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> On Mar 9, 2015, at 12:05 PM, j...@code4lib.org wrote:
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> Digital Humanities Developer
> Yale University
> New Haven
>
> This position designs and builds rich-client, web-based applications to
> support Digital Humanities projects on Yale's campus. Using dynamic scripting
> languages such as Python and Ruby, the Programmer/Analyst produces back-end,
> web-server code that turns research ideas into concrete reality. Working in
> partnership with a UX & Visual Designer, this position is responsible for both
> new software platforms, as well as the adoption of open-source projects for
> use at Yale.
>
>
> The Programmer/Analyst focuses on technological solutions and platforms that
> are crucial to Digital Humanities work. The majority of the systems involved
> in the DHLab fit within either the LAMP or Ruby on Rails technology stacks.
> The Programmer/Analyst works in a Linux web server environment, and deploys
> MVC-based, RESTful web applications. The position creates, maintains, and
> updates open-source repositories of code developed at Yale, as well as
> projects adapted from other institutions. The position works with both
> traditional relational and NoSQL database contexts, depending on the
> requirements of the specific project (such as managing crowd-sourced
> contributions from thousands of participants.)
>
>
> The individual in this position will work to capture requirements from project
> leaders in an ongoing and iterative process. This role has the sole
> responsibility for determining the architecture, design, data schema, and
> development timeline to bring technical projects to successful completion.
> This position works alongside faculty, students, and librarians as clients and
> collaborators, to specify and realize complex Digital Humanities projects, and
> is responsible for evaluating project needs and recommending and implementing
> the best solution.
>
>
> This position is a member of the newly-formed Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab)
> at Yale, housed in Sterling Memorial Library at the heart of campus. The lab
> serves Yale scholars who wish to collaborate across disciplines, with a focus
> on STEM/Arts & Humanities (STEAM) projects. This role supports projects that
> pair specialists in computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, and
> other STEM fields with partners in the humanities and the arts.
>
>
> Required Education, Skills and Experience:
>
> * Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years of related work
> experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
> * Strong interpersonal and communications skills and demonstrated ability to
> work as part of collaborative teams. Ability to communicate effectively with
> faculty, students, and staff.
> * Demonstrated project management skills including background managing
> multiple priorities and experience with full lifecycle development. Proven
> ability to participate in and lead iterative discovery of project
> requirements from clients and organize those requirements into logical
> project phases.
> * Exceptional skillset in Ruby and/or Python; ability to implement code
> written in other languages (such as PHP frameworks and/or Node.js) as
> necessary.
> * Proven ability to deploy code in web contexts, such as HTML5, CSS, AJAX,
> JavaScript, and jQuery or similar; proficiency in revision control systems
> (such as GitHub), the UNIX command line (such as OS X and Linux), and
> databases (such as MySQL, MongoDB etc.).
> * Ability to work effectively in digital humanities, academic technology,
> academic libraries, museums, cultural heritage or similar environments.
> Preferred Education, Skills and Experience: Master's Degree
> in computer science, computer engineering, or similar.
> Previous experience with one or more of the following areas: Crowd-sourced
> annotations, Corpus Query Engines, Geo-Spatial Analysis, Machine Learning
> Toolkits, or Data Visualization Libraries.
>
>
>
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