Digital Library Web Developer
Amherst College
Amherst

The Amherst College Library seeks a talented programmer to help develop and
maintain systems and tools supporting digital asset management, digital
scholarship and publishing, and digital preservation. Amherst College has
profoundly transformed its student body in terms of socioeconomic status,
ethnicity, and nationality, among other areas. Today, nearly one-quarter of
Amherst's students consists of Pell Grant recipients, and many more are first
generation students; nearly half of our students are non-immigrant minorities.
We seek candidates who have experience working in a multicultural environment
and/or are interested in contributing to a diverse community.

  
You will work with a cross-departmental team to make unique, rare, and
culturally significant materials available online for the first time and to
enhance existing systems for discovery and analysis: transcription and
annotation tools for the Emily Dickinson manuscripts, geographic interfaces
for the Kim-Wait Eisenberg Native American Literature Collection, and
visualization tools for digital scholarship projects. The position provides an
opportunity to experiment with emerging technologies in support of the
library's mission to foster inquiry, discovery, and creation.

  
The Web Developer will contribute to the overall development of the Amherst
College Digital Collections infrastructure, including creating online
discovery environments that allow users to search, analyze, visualize, and
interact with digital collections and data; building tools for authoring and
publishing digital works; and developing digital preservation functions. This
position will also be responsible for developing selected digital scholarship
projects for the library and the Amherst College Press. The Web Developer will
work in concert with developers in the college's Department of Information
Technology, and in collaboration with library colleagues and faculty.

  
Duties:

  
● Developing and
implementing web applications across multiple environments and operating
platforms

● Making
recommendations for appropriate frameworks for application development and
service delivery that take into account the cost of implementation,
integration, support, and maintenance

● Assuring data
integrity across storage and data assets

● Conducting
maintenance, monitoring performance and security monitoring, and updating web,
database, and ancillary services

● Adhering to
established development methodology standards, practices, and procedures

● Troubleshooting and
coordinating response to bugs, including effective management of help desk
ticketing system responsibilities

● Working closely
with teams from the college's Department of Information Technology

● Creating technical
and user documentation

● Prioritizing
multiple tasks effectively

  
Qualifications:

  
Required:

● BA or better or 3+
years relevant experience

● Fluent in more than
one server and client side programming language. Familiarity with Ruby,
Python, JavaScript

● Excellent people
skills, including a willingness to listen and an inclination to seek
consensus. The diplomatic skills necessary to coordinate work among disparate
people, personalities, and constituencies

● A commitment to
service and a willingness to embrace the ideals and values of a multicultural
liberal-arts college

  
Preferred:

● Professional
experience developing data-driven web applications as part of a team

● Experience
developing web applications targeting mobile devices

● Demonstrated
facility with standard design patterns for software development, such as
Model-View-Controller or Service Oriented Architecture

● Familiarity with
Digital Asset Management Systems and/or library metadata formats (e.g. MODS,
DC)

● Demonstrated
understanding of the humanities, digital scholarship, and academic culture

● Demonstrated talent
in visual design and interaction design

● Experience in
collaborative environments working with both technical and non-technical
partners

  
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and
contact information of three professional references. A review of applications
will begin October 31, 2014, and continue until the position is filled.



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