Software Engineer

Join KAUST in King, NC for an onsite Software Engineer role focused on marine and ocean sciences. You will help build and run software and database systems that support the Red Sea Research Center and the IOP Ocean Observing System, including data streams, workflows, archiving, and web/GIS connectivity. The position includes supervisory responsibility for a supporting staff member who facilitates the user interface.

What you’ll work on

• Develop and improve the group’s web application and database system for archiving historical, present, and future marine and oceanographic research data sets.
• Create workflows to ingest data streams from oceanographic autonomous vehicles, remote sensor sites, and other instrumentation into the database.
• Build and maintain interfaces to distribute scientific data sets to adjacent systems, including ArcGIS Server and the Red Sea model.
• Coordinate software development with scientists, IT Operations, GIS, and visualization specialists.
• Own the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment, following a “You Build It, You Run It” approach.
• Partner with scientists and engineers to develop new capabilities for data measurement, telemetry, assimilation into operational models, and archiving.
• Work with external collaborators to support exchange and linkage with external databases.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience building scalable software and meeting user requirements.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in a related effort.

Technology focus

• ArcGIS Server

Location

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (King, NC). Onsite role.

Application process

KAUST is conducting this search through Interfolio’s Faculty Search. Applicants receive a free Dossier account and can submit all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, at no cost.

Open date: Sep 06, 2021