Machine Learning Performance Engineer

Job reference: VN26-27

Salary and Grade: Grade A2, EUR 91,754 ( Bonn/Germany) / NET annual basic salary + other benefits

Deadline for applications: 22/03/2026

Department: Computing

Location: Bonn, Germany

Contract type: STF-PS

Publication date: 23/02/2026

Contract Duration: Approx. two years to 31 May 2028

Your role

We are searching for a highly motivated Machine Learning Performance Engineer to join the HPC Applications team at ECMWF. In this role, you will have a particular focus on benchmarking and optimising machine learning (ML) models within the Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative of the European Commission so that they run efficiently across a variety of EuroHPC systems such as LUMI, Leonardo, MareNostrum 5 and JUPITER as well as ECMWF's own in-house HPC systems. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they dont possess any machine learning ...

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