Senior HPC Software Engineer - Scientific Computing

Placements24; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement benefits

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Randburg, Gauteng team to design, optimize, and deploy high-performance scientific software for large-scale HPC clusters. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to deliver robust computational tools across multi-core CPUs and GPUs.

You will implement MPI/OpenMP/CUDA parallelism, work with scientific libraries, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, while mentoring junior engineers and shaping best practices in a cutting-edge HPC

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering or related quantitative field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience with a focus on scientific computing or HPC.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Fortran.
• Experience with parallel programming paradigms (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA).
• Familiarity with scientific libraries and numerical methods.
• Experience with Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Understanding of software development best practices, including version control (Git) and testing methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities for Randburg facility.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance scientific software applications.
• Optimize code for performance and scalability on HPC architectures (multi-core CPUs, GPUs).
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to translate computational requirements into robust software solutions.
• Implement parallel programming techniques (MPI, OpenMP) and utilize scientific libraries.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues in a production HPC environment.
• Contribute to software architecture design and technology selection decisions.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for scientific software deployment.
• Mentor junior software engineers and contribute to team best practices.

Skills

C++

Fortran

MPI

OpenMP

CUDA

Linux

Git

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CUDA

MPI implementation

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Randburg, Gauteng team to design, optimize, and deploy high-performance scientific software for large-scale HPC clusters. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to deliver robust computational tools across multi-core CPUs and GPUs.

You will implement MPI/OpenMP/CUDA parallelism, work with scientific libraries, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, while mentoring junior engineers and shaping best practices in a cutting-edge HPC