Software Developer/Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Software Developer/Analyst

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Hiring Department:

Department of Physics

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

The Department of Physics plays a pivotal role in the advancing of knowledge, nurturing the next generation of physicists and making a lasting impact on the world of physics.

 

The College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin, strives to foster a work environment that enables all employees to contribute at the highest possible level to support the mission of the University.  What starts here really does change the world.  For more information about the College of Natural Sciences, please visit. https://cns.utexas.edu.  

 

The university offers an impressive benefits package including:

• Employer paid health insurance (employee premiums covered at 100%; spouse and family premiums at 50%)

• Dental, vision, life and disability insurance options

• Paid vacation and sick leave

• Paid holidays

• Retirement plan

 

For more details, please see: Prospective Employee Benefits and My Total Rewards. 

 

Continuation is dependent upon funding. Must be eligible to work in the US on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Job Details:

General Notes

The experimental high-energy physics group in the Department of Physics invites applicants for a Software Developer position to develop, implement and maintain the IRIS-HEP software system ServiceX.  The ServiceX project aims to provide a next generation intelligent, highly-responsive, on-demand analysis data delivery system for the particle physics experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.

Purpose:

Research software engineer working on the ServiceX data delivery project. The candidate will take a leading role in designing, implementing, and supporting this project, which will be used for analysis of data from the Large Hadron Collider.

Responsibilities

• Implementation (development of ServiceX server software and user client software; documentation)

• Working with analysis facilities and users (monitoring feedback forums; working with sysadmins and users to resolve issues they report)

• Software project management

Required Qualifications

• Training in systems analysis and programming.

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years working in a software development position

• Experience with Python

• Experience in computer programming, software development or related area

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with software project management. Experience participating in and leading a geographically distributed group of software developers.

• Sustained, major contributions to a software project.

• Familiarity with distributed applications, micro-service architecture, and Kubernetes.

• Experience with data analysis in the Python language, using frameworks such as pandas, Apache Parquet, and Awkward Array.

Salary Range

$65,000 - $75,000

Working Conditions

• Work around standard office conditions

• May work in a research laboratory environment

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• Letter of interest/Research Statement

• 3 References

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