Hi,

We have a Developer position open at Columbia University Library's  
Center for Digital Research and Scholarship.

Position Title: Senior Developer

The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS)
[http://cdrs.columbia.edu/] at Columbia University seeks a Senior
Developer to help implement its online platform and applications. CDRS
serves the digital research and scholarly communication needs of
faculty, graduate students, and scholars through the innovative
creation and implementation of online tools and services.

Working in a multi-host and heterogeneous application environment with
the Fedora repository software at its core, the Senior Developer will  
code, integrate, and maintain services and applications that support  
digital object ingest, preservation, search, discovery, distribution,  
and presentation. The position requires the design, implementation,  
testing, and documentation of custom software applications; the  
integration and extension of various open-source solutions; and the  
manipulation of large metadata sets. This position reports to the Lead  
Developer.

Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent required; advanced
degree desirable
- 3-5 years of related experience required, with a minimum of 2 years of
Java experience highly preferred and experience with other programming
languages, such as PHP, Python, or Ruby also highly desirable
- Extensive experience with XML technologies; experience with XQuery and
XML schemas highly preferred
- Extensive experience with relational databases, database design, and
fluency in SQL strongly desired
- Strong Java skills and object-oriented design experience, including
knowledge of core libraries, Servlets, JDBC
- Extensive familiarity with the Unix/Linux environment

Preferred:
- Experience with Web services technologies (SOAP/WSDL)
- Experience with the Fedora repository software and issues related to
knowledge representation and management
- Experience with Apache Web server and Tomcat application server
- Knowledge of RESTful architectures and HTTP
- Familiarity with existing tools and standards of the semantic Web
(RDF, OWL, triplestores)

Columbia offers a competitive benefits package that includes 26 days of
paid vacation and a tuition exemption for employees (graduate and
undergraduate) and their qualified family members (undergraduate only).

Applicants must apply via:
http://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=112188

Please include salary requirements in cover letter.