Senior Backend Software Engineer (HPC)

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Company

hirify.global is hiring for a technology partner developing an advanced engineering simulation platform.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and web APIs for simulation workflows and data access.
• Build task pipelines, caching, synchronization, storage, and data-management systems for complex multi-physics simulations.
• Develop hybrid-cloud compute and storage solutions connecting on-premise HPC environments with cloud platforms.
• Architect Kubernetes-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.
• Optimize HPC environments using high-speed interconnects and CPU/GPU resources.
• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, authentication, authorization, and backend security controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Professional backend development experience with Java, Python, and/or C++.
• Strong experience with AWS or comparable cloud platforms, including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and infrastructure automation.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and distributed systems in production.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking fundamentals, backend security, infrastructure troubleshooting, and configuration management.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, observability, and infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating cloud platforms with HPC environments or large compute clusters.
• Familiarity with Slurm, distributed computing frameworks, or large-scale data pipelines.
• Experience supporting scientific computing, engineering, or simulation platforms.
• Knowledge of GPU infrastructure and resource scheduling.
• Experience developing internal infrastructure tooling or developer platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on infrastructure supporting advanced engineering simulations and growing compute demands.
• Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams on simulation-specific backend solutions.
• Develop systems that connect on-premise computing environments with modern cloud platforms.
• Contribute to reliable, reproducible deployments and improved engineering productivity.