Senior R&D Engineer

Summary / Role Purpose

The Senior R&D Engineer is responsible for the deployment and maintenance of cloud-based HPC infrastructure. In this role, the Senior R&D Engineer will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives. 

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Deploys, configures, and maintains cloud-based HPC infrastructure
• Implement and manage automation for infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform, Spacelift, Helm, etc.
• Manage cluster lifecycle including scaling, upgrades, patching, and monitoring for SLURM and Kubernetes based clusters
• Monitors and responds to HPC issues
• Works with observability tools like Datadog to improve response time to issues and outages
• Develop and maintain internal documentation, operational runbooks, and support playbooks
• Works independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities
• May be responsible for managing interns or co-ops but typically does not have direct reports
  
  

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements And Experience

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1 year experience
• Commercial experience with software design and development methodologies
  
  

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code