# Research Software Engineer (all genders) HPC & Performance Portability

The German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) is the central simulation and data processing facility for the German climate and Earth system modelling community and one of the leading institutions in this field worldwide. DKRZ not only operates supercomputers of the highest performance class and one of the largest data and archive systems, but also participates in many national and international projects aimed at improving the software and infrastructure for climate modelling. Here we are offering a position as Research Software Engineer (all genders) HPC & Performance Portability Your tasks A key focus for DKRZ is the development of the climate and weather model ICON, and its further preparation for current and future HPC systems. Within the European PHOENIX project, we aim to develop a maintainable, performance-portable version of ICON that runs efficiently on heterogeneous CPU and GPU architectures. In this context, you will contribute to the development, integration, and optimisation of ICON on the largest European supercomputers. Your work will focus on several aspects of performance-portable scientific software, depending on your background and interests. This includes integrati

- **Id**: 3737197
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/dkrz-research-software-engineer-all-genders-hpc-performance-portability>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hamburg, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T07:17:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T06:49:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
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- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Research Institutes, High-Performance Computing

## Company

- **Id**: 1754430
- **Name**: DKRZ
- **Domain**: dkrz.de
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/dkrz>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: softgarden

## Technologies

- **Bash** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Fortran** — Optional: no
- **HPC** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **MPI** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Unix** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

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- **Band**: hot
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- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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