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Position Summary:
The Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) located at Virginia Tech seeks candidates for multiple software scientist positions in the areas of molecular science, applied mathematics and computer science. The successful candidates will be actively involved in an interdisciplinary team who will help develop software frameworks, interact with community code developers including Software Fellows, develop and provide software development training, collaborate with partners in cyberinfrastructure, form mutually productive coalitions with industry, government labs and international efforts. Candidates should have demonstrable skills in computational methods and theories for molecular sciences, applied mathematics, or computer science and in active community software development.
Specific duties (among the hires):
Develop software infrastructure and frameworks for community use and development;
Collaborate with scientists both within and without MolSSI to address the priorities of the community and MolSSI;
Provide expertise in design, optimization, verification, and documentation of software;
Provide forums for standards development and resource curation to the community;
Serve as mentors to Software Fellows by training them in software engineering best practices, API development, unit-testing, documentation, version control, performance profiling and other issues essential to community software development;
Interact with partners in industry, NSF supercomputing centers, national laboratories, and international facilities to identify emerging hardware trends, software priorities and future career paths;
Lead and participate in outreach and educational activities, as well as developing instructional materials;
Author/co-author articles for publication and presentation in scientific journals;
Present MolSSI activities and research at professional and project meetings;
Ensure all relevant safety policies and procedures are followed and appropriate training is acquired and maintained;
Personal professional development activities

Required Qualifications:
PhD in chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, applied mathematics or related area; OR
MSc with demonstrated experience or PhD in computer engineering, computer science, or related area;
AND
Experience in theoretical and computational methods for molecular sciences, applied mathematics or computer science

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in successful software development activities;
Experience in modern computational software development cycle methods;
Experience with high performance computers and associated centers;
Ability to meet intermediate objectives towards the accomplishment of milestones for the advancement of concurrent projects;
Excellent publication record;
Excellent written and oral communication skills



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