System Development Engineer - Quantum Engineering, AWS CQC

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud services provider is looking for a System Development Engineer in San Francisco. The role involves administering cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC) environments, improving performance for engineering applications, and scaling resources to support quantum computing initiatives. Candidates should have 4+ years of relevant experience, automation skills, and programming proficiency in a modern language. This full-time position offers competitive advantages in the innovative cloud computing space.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in relevant administrative roles.
• Proficient in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems.

Responsibilities

• Administer cloud-based HPC environments and automate deployment.
• Support engineering end users and improve HPC environment performance.
• Anticipate resource needs and expand computational capabilities.

Skills

Administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems

Experience in automating and deploying infrastructure

Programming in Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust

Experience with Linux/Unix

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and build processes

Utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment

Job description

System Development Engineer – Quantum Engineering, AWS CQC

Join Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop and maintain high‑performance computing (HPC) systems on AWS that CQC scientists and engineers use for quantum computing hardware design and simulation. These systems enable running large‑scale HPC applications with MPI- and OpenMP-based parallelism on EC2 instances and provide graphical environments to run computer‑aided engineering applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer cloud‑based HPC environments, including automating the deployment and maintenance of clusters, automating application testing, provisioning user accounts, managing and updating operating systems and software environments, building and deploying containers, debugging problems, and securing these systems.
• Support computer‑aided engineering end users by improving the robustness and performance of the HPC environment, collaborating with partner teams and software developers to increase availability across instance types, manage data spread across clusters in different regions, and improve integration with other services.
• Anticipate computational resource needs within and expand the capabilities of the CQC to support a scalable fault‑tolerant quantum computer. Improvements to computational infrastructure will allow the CQC to expand physical modeling capabilities used within design, utilizing the scalable compute power of AWS to accelerate the design cycle.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands‑on systems engineering experience.
• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large‑scale infrastructure.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
• Experience with Linux/Unix.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build processes.
• Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with HPC software application development and build systems.
• Experience administering shared‑user high‑performance computing (HPC) environments.

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: This role requires working safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; communicating effectively; and adhering to federal, state, and local laws and company policies. A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position, including those listed. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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