Senior Scientific Application Programmer

Job Summary

To support the operational transition and development of NOAA's Warn-on-Forecast Systems, the full-time remote Senior Scientific Application Programmer will develop, integrate, and optimize scientific software and workflows for high-performance numerical weather prediction systems.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, test, and optimize scientific software for the cloud-based WoFSv1 system
• Design and maintain workflows that encompass model preprocessing, data assimilation, forecasting, and product generation
• Conduct verification, benchmarking, and performance evaluation to ensure operational readiness and forecast skill

Required qualifications

• M.S. or higher in Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in software development and code management using GitHub
• Knowledge of Numerical Weather Prediction modeling and atmospheric physics
• Strong proficiency in Fortran and Python, particularly for scientific applications
• Experience in cloud High Performance Computing environments is highly desired