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Just in case this slipped past anyone who might be interested... You should think about coming to work with us [1] if you... * want to be part of a small team focused on a core set of applications for a well-defined and appreciative user base! * like creating things that help people find other things (in new and better ways!) * enjoy experiencing all four seasons worth of weather! * want to fight the growing ruby hegemony in library software! </plug> --jay On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 8:38 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Job Title:IT Specialist (Software Developer), IS-2210, > Grade 11, 12; $62,758 to $97,787/annually > > Location: Cambridge, MA > > > The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Project within the High Energy > Astrophysics Division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is > seeking > a software developer. The ADS was originally conceived and developed over > 20 > years ago as a system to support the discovery and retrieval of data from > the > NASA Astrophysics missions and the scholarly literature about them. Today, > the > ADS finds itself as the central discovery engine for astronomical > information, > used nearly every day by nearly every astronomer. Moving into its third > decade, the ADS continues to serve the research community while remaining > at > the forefront of the massive technological and sociological changes > occurring > in the field of scholarly communication. By joining our group you will be > actively supporting the discovery, dissemination and reuse of scientific > publications and data! > > > The ADS is currently developing the next-generation web-based platform > supporting current and future services. To this end, the project is > committed > to re-using and enhancing public domain software modules when they exist, > and > developing new open-source software when necessary. The main components of > the > system architecture are Apache SOLR/Lucene, CERN Invenio and MongoDB. The > development stack includes java, python, flask, javascript and bootstrap. > > > The project is looking for a highly-motivated full-stack developer > interested > in joining a dynamic team of talented individuals architecting and > implementing the new platform. The primary responsibility of the employee > is > the design, development, and support of the ADS front-end applications > (including the new search interface) as well as the implementation of the > user > database, login system and personalization of the new software platform. > > > DUTIES: > > > Duties at the grate 11 level may include, but are not limited to: designing > and developing robust software applications and components to support the > ADS > services, in particular the ADS user interfaces, and its interaction with > the > back-end system components; providing ongoing support for the ADS system's > platform, including its bibliographic database, search engine, user > database, > and other web-based applications used by the project; defining system > requirements and develop new tools to improve user submission and curation > efforts; developing and/or modifing existing tools used for digital content > harvesting, metadata enrichment, document conversion and indexing; > participating in the maintenance of ADS data holdings by taking part in the > creation, curation and enrichment of datasets and metadata records, and > their > ingestion in the ADS databases. > > > Duties at the grade 12 level, in addition to those reflected at the 11 > level, > may include: working with members of other organizations to coordinate > software development efforts and enable data exchange between ADS and its > partners; designing and implementing services and Application Programming > Interfaces that enable a high level of interoperability and integration > between ADS and its collaborators. > > > For more information, please see the full posting online at:[ > http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/hr/postings/13-32.html](http://www.cfa.harvard.ed > u/hr/postings/13-32.html) > > > > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/10176/ >