Have you ever thought that you’d like to write code to model something awesome? Like rockets? Aircraft? Explosions? Advanced battery performance? That’s what we do at Illinois Rocstar! Producing tools, interfaces, and systems to run on the most advanced high performance computing platforms in the world, we are all about making High Performance Computational Science and Engineering better and easier to use. To learn more about us and three of our current open-source projects, see:
http://www.illinoisrocstar.com https://github.com/IllinoisRocstar http://chemistryhub.org
The Job
In this permanent, full-time position, you’ll be working alongside a great team of computationally-savvy engineers and scientists using our custom agile development process and environment. You’ll be focused on several web application projects including cloud delivery of scientific services both on the server and client sides. Everyone on the team works the entire process: planning, programming, testing, documenting, and deploying. You’ll be part of the big picture. This position focuses the most attention on the web programming aspect of the process.
Requirements
· You must have experience as a web backend/frontend web programmer (i.e., some portion of “Full Stack”) and have a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or a similar area.
· You must be a U.S. citizen or current U.S. permanent resident.
· You must be comfortable working in a Linux development environment and administering web services and applications in Linux.
· You must have good communication/writing/presentation skills.
· You must be willing to live in/relocate to the Champaign, Illinois area.
Nice-to-Haves, But Not Required (in approximate order of importance)
· Experience with enterprise-level, web-oriented database systems, WEBGL, and/or C++ programming.
· Experience with web application functional and stress testing.
· Linux and/or Linux cluster administration skills.
· Science background in a field such as engineering, physics, math, chemistry, etc.
Benefits, etc.
We offer a competitive salary + benefits package, including 401K with company matching, vacation, holidays, subsidized health insurance, and performance bonuses. Salary commensurate with experience and skillset as applies to the position. Illinois Rocstar is located in the University of Illinois Research Park (http://www.researchpark.illinois.edu/), home to a wide variety of high-tech startups and multiple Fortune 500 research organizations. The tech environment is amazing (http://www.yourewelcomecu.com/); Champaign is one of the best small cities that you’ll ever find to live in (http://www.visitchampaigncounty.org/), and it’s only a short drive to Chicago, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Come join us as a Rocstar!
To Apply
To apply, please include your cover letter and resume, including reference to github code or websites you’ve built, and forward to careers@illinoisrocstar.com.