execution environments for analysis software across Linux and macOS platforms.
• Develop APIs, services, and job orchestration layers (e.g., Slurm, OpenMPI) to enable scalable, self-service compute for engineering teams.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Blue Analysis Templates and supporting toolchains.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for analysis software delivery.
• Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to identify automation opportunities and develop solutions that reduce manual effort.

Skills

7+ years software development

AWS cloud infrastructure

Java/Python/C#

Linux Docker Git

HPC concepts Slurm MPI

REST APIs

DevOps practices

Education

BA/BS in CS or related

Tools

Docker

AWS ParallelCluster

SOCA

OpenMPI

Image Builder

Git

Slurm

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join the Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) team. You will help design and build high-performance computing pipelines, automate analysis workflows, and enable scalable compute for engineering teams.

The role focuses on HPC infrastructure on AWS, containerized environments, REST APIs, and CI/CD for analysis software, with collaboration across disciplines to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.