Research Fellow in Research Software Engineering Facilitation

Title: Research Fellow in Research Software Engineering Facilitation

Executive Area: Academic
Affairs

College/School/MBU: College of Information & Computer Sciences

Department: Computer
Science

Work Location: Amherst

Schedule: Full Time

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid

Job Summary

Research Computing & Data (RCD) in collaboration with the Center for Data Science at
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) is hiring a Research Fellow in research software engineering facilitation. UMass is a fast
growing research computing leader in New England and this unique role provides ample opportunity to impact research computing both
regionally and nationally. UMass Amherst’s primary research computing resource is the Unity Research Computing Platform, a collaborative
cluster led by the University of Massachusetts and the University of Rhode Island with numerous partner schools in the New England region.
Unity is housed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), a joint datacenter which hosts research computing
systems from UMass, MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston University, and Yale, as well as a variety of other universities and colleges in
partnership with one of the main datacenter sponsors.

We are looking for early-career professionals who are passionate about, and
seeking mentorship in, one or more of the following:
Promoting best practices for scientific and academic software development.
Open
source research software development and contributions in service to the research computing community at UMass and beyond.
Developing
innovative solutions for research software development, deployment, and workflows to leverage cutting-edge and prototype HPC and AI
hardware.
Interfacing with the larger research computing community through conferences, research journal participation, open source
software development and contributions, and education initiatives.
Working with a high-energy team dedicated to building solutions for
the next generation of research technologies and science.

Essential Functions

Under the guidance of senior
Research Computing & Data staff, the Research Fellow will:

Provide research software engineering services and consulting for UMass
Amherst and Unity researchers across subject areas. Topics include, but are not limited to, scientific software development, software
development best practices, high performance computing workflow and pipeline guidance and troubleshooting, research software optimization,
and data management.

Contribute to RCD’s user education initiatives and strategy, including research computing documentation,
workshops, short courses, and asynchronous tutorials.

Work with the RCD leadership team to help develop strategies for leveraging
and contributing to open source projects to solve cyberinfrastructure problems.

With mentorship from senior Research Computing & Data
staff, build career and research skills in research computing, including facilitation, software development, and/or systems design and
administration.

Other Functions

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a field with a significant research computing component plus experience with research or software development in a
field with a significant research computing component.

Proficiency with Linux or Unix operating systems and command
line.

Proficiency in at least one high-level programming language (e.g., Python, R, C, C++, Julia, Matlab).

Ability to work
well with the RCD team and the researchers we support under the supervision of a senior Research Computing & Data staff
member.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including in verbal and written technical conversations.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience contributing to scientific or academic software engineering projects or
public open source projects.

Expertise in a computational field or method, including, but not limited to, scientific software
engineering, numerical methods, machine learning, or parallel and distributed computing.

Experience with a parallelization method
(e.g., threading, CUDA or ROCm, MPI, OpenMP).

Experience with high performance computing platforms and resource schedulers and
managers (e.g., Slurm, PBS, HTCondor).

Skills in high performance computing, research computing, or computational
science.

Experience with facilitation or user support.

Informal or formal teaching experience, including peer tutoring or
teaching assistantship

Proficiency with version control, preferably git, and version control platforms like GitHub or GitLab

Additional Details

Research Computing & Data (RCD) in collaboration with the Center for Data Science at
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) is hiring a Research Fellow in research software engineering facilitation. UMass is a fast
growing research computing leader in New England and this unique role provides ample opportunity to impact research computing both
regionally and nationally. UMass Amherst’s primary research computing resource is the Unity Research Computing Platform, a collaborative
cluster led by the University of Massachusetts and the University of Rhode Island with numerous partner schools in the New England region.
Unity is housed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), a joint datacenter which hosts research computing
systems from UMass, MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston University, and Yale, as well as a variety of other universities and colleges in
partnership with one of the main datacenter sponsors.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in a standard
office or indoor university environment and involves minimal physical exertion.

Work Schedule and Work
Arrangement

M-F, standard working hours.

This position has the opportunity for a hybrid work schedule, which is
defined by the University as an arrangement where an employee’s work is regularly performed at a location other than the campus workspace
for a portion of the week.

Salary Information

Salary range: $70,000 – $110,000.

Special
Instructions for Applicants

Along with the application, please submit a CV, cover letter, and the names and contact
information for three (3) professional references.

This position will remain open for the time period required by any applicable
collective bargaining agreement and will continue until a suitable candidate pool is identified. Interested applicants are strongly
encouraged to apply early.

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