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Posted: 30-Apr-22
Location: Pasadena, California
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 3039544
Caltech
Exempt Overtime Eligible: Overtime Eligible
Benefits Eligible: Benefit Based
Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.
Job Summary
Caltech/IPAC's Communication and Education (ICE) team is seeking a limited term, full-time application developer with a focus on web applications. This one-year position is for a candidate with a solid understanding of Ruby on Rails and web application frameworks, who will develop and maintain an in-house content management system. The work location for this position is flexible: both on-campus and remote work are supported options.
IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech (www.caltech.edu), provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to maximize discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground.
The ICE team works with researchers at IPAC, JPL and international partnerships to develop, document and communicate mission stories and general science education via press releases, imagery, audio, video, and VR experiences. The candidate will help the ICE team develop and maintain web applications to support these activities.
Job Duties
As a Web Application Developer you will work collaboratively in an active, creative, and strategic environment with ICE team members, as well as scientists and project members from the missions and projects with IPAC involvement, to develop, support and maintain web applications. The ability to receive feedback as well as work both independently and in a close-knit team environment are essential.
You will develop new and maintain current features of our in-house content management application (CMA) built with Ruby on Rails, upon which we support several mission, outreach and research websites. The CMA supports a unique metadata standard called Astronomy Visualization Metadata (AVM).
Basic Qualifications
If you have the following in your background, then we want to hear about your interest in joining our team:
- At least 3 years of practical experience in programming with Ruby and JavaScript.
- Strong Experience with popular frameworks like: Rails, jQuery, Bootstrap.
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, verbal and written communication, along with demonstrated creativity and problem-solving capabilities.
- Familiarity with software configuration management principles and tools, source code version control (e.g., git/GitHub) and issue/bug tracking systems (e.g., JIRA).
Preferred Qualifications
Beyond these basic qualifications, there are a set of skills and experiences which will add to your ability to contribute to the roles and responsibilities of an IPAC/ICE Applications Developer. The following might give you a head-start here, but even if these do not describe you or your experience, we would still like to hear from you.
- Familiarity with other programing languages and frameworks such as Python, Django, Node, React or Angular.
- Familiarity with Metadata standards such as ITP Core.
- PostgreSQL Database Administration.
- Linux flavored Server Administration.
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services.
- General graphic design, UI/UX development, knowledge of Photoshop or other layout tools.
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Science, Astronomy, Physics, Math or related field.
- Experience working with scientific data sets and use cases.
- Experience developing software for astronomical data analysis.
- Experience working with scientists to develop content for the general public.
Required Documents
- Resume
To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: https://hr.caltech.edu/work/job_openings
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a world-renowned science and engineering research and education institution, where extraordinary faculty and students seek answers to complex questions, discover new knowledge, lead innovation, and transform our future.
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