Software Engineering Intern (Time-Limited/Remote) - WashU IT

Job description

Scheduled Hours 40 Position Summary: Assists in application development and integration on our High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster used by researchers across disciplines. Work closely with research computing staff, software engineers, and faculty to help build, optimize, and support scientific and data-intensive applications on a modern HPC environment. This role is ideal for a student who enjoys software development, is curious about large-scale computing, and wants hands-on experience enabling real-world research in areas such as computational science, AI/ML, bioinformatics, and data analytics. Job Description: Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Develop, test, and maintain tools, scripts, and services that support research workflows on the HPC cluster (e.g., job submission helpers, workflow automation, monitoring tools). Contribute to internal web applications, command-line tools, or APIs that simplify HPC usage for researchers. Assist with integrating new research applications and libraries into the cluster environment. Follow software engineering best practices including version control, code reviews, issue tracking, and testing. Write clean, maintainable, and well-documen...