HPC/AI Technical Solution Engineer

Viridien•Houston, TX

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Viridien is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges. Do you want to understand a client's workload, design the cloud HPC architecture, prove the performance, and turn the result into a commercial solution customers can trust? Viridien operates 700+ petaflops globally and executes 1M+ scientific computing jobs daily across areas such as energy, materials science, biotech, and AI-driven research. This is production HPC at industrial scale, built over decades of operating at the cutting-edge in geoscience technology; and Viridien are looking to continue to grow as a global HPC and cloud technology leader. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside top experts in the field, develop your technical expertise and business acumen, and shape how customers actually adopt high-performance computing in the cloud. About the Role As an HPC/AI Technical Solution Engineer, you will operate in the zone where HPC performance, cloud transformation, AI/GPU infrastructure, and customer business outcomes meet. You will play a key role in designing and delivering innovative solutions, shaping our offerings, and impacting the success of our customers worldwide. This hands-on, customer-facing position combines technical expertise with a consultative approach to deliver optimized HPC solutions that meet client needs and demonstrate clear commercial value. You will engage directly with customers to understand their business challenges, showcase our HPC&CS offerings, design and deploy tailored architectures, and develop proofs of concept (PoCs) to validate technical and financial benefits. You will also support customers in their journey to move to the cloud, ensuring smooth adoption and integration of HPC workloads into Viridien’s cloud environments. This role will involve some travel including customer workshops, conferences, and sales support. Due to the nature of the role collaboration with internal technical teams will be essential to ensure seamless implementation and ongoing support, so the role will be based in our Houston office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or other computationally intensive scientific domain such as Geophysics or Physics.
5+ years of experience in HPC, AI/cloud infrastructure, solution engineering, technical consulting, in a comparable customer/stakeholder-facing technical engineering role.
Hands-on experience in: Design, setup, and deployment of Linux-based HPC and AI architecture on-premise and/or cloud infrastructure.
Hands-on experience in: A broad range of HPC and AI applications or frameworks (open-source and ISV), including industry-standard performance benchmarks.
Working knowledge of: GPU applications.
Working knowledge of: TCP/IP fundamentals, RDMA, InfiniBand, cluster networking, and MPI job execution.
Working knowledge of: Distributed/parallel file systems and storage fundamentals.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to work directly with customers, partners, or internal stakeholders to gather requirements and guide solution adoption.

Responsibilities

Support customers in transitioning HPC workloads to cloud platforms by understanding their requirements and designing optimized architecture solutions.
Assist Sales and Business Development Managers during technical meetings and pre-sales activities, including drafting detailed technical proposals.
Design and lead Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) to validate solutions and demonstrate technical and commercial value.
Drive implementation efforts in collaboration with internal architects and subject matter experts to deliver robust solutions.
Conduct hands-on workshops showcasing the benefits and capabilities of Viridien’s Cloud Infrastructure.
Bridge technology and business objectives by aligning technical solutions with customer goals.
Serve as the primary technical contact for customers on all HPC-related topics.
Provide best-practice guidance for cluster usage, including compute, GPU, storage, and networking optimization.
Perform performance benchmarking and tuning to ensure optimal workload efficiency.
Deliver clear, compelling presentations to both internal stakeholders and external customers.
Act as the voice of the customer, providing actionable feedback to product and engineering teams to close technical gaps and influence roadmap development.