Software Engineering Intern (Time-Limited/Remote)

Position Summary

Assists in application development and integration on our High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster used by researchers across disciplines. Work closely with research computing staff, software engineers, and faculty to help build, optimize, and support scientific and data-intensive applications on a modern HPC environment.
This role is ideal for a student who enjoys software development, is curious about large-scale computing, and wants hands-on experience enabling real-world research in areas such as computational science, AI/ML, bioinformatics, and data analytics.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain tools, scripts, and services that support research workflows on the HPC cluster (e.g., job submission helpers, workflow automation, monitoring tools).
• Contribute to internal web applications, command-line tools, or APIs that simplify HPC usage for researchers.
• Assist with integrating new research applications and libraries into the cluster environment.
• Follow software engineering best practices including version control, code reviews, issue tracking, and testing.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Help identify and implement improvements to development processes and tooling.
• Configure, build, and test scientific software, libraries, and containerized applications (e.g., Singularity/Apptainer, Docker) for use on the cluster.
• Contribute to performance testing and benchmarking of applications, analyzing results and suggesting improvements.
• Support efforts to improve usability, reliability, and automation within the HPC software stack.

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions
Normal office environment

Physical Effort
Typically sitting at a desk or table
Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement

Equipment
Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

A diploma, certification or degree is not required.

Certifications/Professional Licenses:

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience:

No specific work experience is required for this position.

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence Algorithms, C++ Programming Language, Communication, Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Git, Independent Problem Solving, JavaScript, Linux Environments, Machine Learning (ML), Python (Programming Language), PyTorch, scikit-learn, Tensorflow, Web Application Frameworks, Work Collaboratively

Grade

G11-H