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The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks an enthusiastic web applications developer with strong people skills. The successful candidate will develop web-based applications from the database to the UI. The position will also provide project management support for some application development projects and mentor (in an advisory and support role) junior developers. A developed job description can be found below. Applications must be submitted through the Harvard University Human Resources Website at the following link: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_job detail.asp?jobId=889677&PartnerId=25240&SiteId=5341&type=mail&JobReqLang=1&rec ordstart=1&JobSiteId=5341&JobSiteInfo=889677_5341&gqid=0 Please include links to your social coding sites in your application. Duties & Responsibilities The Berkman Center seeks an enthusiastic web applications developer with strong people skills. The successful candidate will develop web-based applications from the database to the UI. The position will also provide project management support for some application development projects and mentor (in an advisory and support role) junior developers. Position expected to interface directly with clients, working with them to refine vision and scope of projects. The developer will need to keep current with tools and technologies of open source software development and database architecture and will release much of their work under FOSS licenses. Working with great in-house talent, position is ideal for someone who learns enjoys tinkering/solving a range of dynamic technology problems and is comfortable in a fun, dynamic and fast-moving environment. Candidate should have good customer service and communication skills; be adept at working with both non-technical and technical people; able to take initiative and follow through with minimal supervision; be patient, curious, and perseverant; be flexible and be able to prioritize and to manage multiple needs; works well as part of a team and independently. Reports to Technology Director. As with all Berkman Center positions, this is a term appointment funded through June 30, 2013; with strong potential for continuation based on funding and institutional need. Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree required. 6+ years of web application development experience including 4+ years work experience with Ruby and PHP using MVC development frameworks (ROR, Symfony, CodeIgniter). Full life cycle development experience (technical design through implementation) required. Additional Qualifications - please note that this section lists a set of desired technical skills. We do not expect the ideal candidate to come into the job possessing them all, but we do expect her or him to be a quick and motivated learner. We're flexible for the right candidate. Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field preferred. Experience with agile, BDD and TDD software development methods are highly desirable. Skills in Object-Oriented Design, Application Architecture and Web Technologies (HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, XML, CSS); skills in JS toolkits (jQuery, EXTJs, OpenLayers, etc.); experience with RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and noSQL DBs (couchDB, mongoDB); strong command of web standards and best practices; experience with web services (RESTful Rails, Apache, Tomcat, Nginx) and open source applications (MediaWiki, Wordpress, Drupal, BrowserCMS, etc). Familiarity with Perl and/or shell scripting, with Linux (Debin, Ubuntu, CentOS) administration, Linux security best practices and implementation, virtualization (XEN, QEMU/KVM), source control (SVN, GIT) is a huge plus. Excellent communication and technical skills; demonstrated ability to take appropriate initiative and drive the development process; demonstrated project planning and time management skills; ability to work independently, assume leadership roles and work as part of a team. Code samples will be required. Candidate would thrive in dynamic, entrepreneurial, self-motivated environment. Ability to work under tight deadlines crucial. Must be a team player, able to work alone and in teams. Additional Information Organization: The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. Founded in 1997, through a generous gift from Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman, the Center is home to an ever-growing community of faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates working on projects that span the broad range of intersections between cyberspace, technology, and society. More information can be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu. Commitment to Diversity: The work and well-being of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are strengthened profoundly by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We actively seek and welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQ community, persons with disabilities and all other diverse candidates, as well as applications from researchers and practitioners from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/1941/