About
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is Spain's leading supercomputing center. It researches, develops, and manages information technologies to facilitate scientific progress, combining high-performance computing services and research and development in computer and computational science.
Responsibilities
•Curate and assess regional analyses, forecasts, and reanalyses for training and evaluating the regional AI forecasting system
•Design, build, and maintain reproducible ML data pipelines that transform raw simulation and observational data into Anemoi-compatible datasets
•Implement automated testing and CI/CD pipelines for data-processing workflows
•Support the deployment and validation of data pipelines on HPC and AI Factory infrastructure, including scalability and performance testing
•Collaborate with the international consortium and document pipelines to ensure reproducibility and traceability
Requirements
•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Physics, Environmental/Atmospheric Science, or a related discipline
•Strong Python programming skills and experience building data-processing or ETL pipelines
•Experience handling scientific data formats such as NetCDF, GRIB, and Zarr, and tools such as Xarray, CDO, and NCO
•Experience preparing datasets for machine-learning training pipelines, ideally in Earth, weather, or climate sciences
•Familiarity with UNIX/Linux environments and scripting languages
•Experience with HPC environments, including job schedulers such as Slurm and GPU-based workflows
•Fluency in English
•Ability to work independently and within an international, multi-partner consortium
•Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
•Excellent communication skills for collaborating with interdisciplinary teams
Nice to have
•A Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field
•Familiarity with the Anemoi ecosystem or similar ML-ready NWP dataset frameworks
•Knowledge of NWP/reanalysis datasets and data-quality assessment
•Experience with CI/CD tools, containerization (Docker/Podman), automated testing, and version control systems such as Git
•Proficiency in Spanish and other European languages
Conditions
•Location: Barcelona
•Full-time contract, 35h/week
•Flexible working hours
•Extensive training plan
•Restaurant tickets and private health insurance
•Relocation support is available
•Open-ended contract linked to the technical and scientific activities and project budget duration
•22 days of holidays, 6 personal days, and 24th and 31st of December off under the collective agreement
•Competitive salary commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience and the cost of living in Barcelona
•The position is located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
