Fortran Developer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Fortran Developer to join our engineering team and support the modernization, optimization, and maintenance of high‑performance scientific and computational systems. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in legacy and modern Fortran standards, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work within complex, multi‑module codebases.

• Design, develop, optimize, and maintain software written in Fortran (77/90/95/2003/2008)
• Refactor legacy codebases to improve performance, readability, and maintainability
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and technical leads to translate computational requirements into robust implementations
• Integrate Fortran modules with C/C++, Python, or other languages as needed
• Conduct performance profiling, debugging, and numerical validation
• Write clear documentation, technical specifications, and test plans
• Support modernization efforts, including migration to newer compilers, HPC environments, or cloud‑based compute platforms

• 5+ years of professional experience with Fortran in scientific, engineering, or HPC environments
• Strong understanding of numerical methods, computational modeling, or simulation workflows
• Experience with parallelization (OpenMP, MPI) and performance tuning
• Familiarity with Linux environments, build systems (Make, CMake), and version control (Git)
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a technical team

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