Humanities Data Specialist

2 days ago


Princeton, New Jersey, United States InsideHigherEd Full time
Job Title: Research Software Engineer II

About the Role:
  • We are seeking a highly skilled Research Software Engineer to join our team at Princeton University's Center for Digital Humanities.

Job Description:

In this role, you will work closely with faculty, students, and campus partners to design and implement high-quality software that advances research in the humanities. You will be responsible for analyzing data, implementing models or simulations, and developing software modules or tools. Your expertise in data analysis and visualization, particularly from a humanities perspective, will enable domain-specific research discoveries while advancing data visualization research within the digital humanities.

Responsibilities:
  1. Build, port, test, debug, and document research software. Contribute to maintenance and updates for existing research software as needed.
  2. Analyze, transform, migrate, and process data and metadata.
  3. Participate in code review and contribute to team best practices (unit testing, documentation, continuous integration, etc.).
  4. Translate research goals into software deliverables; analyze requirements, design software, design information architecture.
  5. Advise faculty and students on best practices, solutions, and scope for humanities data-driven research.
  6. Promote the work of the CDH and Research Computing at Princeton campus and to the broader digital humanities community (e.g., give presentations, write blog posts, etc.).

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a Humanities, Data Science, Computer Science, Computational, or related discipline.
  • 4 - 8 years' experience as a Research Software Engineer or in a similar role.
  • Experience with humanities research and ability to communicate with humanities researchers, computer scientists, and data scientists.
  • Programming skills, particularly in one or more languages (Python, R, or JavaScript) typically used for computational humanities research and data analysis (Python preferred).
  • Demonstrated success:
    • Using conventional and readable coding style.
    • Creating comprehensive and well-written documentation.
    • Using version control systems and automated testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and continuous integration.
  • Demonstrated successes contributing to a collaborative research team.
  • Ability to learn new programming languages and technologies beyond area of core knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Graduate-level research (MA or PhD) in a humanities, computational or related discipline.
  • Experience conducting exploratory data analysis and creating interactive visualizations of complex data for use as a research tool and as a research output.
  • Ability to manage projects and multiple priorities.
  • Experience writing scripts to gather and process data from diverse sources and formats.
  • Experience working with and visualizing high-dimensional data using projections such as t-SNE or UMAP.
  • Familiarity with web accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG).

Salary and Benefits:

The salary for this position is estimated to be around $130,000 per year, depending on experience. The benefits package includes full-time employment, health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off.



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