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Computational Scientist- HPC/AI Generalist

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $85,000–$85,000🗓 2026-09-08 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop software for data acquisition, ingestion, and integration; build user interfaces and scalable back-end services to automate multi-institutional research output.

Role type

Senior IC computational scientist (HPC/AI)

Builds

Scientific software, computational workflows, and research computing environments

Domain

Academic research computing, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Proficiency in compiled languages (C++, C, Julia, Fortran), Python, Linux/UNIX, HPC job schedulers (Slurm), scientific software optimization, containerization (Docker, Apptainer), Git, AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow), LLM APIs and tooling

Preferred skills

PhD in relevant field, experience serving/benchmarking models on GPU clusters, familiarity with scientific libraries (NumPy, SciPy, pandas, xarray, scikit-learn)

Technologies

Slurm, Docker, Apptainer, Git, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Anthropic, OpenAI, Hugging Face, GPU clusters

Responsibilities

Partner with faculty to develop computational solutions; advise on HPC, AI, and cloud platform usage; develop and optimize scientific software and workflows; troubleshoot and profile applications for CPU/GPU/memory/storage performance; contribute to grant proposals; develop technical documentation and training materials; evaluate emerging technologies for adoption.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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