Research Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, Artificial Life, Pi — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience in software development, with a focus on distributed computing and parallelizable infrastructure.
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Build large-scale simulations and manage distributed computing infrastructure to scale digital ecosystems and experiments.
- Create modular infrastructure capable of running experiments with trillions of generated programs and complex interactions.
- 2 years of experience in software development, with a focus on distributed computing and parallelizable infrastructure.
Main responsibilities
- Build large-scale simulations and manage distributed computing infrastructure to scale digital ecosystems and experiments.
- Create modular infrastructure capable of running experiments with trillions of generated programs and complex interactions.
- Optimize compute usage and efficiently manage significant CPU resource requirements across shared infrastructure.
- Implement efficient scheduling, resolve job failures, and ensure that massive-scale runs execute reliably.
- Provide dedicated engineering support to accelerate data analysis and the launching of new experiments.
Key requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in software development, with a focus on distributed computing and parallelizable infrastructure.
- Experience scaling systems from single-CPU runs to distributed environments.
- Experience with infrastructure optimization and resource management.
Application process
- In this role, you will apply your expertise in distributed simulations to manage massive-scale environments for frontier machine learning research.
- Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field -- we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products.
Additional details
- Demonstrated ability to handle the increased complexity and geographical segregation of populations within digital ecosystems.
Notes and original content
- About the job
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What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
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Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Google Switzerland offer?
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