Senior HPC Research Engineer for AI & Big Data

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU is seeking a senior researcher to provide high-level support and in-depth consultation for scholars using its research computing infrastructure. You will solve computational problems, design algorithms, and develop applications while advising researchers on configurations to boost performance.

You will also develop training materials, deliver sessions, and produce online docs to help faculty use HPC and AI tools in research and teaching.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or equivalent in CS with strong scientific computing emphasis.
• 5+ years of HPC programming, job scheduling, compilers, performance libraries.
• Experience programming in C++, Fortran, Python, Java, and Matlab.
• Experience with HPC infrastructure workflows, resource managers, monitoring, and data transfer tools.
• Big Data experience and knowledge of big data infrastructure.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and written skills, including documentation and customer support.
• Linux OS expertise and Bash scripting.
• Knowledge of CPU/GPU offerings and HPC/AI in public clouds like GCP.
• Docker and Singularity container experience in HPC environments.
• Ability to present technical concepts clearly through demos, proposals, and presentations.
• Experience providing computational support for academic research.
• Experience programming API access.
• Doctoral Degree preferred; 7+ years experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level support and in-depth consultation to scholars using NYU's research computing infrastructure and services
• Solve computational problems, design algorithms, and develop and build applications
• Advise researchers on configurations, practices, and policies to improve application performance
• Develop training materials and conduct training sessions
• Provide online documentation to help NYU scholars and collaborators use HPC technologies and AI tools in research and teaching
• Define and build new research services for next-generation NYU infrastructure
• Enhance and improve services, build partnerships, and add capacity and capabilities
• Work with NYU IT teams on testing, benchmarking, support, troubleshooting, and maintenance of HPC computing resources and software

Skills

HPC Programming

C++ Programming

Fortran Programming

Python Programming

Java Programming

Matlab Programming

Parallel Programming Models

API Programming

Bash Scripting

Statistical Analysis

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Doctoral Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Singularity

HPC Infrastructure

Big Data Tools

GCP

Job Scheduling Tools

Performance Libraries

Resource Managers

Data Transfer Tools

Monitoring Tools

Job description

NYU is seeking a senior researcher to provide high-level support and in-depth consultation for scholars using its research computing infrastructure. You will solve computational problems, design algorithms, and develop applications while advising researchers on configurations to boost performance.

You will also develop training materials, deliver sessions, and produce online docs to help faculty use HPC and AI tools in research and teaching.