Jobs at Simons Foundation

Provides editorial, publishing, and administrative support for science nonfiction titles. Responsibilities include researching acquisitions, evaluating proposals, writing editorial and promotional copy, managing publication calendars and databases, coordinating permissions and fact-checking, supporting events and travel, liaising with authors and publishing partners, and managing social media and website updates.

Develops, deploys, and maintains software and infrastructure supporting scientific computing and data-intensive research. Works with scientists to build cloud, Linux, containerized, distributed, and GPU-enabled solutions; troubleshoots applications and workflows; optimizes performance and resource utilization; develops automation, APIs, monitoring, and operational tools; and supports reproducible computational and machine-learning workflows across on-premises and cloud environments.

Leads complex, cross-functional Informatics projects from planning through delivery. Develops project plans, milestones, responsibilities, resource strategies, and risk mitigation plans; coordinates software, product, bioinformatics, scientific, and study teams; tracks dependencies, deliverables, and project health; maintains documentation and status reporting; facilitates planning meetings; manages Jira, Confluence, or similar systems; and improves project delivery practices across the Informatics portfolio.

Paid spring 2027 internship reporting and writing neuroscience news for The Transmitter in New York City. Responsibilities include pitching, researching, and writing articles for a scientific audience while following journalistic ethics. Applicants need a bachelor's degree, strong interest or background in neuroscience-related fields, and journalistic writing clips. Graduate journalism coursework is preferred.

Supports Quanta Magazine’s digital publishing and newsroom operations by formatting and updating web content, coordinating visual assets and editorial schedules, managing calendars, meetings, travel, events, invoices, correspondence, and administrative requests. The role also assists with WordPress production, website improvements, freelancer coordination, expense reporting, and board meeting logistics.

Provides high-level administrative support to scientific leadership and the Center for Computational Neuroscience. Responsibilities include calendar and meeting management, expense reports, event and seminar coordination, travel arrangements, reimbursements, catering, website and database updates, publication and mailing-list maintenance, and stakeholder communication. The role requires strong organization, discretion, multitasking, and collaboration in an on-site New York City environment, including occasional evening work.

The News Editor assigns, shapes, and edits neuroscience news, enterprise stories, profiles, scoops, and accountability pieces. Responsibilities include managing staff and freelance contributors, overseeing copyediting and fact-checking, recruiting interns and reporters, ensuring diverse coverage, collaborating on visuals and data graphics, and helping set editorial priorities. The role requires strong science journalism experience, familiarity with neuroscience research and policy, excellent writing and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.

The Director of Research Software Engineering leads a team to develop software systems for scientific data in autism and neuroscience, ensuring these systems meet researcher needs and adhere to open science principles.