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... [1] https://github.com/adsabs?tab=members On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Jay Luker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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/ >> > >