Junior Software Engineer – Scientific Computing (C++)

<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma';">(ID: 2026-1584) Axle is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma';">Benefits We Offer:<ul><li>100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees</li><li>Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays</li><li>401K match up to 5%</li><li>Educational Benefits for Career Growth</li><li>Employee Referral Bonus</li><li>Flexible Spending Accounts:<ul><li>Healthcare (FSA)</li><li>Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)</li><li>Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)</li><li>Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)</li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="ck-content" style="font-family: Segoe UI; font-size: 11pt;" data-wrapper="true"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Axle is seeking a Junior Software Engineer with a strong foundation in C++ and scientific computing to help build and optimize high‑performance software systems used in compute‑intensive research environments. This role focuses on core software engineering and performance‑oriented C++ development within Linux and HPC settings.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">You will work as part of a collaborative, cross‑functional team developing scalable, well‑engineered systems for numerical and data‑intensive workloads. While some projects involve image‑based data, prior image processing experience is not required—you will learn these domain‑specific aspects on the job with support from senior engineers and domain experts.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Responsibilities<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> <ul><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance C++ software for scientific and computational workloads.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Build scalable applications using modern C++ (17/20) with an emphasis on correctness, performance, and maintainability.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop and extend scientific computing pipelines running in Linux and HPC environments.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Optimize compute‑intensive code using profiling, benchmarking, and performance‑tuning techniques.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> Collaborate with senior engineers and researchers to translate computational requirements into robust software solutions.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Work with containerized applications (Docker, Singularity) deployed in HPC and cloud environments.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Integrate applications with HPC schedulers (e.g., Slurm) for batch and interactive workloads.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Contribute to documentation, testing, and CI/CD workflows to support reliable software delivery.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Required Skills & Qualifications<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> <ul><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">1–3 years of professional experience (or equivalent academic/research experience) in software development.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Proficiency in C++ for scientific or performance‑critical applications.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Working knowledge of Linux development environments.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Familiarity with modern build systems (e.g., CMake, Bazel).<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Experience or coursework in scientific computing, numerical methods, or systems programming.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Basic experience with Python for scripting, tooling, or analysis.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Strong problem‑solving skills and a desire to learn complex technical systems.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Preferred Qualifications<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> <ul><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Exposure to parallel or high‑performance computing concepts (e.g., multithreading, vectorization, MPI, OpenMP).<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Experience with GPU computing (CUDA, etc.)<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Experience running software on HPC clusters or similar shared compute environments.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Singularity).<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Experience with profiling or performance‑analysis tools.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest in applied scientific or research‑driven software development.<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 17.4px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">What We Emphasize<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> <ul><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Strong fundamentals in C++ and software engineering<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Learning and growth over prior domain specialization<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Mentorship and collaboration with experienced engineers<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li><li class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Clear ownership of well‑scoped technical components<span class="EOP SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="line-height: 21.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559738":220,"335559739":220,"335559740":300}"> </li></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW260888228 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'; text-align: center;">Disclaimer: The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individuals assigned to this position or job description. This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.The diversity of Axle’s employees is a tremendous asset. We are firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment based on age, race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, covered veteran status, sexual orientation, status with respect to public assistance, and other characteristics protected under state, federal, or local law and to deter those who aid, abet, or induce discrimination or coerce others to discriminate.Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: <a href="mailto:careers@axleinfo.com" target=" _blank">careers@axleinfo.com</a> This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location.#IND</div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range">$80,000—$120,000 USD</div></div></div>

Junior Software Engineer – Scientific Computing (C++)

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