Agile Software Developer (a)

HPC Software Engineer in Weather and Climate
ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specialising in science and technology. It is renowned for its excellent education, its cutting-edge fundamental research, and its efforts to put new knowledge and innovations into practice.
We are seeking a High Performance Computing (HPC) software engineer to further develop and optimize the ICON model (80-100%).
Project background
Several technologies are considered for running on GPUs, compiler directives which are inserted in the code, or for some parts a complete re-write using a Python domain specific language (DSL) named gt4py.
As a HPC software developer you will work and the modelling infrastructure and port some components of the model using compiler directives, in particular in the data assimilation. To this end, you will work in a diverse and agile team consisting of HPC experts and atmospheric scientists. MSc in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields, with a strong software engineering background.
Solid programming skills, e.g. Python.
Solid experience in GPU programming and HPC development.
At C2SM and MeteoSwiss, we are committed to promoting flexible and family-friendly working models, and a healthy work-life balance is important to us. We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected. The position is available immediately and will remain open until filled. The place of work is at MeteoSwiss at Zurich-Airport, but working remotely a few days per week is common practise.
science and technology. We are renowned for our excellent education,