☁ Cloud HPC Engineer ☁

Walnut Creek, California, US on site Until 8/21/2026 5+ years exp First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description

Overview

We are building the real-world J.A.R.V.I.S. for materials RnD (https://exabyte.io/img/iron-man-creates-material.gif) and looking for Senior Engineers excited about bridging the gap between materials/chemistry, data science, and computer science to help us develop a software framework for designing and discovering new advanced materials and chemicals. More about our codebase and team on our GitHub page.

Work will focus on (1) building a cloud-based high-performance computing platform for nanoscale materials and chemistry, (2) planning and organizing the work of the engineering team, (3) establishing the architecture and infrastructure for the product.

Successful candidates will continue into leadership roles as we grow.
This is a full-time permanent position.


Responsibilities

  • software development
  • software design and architecture
  • work closely with the product team, relay and explain software concepts


Why Join

  • see the results of your creative work used directly by the world's leading enterprises
  • realize your ambitions and directly define how materials research is done in the future
  • work with top-tier human capital in research, engineering, and venture capital

Requirements

Engineering

  • Python (advanced)
  • Linux/RedHat/Bash (advanced)
  • AWS/Azure/GCP (advanced)
  • OpenMP/MPI/CUDA (intermediate)
  • Docker/Singularity or similar (intermediate)

Other

  • ability to learn and apply new concepts rapidly
  • extreme attention to details

Plus

  • familiarity with SaltStack, Ansible, or similar
  • knowledge of chemistry/materials science
  • work with advanced electronic structure codes (VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, Gaussian, NWChem, Siesta, or similar) is not required but is a plus
  • experience with machine learning

Benefits

Company Benefits Include

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Work From Home
  • Free Food & Snacks
  • Wellness Resources
  • Stock Option Plan

Compensation

  • $130,000 - $200,000 salary range
  • 0.1 - 0.9% stock options
About this role

Summary

Develop cloud-based HPC platform for materials science, lead engineering team, design architecture.

Job title

Cloud HPC Engineer

Experience level

senior level

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Walnut Creek, California, US, remote work allowed

Salary

$130k–$200k

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PythonLinux/RedHat/BashAWS/Azure/GCPOpenMP/MPI/CUDADocker/Singularity

Preferred skills

SaltStackAnsiblechemistrymaterials sciencemachine learning

Specializations

cloud computinghigh-performance computingmaterials sciencechemistrydata science
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Walnut Creek, CA, USA

Hybrid City