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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Member of Technical Staff: Research Software Engineer (0652) Job #88102 - BIDS - **Company:** University of California - **Location:** Berkeley, CA, United States - **Salary:** $104,600.0 - $154,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Github, Job Scheduling, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Release Management, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Software Systems, Workflow Management Systems, High Performance Computing, Large Language Models, Agentic-AI, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Dask, Free and Open-Source Software, Slurm, Claude, Software Version Control, Docker - **Published:** November 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-research-software-engineer-0652-job-88102-bids-berkeley-ca--03b80341-fa3e-4ccb-a60d-c1bd245c93be ## About the Role Software Engineering, Technical Research, Software Engineering, Technical Research, Community Support, Strategic Planning, Social Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, * Advanced programming skills, including Python expertise. * Demonstrated fluency using agentic AI and large language model (LLM) coding agents (such as Claude and/or Codex) for software engineering. * Experience building software, tooling, or infrastructure for agentic AI / LLM systems such as agent frameworks, tool and skill integrations, or evaluation harnesses. * Demonstrated software development and maintenance skills: version control with git, testing, continuous integration and/or continuous deployment with GitHub Actions or similar. Advanced knowledge of secure software development. * Experience reviewing code through open discussion and iterations on GitHub. Demonstrated track record using issues and pull requests (or similar) for transparent and distributed project management. * A curious mindset and appetite for navigating complexity and uncertainty. A track record of scoping and delivering on requirements from interdisciplinary teams of domain experts and trainees with varied technical expertise. * Advanced skills associated with software specification, design, modification, implementation, and deployment of large-scale scope. * Excellent project leadership and management skills. * Demonstrated ability to understand functional needs and how systems can support those needs, particularly in the context of leveraging existing functionality in scientific open source libraries. * Advanced experience with planning for real-world deployment and creation of feedback mechanisms across an interdisciplinary team. * Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization and at academic and industry conferences. * Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines. * Demonstrated complex problem-solving skills. * Bachelor's degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Preferred Qualifications * Experience with high-performance computing and scientific workflow systems such as job schedulers (eg: SLURM), containerization (eg: Docker, Apptainer / Singularity, Kubernetes), and workflow tools (eg: Snakemake, CWL, Dask, Nextflow). * Experience participating in multi-stakeholder open source communities: distributed decision making, navigating uncertainty, building consensus, coordinating paid and volunteer contributors, mentoring new members. * Proven track record building tools that are used by research teams to conduct cutting-edge innovation in the life sciences, physical sciences (astronomy, physics, chemistry), and geosciences, and/or the social sciences, humanities, and public health. * Experience conducting research in a data-intensive scientific domain in academia or industry. ## Description 40% Applies advanced software concepts to plan, design, develop, modify, debug, deploy, and evaluate highly complex interface, software, and/or infrastructure solutions that enable agentic AI systems to produce reproducible scientific research. 20% Contributes to and supports the maintenance and sustainability of Lightcone's open source projects. Maintenance can include issue triage, code and documentation review, contributing new features, mentoring new contributors, continuous integration testing, and release management. 10% Develops project plans as part of an interdisciplinary team, delivers allocated tasks, and communicates progress regularly. 5% Analyzes existing highly complex open source software or works to formulate logic and devises algorithms for new modular and composable software systems. Understands and applies industry practices, open source community standards, and department policies and procedures in depth. 5% Enables collaborators to design, implement, reproduce, and extend highly complex data analyses to address real-world research problems, including accessing data from varied multi-modal processing pipelines, working directly with domain scientists and open source communities as appropriate. 5% Prepares and approves or obtains approval for user and developer documentation. Initiates and oversees changes in development, maintenance and system standards. Sets the technical requirements for software specifications, engaging across open source communities as appropriate. Communicates technical requirements to interdisciplinary experts and trainees with varied technical expertise 5% Stays up to date on applicable research and software engineering standards, including applications of agentic AI for science (new models and tools, agentic architectures, and evaluation methods), and security and accessibility practices. Implements cutting-edge practices into software and protocol standards, meeting UC Berkeley-specific policy requirements and national and international standards as applicable. 5% Serves as technical lead for one or two software development projects of moderate to broad scope. Meets with interdisciplinary project teams and provides regular updates on progress. 5% Advances the work of the UC Berkeley Open Source Program Office (OSPO) by demonstrating the value and impact of open source practices., Please submit a cover letter including one concrete, creative example of how you've used agentic AI in your area of expertise - whether in research, software engineering, or elsewhere. Please include a link (repo, notebook, demo, write-up, etc) if one is available. Conviction History Background This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. Misconduct Disclosure As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct: UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy UC Anti-Discrimination Policy Abusive Conduct in the Workplace