Senior Scientific Software & Platform Engineer (Remote)

Kairos Power; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical benefits

Paid vacation

401(k) plan

Job summary

Kairos Power is seeking a Senior Scientific Software and Developer Platform Engineer to design and build the scientific software, tooling, and delivery systems used by nuclear engineers and computational scientists.

The role spans Python and C++ development, HPC workflows, CI/CD, containerization, and software quality assurance. You will set architecture standards and mentor others to ensure maintainable, extensible code across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Physics or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering in scientific/engineering domains.
• Strong Python and C++ expertise.
• Experience with automated testing (PyTest/GoogleTest) and CI/CD.
• Ability to design maintainable, reproducible software for HPC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain scientific and engineering software in Python and C++.
• Own software architecture for internal engineering tools with clear interfaces.
• Profile and optimize performance and document results.
• Collaborate with nuclear and non-software engineers to define tool projects.
• Establish container build/run patterns and manage base images.

Skills

Python

C++

CI/CD

Software architecture

HPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Physics

Master's or Ph.D. in computational science/engineering

Tools

GitHub Actions

Conda

Docker

Apptainer

CMake

Job description

Kairos Power is seeking a Senior Scientific Software and Developer Platform Engineer to design and build the scientific software, tooling, and delivery systems used by nuclear engineers and computational scientists.

The role spans Python and C++ development, HPC workflows, CI/CD, containerization, and software quality assurance. You will set architecture standards and mentor others to ensure maintainable, extensible code across the team.