2022/09/06 by William F. Godoy, Godoy, William F
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Research Data Management Practices #Scientific Computing and Data Management #Software Engineering (cs.SE)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2209.02610
openalex publication_date 2022/09/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper shares a perspective for the research software engineering (RSE) community to navigate the National Laboratory landscape. The RSE role is a recent concept that led to organizational challenges to place and evaluate their impact, costs and benefits. The premise is that RSEs are a natural fit into the current landscape and can use traditional career growth strategies in science: publications, community engagements and proposals. Projects funding RSEs can benefit from this synergy and be inclusive on traditional activities. Still, a great deal of introspection is needed to close gaps between the rapidly evolving RSE landscape and the well-established communication patterns in science. This perspective is built upon interactions in industry, academia and government in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. The goal is to contribute to the conversation around RSE career growth and understand their return on investment for scientific projects and sponsors.