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Harvard University

Research Software Engineer

Boston, MA · On-site

$223K/yr

Lead the writing of peer-reviewed publications describing novel methods, tools, and applications ... on software engineering practices and research methods. * Teaching: Participate in teaching ...

Harvard University

Research Software Engineer

Boston, MA · On-site

$223K/yr

Lead the writing of peer-reviewed publications describing novel methods, tools, and applications ... on software engineering practices and research methods. * Teaching: Participate in teaching ...

Schlumberger

Research Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$243K/yr

The Role We're hiring a Research Software Engineer to help lead that arc. You'll design and build proof-of-concept systems that de-risk transformative ideas in data fabric, ontology engineering ...

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SLB

Research Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$240K/yr

The Role We're hiring a Research Software Engineer to help lead that arc. You'll design and build proof-of-concept systems that de-risk transformative ideas in data fabric, ontology engineering ...

Onesubsea

Research Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$243K/yr

The Role We're hiring a Research Software Engineer to help lead that arc. You'll design and build proof-of-concept systems that de-risk transformative ideas in data fabric, ontology engineering ...

Mclaurin Aerospace

Research Software Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

$195K/yr

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Software Engineer to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX . If selected you will: * Partner with FSL Users to ...

Mclaurin Aerospace

Research Software Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

$195K/yr

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Software Engineer to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX . If selected you will: * Partner with FSL Users to ...

Mclaurin Aerospace

Research Software Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

$195K/yr

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Software Engineer to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. If selected you will: Partner with FSL Users to ...

Worky

Research Software Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$110K - $135K/yr

Job Summary The Research Software Engineer (RSE) will develop software to support DSI's research priorities and specific initiatives related to data science for social good including resilient food ...

VITO Research

$118K - $156K/yr

We are looking for an experienced Senior Research Software Engineer to lead the design and evolution of scientific data ecosystems. You will play a pivotal role in enabling data‑driven research by ...

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Lead Research Software Engineer, Portable AI Performance Engineering

Cambridge, MA

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Human Resource Programs Administration • 1 - 10 employees
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$112K - $147K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 28 days ago

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LEAD RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER, PORTABLE AI PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING, MA Green High Performance Computing Center, to be a hands-on research software engineering professional and serve as lead for applied performance engineering for AI workloads. Will work closely with research groups and leading computer industry collaborators to evaluate, adapt, and enhance the portable performance of complex AI research workloads on state-of-the-art hardware. The role will have heavy focus on optimizing existing NVIDIA GPU-based workloads for top-tier AMD GPUs, such as MI355X and beyond and will analyze and profile existing research AI workloads to identify performance bottlenecks and portability challenges; and port and optimize complex AI models and scientific code to run efficiently on AMD MI355X GPUs using ROCm, HIP, and related translation tools.

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