The GWDG is seeking two

Generative AI Developers (m/f/d)

to join an interdisciplinary team of HPC experts in the working group “Computing” (AG C) with a regular working weekof 39 hours (100%). Remuneration is in accordance with the collective agreement for the German public service(federal government); depending on qualifications, the position will be grade E 13. The position is suitable for part-timework and initially limited till 31.05.2028. The GWDG strives for long-term cooperation. If interested, there is thepossibility of a doctorate.

The Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) is the university computing centerfor the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and a computing and IT competence center for the Max Planck Society.The provision of high-performance HPC systems has been one of its tasks for over 40 years. In 2020, the Universityof Göttingen / GWDG was accepted as one of eight computing centers in the National High-Performance Computing(NHR) network. The GWDG operates the HLRN-IV system “Emmy”, one of the most powerful computers in the world.

As a national supercomputing center, the GWDG offers technical support to researchers and students from variousscience domains using sophisticated computer codes, including earth system science, life science, and engineering.We also participate in both national and international research projects. At the same time, we aim to improve our closecollaboration with The German Aerospace Center (DLR), and specialized computing centers including the GermanClimate Computing Center (DKRZ) and the Institute for Advanced Simulation Jülich (IAS-JSC).

As part of our AI Service Center for Sensitive and Critical Infrastructure (KISSKI) we have created a number of AI-based services that offer high levels of security and privacy due to being processed on our own hardware. Moreover,as part of KISSKI and the EU AI Factory HammerHAI as well as due to our general efforts to increase the reach of ourAI offerings, we collaborate with a number of customers including universities, public institutions and companies inorder to explore the application of AI technologies to customer use cases.

The GWDG together with the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Campus Institute Data Science(CIDAS) of the University of Göttingen provides a stimulating research environment in Scientific Computing, with anopportunity to conduct research in the intersection of applied computer science, High-Performance Computing, AI,and Machine Learning.

Responsibilities

We have a wide range of potential responsibilities that we would like to discuss with you. Your responsibilities in ourteam could include, for example:

Further development of our AI services (including Chat AI, Voice AI and Image AI)

Further development of the SAIA Platform (Scalable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Accelerator)

Implementation and optimization of inference jobs on our HPC cluster

Support for scientists and companies in the development of AI services

Representation at workshops and conferences

Design appropriate solutions to address customer use cases building upon our existing AI infrastructure

Document solutions for internal knowledge sharing and customer handover

Requirements

Successfully completed academic university degree (master's or bachelor's degree) in computer science orrelated fields

Very good programming skills in a high-level programming language, primarily Python

Very good Linux skills (e.g. Bash scripting, Git, containers)

Good knowledge of software engineering (security, testing)

Good knowledge of DevOps (e.g. Gitlab, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, pytest)

Good knowledge of databases (SQLModel, SQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite)

Experience with web development (HTTP, FastAPI, HTML, JavaScript)

Basics in generative AI (e.g. LLMs, diffusion models, and use with Pytorch or Tensorflow)

Experience with the use of HPC systems desirable (e.g. SLURM)

Excellent analytical skills

Excellent problem-solving skills

Very good English skills

Willingness to travel on business

Desirable

Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical customers

Experience with customer-facing technical roles

Basics in agile software development (e.g. Kanban, Scrum)

Experience with service-oriented user support

Exposure to HPC, scientific computing, or data-intensive domains

Intermediate knowledge of German

Our offer

Flexible working hours and opportunity for mobile working

A modern, diverse, and exceptional work environment with close proximity to academia and research at theintersection of several innovative technology sectors

An interesting, versatile job in a large, internationally operating IT competence center

Collaboration in a competent and committed team

Qualification and further development of your skills

Social benefits of the public sector

Your application

Have we sparked your interest? Then please send us your application by

22.02.2026

via our

online form

.

The GWDG strives for gender equity and diversity and therefore welcomes applications from any background. TheGWDG strives to employ more severely disabled people. Applications from severely disabled persons are expresslyencouraged.

If you have any questions about the advertised position, please contact Prof. Dr. Julian Kunkel (e-mail:

julian.kunkel@gwdg.de

) or Dr. Christian Boehme (e-mail:

christian.boehme@gwdg.de

).