Desired Skills and Experience

  • Develop full-stack product features in an open source software environment, including user-facing front-end services
  • Test, deploy and monitor applications, and react to problems.
  • Technical support for DataCite members and third parties, including supporting technical documentation.
  • 3+ years of experience with Javascript, Ruby, Java and/or Python.
  • Hands-on experience developing, deploying and maintaining web applications, including system administration, error tracking, and support.
  • Experience with project management and open source software development practices.
  • Excellent communication skills, and the flexibility that is needed for working in a small, distributed team.
  • Strong and demonstrated interest in open science and data sharing.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Experience in frontend development. Interest and/or experience with ReactJS and/or EmberJS.
  • Interest and/or experience in DevOps.
  • Interest to learn and use other languages such as Clojure or Go.
  • provides a way for researchers to share and get credit for the datasets they generate;
  • enables easier access to research data;
  • supports the development of new services;
  • facilitates access to data not linked to a particular publication;
  • increases acceptance of research data as legitimate, citable contributions to the scholarly record;
  • supports data archiving, permitting results to be verified and re-purposed for future study.