Application Developer

Job Summary

NExScI at Caltech/IPAC has an opening for an Application Developer with a strong background in Unix software development to join the Keck Observatory Archive (KOA) development team. Come be a part of the team that is helping astronomers and data scientists all over the world access and explore the rich data sets available at KOA.

Essential Job Duties

• Support the development of new query infrastructures and end user services that offer fast access to complex data sets.
• Extend the archive infrastructure to ingest and organize scientific data into the archive.
• Automate and improve the management of our development environment through improved CI/CD processes within the GitHub repository.
• Implement systems for software library and OS version controls.
• Implement logging and metrics for reporting and status monitoring.
• Streamline deployment of software into test and production environments, through continuous integration, and troubleshoot runtime issues.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, and a minimum of four years of relevant professional or academic experience in modern software engineering.
• Expertise in Python, Linux/UNIX environments, and shell scripting.
• Proficiency in AI/ML and experience with modern development and deployment tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins.
• Knowledge of configuration management practices and tools such as Git/GitHub and Jira.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in collaborative environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Astronomy, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Sciences, or a related field.
• Experience with web server administration, operations, and cloud services.
• Expertise in AI/ML, databases, and SQL.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and modern cloud-based development environments.