Senior Scientific Backend Engineer — HPC & Cloud

Booz Allen Hamilton; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Scientific Software Engineer to build and maintain backend systems for large-scale scientific and enterprise applications. You’ll lead code management, CI/CD pipelines, and regression testing, delivering scalable, reliable software across HPC and cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams, performance benchmarking, and continuous improvement to support weather and climate modeling and other computational workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience modernizing large-scale scientific or computational systems.
• Experience developing and integrating software using core programming languages (Fortran, C++, Python) and HPC technologies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination.

Responsibilities

• Lead code management and CI/CD pipeline maintenance.
• Develop and maintain regression test protocols and coordinate with repos to ensure end-to-end system integrity with upgrades.
• Support debugging and enforce best practices for software development.

Skills

Agile software development

Weather/climate modeling

Fortran

C++

Python

MPI

OpenMP

containerized workflows

DevOps

cloud HPC platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 12+ years experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Docker

Singularity

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

GCP

Azure

APIs

cross‑platform build frameworks

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Scientific Software Engineer to build and maintain backend systems for large-scale scientific and enterprise applications. You’ll lead code management, CI/CD pipelines, and regression testing, delivering scalable, reliable software across HPC and cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams, performance benchmarking, and continuous improvement to support weather and climate modeling and other computational workflows.