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There must be two Jay Lukers. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Rosalyn Metz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > also if you want to work with jay luker who is a pretty awesome co-worker > (even if he did ruin my one chance at getting the cubicle near the window > oh so many years ago). > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 12:54 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/ > > > > > >