Scientific Software Engineer – Meteorological Decoders

🔥 14 hours ago

🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $75k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Lynker

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

💼 Consulting

🔬 Science

Consulting • Science • Engineering

Lynker is a premier science, engineering, and technology company that specializes in providing innovative solutions in weather and climate science, marine/ocean science and engineering, and space weather and space climate. The company partners with governments, communities, and industries to deliver impactful services that address global environmental security and economic prosperity. By leveraging a team of skilled scientists, engineers, and educators, Lynker tackles some of the nation’s most important missions and challenges, while also focusing on training, communications, and outreach for effective environmental policy and compliance.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and optimize C and Fortran programs used to decode raw meteorological bulletins • Translate non-standard native data formats into BUFR and JEDI IODA netcdf by engineering specialized decoder logic • Manage input and output streams for ingest data queues, descriptor lists, and temporary BUFR message storage • Monitor and troubleshoot operational data ingestion across LDM, DBNet, GTS, and WIS2 meteorological data servers • Optimize decoded data tanks for rapid assimilation into the NCEP NWP system • Manage and maintain software repositories for legacy and operational decoder processing • Liaise with upstream data originators and downstream NCO Operations users to integrate new observational data types into the BUFR pipeline • Report software task progress, system performance metrics, and project risks to the Lead Scientist and Federal oversight managers • Participate in the GEODE project to transition legacy decoder frameworks to modern architectures

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced skills and knowledge of Fortran and C programming languages specifically tailored for data parsing and processing • Deep understanding of BUFR, including table-driven descriptors and binary extraction logic • Experience working in a UNIX/Linux environment with advanced shell scripting languages • Demonstrated knowledge of meteorological data servers and distribution networks (LDM, DBNet, GTS, WIS2) • Skills and knowledge of High-Performance Computing (HPC) file systems and job schedulers (e.g., WCOSS environment, MPI, Slurm, LSF) • Knowledge of modern software development practices and version control software, particularly Git/GitHub/Gitflow • Ability to perform complex, mission-critical debugging in a fast-paced, operational environment • Knowledge of global Data Assimilation (DA) systems and observation networks • Experience transitioning legacy meteorological codebases into Cloud environments • Background in atmospheric physics or earth system modeling

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost • Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision • Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays • Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks • 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners! • Flexible spending accounts • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Life and accident insurance • Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year • Spot bonuses for exceptional performance • Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses • Employee Referral Program • Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace • Personalized career growth plans for every employee

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