Hi all,<\/p>\n
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is looking\u00a0for a couple of Rails\/PHP\/Perl\/Javascript developers to join our team\u00a0immediately in Cambridge, MA! Please find more information and application\u00a0instructions below and on our site at http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/node\/6696.<\/p>\n
Please forward along to any potential Berkman geeks!<\/p>\n
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our Chief Geek,\u00a0Sebastian Diaz, at jsd@cyber.law.harvard.edu (no phone calls, please).<\/p>\n
All best,
\nBecca<\/p>\n
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*Berkman Center Web Applications
\nDeveloperand
\nJunior
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\nDeveloperOpportunities
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The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is looking for a senior developer\u00a0and a junior developer who will thrive in a creative, fun, and fast-paced\u00a0atmosphere with a team of extremely talented and dedicated developers and\u00a0co-workers. We love real time data, finding interesting ways to aggregate\u00a0social networking statistics and have access to fascinating internet\u00a0research data from all over the world; this is the stuff that you could be\u00a0knee deep in!<\/p>\n
The developers will work closely with a growing team of developers,\u00a0researchers and staff on all phases of the application development cycle,\u00a0including planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.<\/p>\n
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research center founded to\u00a0explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We\u00a0represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers,\u00a0and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges\u00a0and opportunities of cyberspace, and work with researchers, computer\u00a0scientists, activists, librarians, musicians, and more from all corners of\u00a0the university and beyond. More information about Berkman can be found at:\u00a0http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/.<\/p>\n
*Required education, experience and skills:*
\n* We are looking for people who love clean, well-designed code. Some\u00a0combination of education and experience is required, such as BS in computer\u00a0science or engineering, prior work experience, internships, Google Summer of\u00a0Code or personal code that has experienced load by a human.
\n* Experience with Ruby, Rails, PHP. Perl, Javascript, CSS, and HTML is\u00a0valued, but all are not essential. Interest in learning these and more is\u00a0required; we are ready to invest in, teach and support the right person in\u00a0gaining the necessary skills.
\n* Ever write a tool to transform realtime data? Written Javascript code\u00a0to\u00a0modify a page according to explicit and implicit user behavior? Have a\u00a0desire to contribute a jQuery library or ruby gem to handle\u00a0twitter\/facebook\/google data to the open source community? We work with all\u00a0kinds of data, so having an open and creative take on modelling is a plus.<\/p>\n
*What we build:*
\nFor our web applications, we use Ruby on Rails, Perl or PHP in combination\u00a0with jQuery (we also maintain a few Java applications). Mysql, Postgres and\u00a0Couch provide the backend, but we’re open minded about new technology,\u00a0too. We deploy via passenger, mod_perl and mod_jk on apache, use\u00a0Lucene\/Solr for search, and tomcat for our Java applications. We maintain\u00a0many production applications on primarily open source infrastructure.<\/p>\n
*How we operate and expect you to participate:*
\n* We’ll ask you for your opinion and expect you to have one.
\n* That coding is your lifestyle; you have and admire your ability to pick\u00a0up\u00a0new technologies in days and weeks not months and years.
\n* We’ll have you create software with the languages and tools that best\u00a0match the job.
\n* That you will be able to refactor and improve existing applications, and\u00a0build new ones from scratch.
\n* We’ve got great sysadmin support but if you’ve got the skills, expect\u00a0to\u00a0use them.
\n*At the Berkman Center, geekery is respected. In addition to the bump to your\u00a0geek street cred, you’ll get: *
\n* the satisfaction of seeing your work help make the world and the internet\u00a0a better place.
\n* to work with our world-class faculty, fellows, and staff – the minds\u00a0behind the OpenNet Initiative, Global Voices Online, Creative Commons,\u00a0StopBadware, Surveillance and Circumvention Projects, the Public Radio\u00a0Exchange, Herdict, Mediacloud, and countless other Center efforts – and be\u00a0able to shape new projects.
\n* to attend the Berkman Center=92s many events, which bring a rotating cast of\u00a0the best and brightest folks thinking about the ways the Internet is\u00a0changing the world (these also contribute to an oft-generous magic food
\ntable).
\n* to go to work every day in a yellow house at the edge of the Harvard Law\u00a0School campus. Our team lives in the Geek Cave… oddly enough, one of the\u00a0best-lit rooms at the Center!<\/p>\n
Berkman is a fast-paced academic environment, and developers need to be\u00a0adaptable, flexible and persistent, with the ability to manage multiple\u00a0tasks and communicate effectively about timelines and development\u00a0priorities. It requires a person able to successfully maintain a complex\u00a0suite of web applications for high uptime, performance, and reliability. The\u00a0position requires technical and organizational skills and a commitment to\u00a0the vision and mission of the Berkman Center.<\/p>\n
*Commitment to diversity:*
\nThe work and well-being of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at\u00a0Harvard University are strengthened profoundly by the diversity of our\u00a0network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national\u00a0origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We actively seek and\u00a0welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQ community, and\u00a0persons with disabilities, as well as applications from researchers and\u00a0practitioners from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods. The
\nroots of this deep commitment are many and, appropriately, diverse. We are\u00a0not nearly far enough along in this regard, and we may never be. It is a\u00a0constant process in which there remains much to learn. We welcome your\u00a0inquiries, comments and ideas on how we may continue to improve.
\n*To apply:*
\nMore information and the official Harvard Human Resource position listings\u00a0can be found online, and applications must be submitted through the official\u00a0Harvard channels described at the listings:\u00a0http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/node\/6696.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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