Software Scientist I - 531058
About The Position
The Software Scientist I develops, maintains, and extends software components and features for a variety of products, writing well-designed, testable, and efficient software. The position supports the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) Cyberinfrastructure – R2OHC Platform research projects at the Alabama Water Institute. CIROH @ AWI has developed a hybrid and multi-cloud water science environment for collaborative analysis of the National Water Model and efforts to improve U.S. capacity for critical flood and drought prediction. Working with leadership, DevOps Engineers, a System/Site Reliability Engineer, Research Software Engineers, hydrologic modelers, and experts in GIS, AI/ML, and databases, the role supports existing CIROH research projects by developing and maintaining the CIROH Hub and related web platforms, building data visualizations and integrations, and maintaining CIROH-UA open-source repositories. The position maintains web applications that support scientific research and operational hydrology. Renewal is contingent on funding availability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree; or an associate's degree and two years of IT experience; or a high school diploma or GED and four years of IT experience.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration with academics, researchers, engineers, and students.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and JavaScript.
- Familiarity with web development frameworks.
- Knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, authentication frameworks, OIDC, and version control systems such as Git.
- Knowledge of GIS, geospatial data tools, and visualization techniques.
- Understanding of scientific computing principles.
- Ability to stay current, learn new concepts and techniques, and build a strategic network of stakeholders and experts.
- Ability to collaborate with teams and experts.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with web mapping libraries such as Leaflet, MapLibre, or OpenLayers; spatial databases such as PostgreSQL/PostGIS; and GeoServer or similar open-source map services.
- Experience with software development, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and deployments.
- Experience with data discovery, metadata documentation, data processing, geospatial analysis, and scientific research.
- Experience working with large satellite remote sensing datasets in disparate formats and processing the data for geoscience applications.
- Experience developing and deploying web-based applications for data discovery, visualization, and analysis.
- Experience producing open-source computer code and software applications.
- Experience creating informational publications, training materials, brochures, or fact sheets.
- Experience delivering training.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and extend software components and features for a variety of products.
- Write well-designed, testable, and efficient software.
- Develop and maintain the CIROH Hub and related web platforms.
- Build data visualizations and data integrations.
- Maintain CIROH-UA open-source repositories.
- Maintain web applications supporting scientific research and operational hydrology.
- Collaborate with leadership, engineers, hydrologic modelers, researchers, and GIS, AI/ML, and database experts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
