Jobs:Job-01099

Research Software Engineer opportunity

Arizona State University, Arizona, United States
Start reviewing process: 31 December 2022

Posting:

Position:

Research Software Engineer

Start reviewing process:

31 December 2022

The School of Complex Adaptive Systems (https://scas.asu.edu/about/mission-and-vision/) is a founding institution within the newly formed College of Global Futures, ASU’s center of experiential learning, engaged research, and real-world problem-solving dedicated to the present and future well-being of our planet. We currently have openings for two full-time research software engineers to help support a diverse, international community of interdisciplinary scientists and researchers who use computational methods and research software to better understand and adapt to our rapidly changing world.

Our work primarily revolves around building web applications and science gateways that support:

computational modeling, data analysis and visualization of complex human and earth systems (https://comses.net)
custom multiplayer games and research software to conduct collective action experiments (https://portofmars.asu.edu)
standards and best practices for open science and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) research software.

More broadly, our mission is to help our diverse, interdisciplinary researchers do better science for a better global future with robust and maintainable research software that flexibly evolves alongside our scientific understanding of these complex adaptive systems.

We are looking for research software engineers that value clean code and maintainable, well-documented, codebases and have experience with full stack web application development. We are committed to open source and our technology stacks often include JavaScript / TypeScript, VueJS, Python, Julia, R, Git, PostgreSQL, Linux, and Docker. We are less concerned with how well you know these particular tools and more interested in your ability to become comfortable and fluent in them with accountability and ownership over your own development (and plenty of support from our team!). We expect basic foundational skills in computer science and software engineering but also recognize that the most appropriate solutions to problems aren’t always technical in nature. We appreciate diverse viewpoints and mindsets and are committed to recruiting and retaining staff, students, and faculty from groups that have historically been underrepresented in the sciences.

C. Michael Barton
Associate Director, School of Complex Adaptive Systems (https://scas.asu.edu)
Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change (https://shesc.asu.edu)
Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity (https://complexity.asu.edu)
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2701
USA

Executive Director, Open Modeling Foundation (https://openmodelingfoundation.github.io)
Director, Network for Computational Modeling in Social & Ecological Sciences (https://comses.net)

personal website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton

Of interest for:

Cyberinformatics and Numerics Working Group