Software Developer for Digital Humanities (Uni-Köln, DE)
The Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH) at the University of Cologne
(Germany) is offering a position for a
Digital Humanist / Software Developer (3 years, TV-L 13, full-time with
part-time option, starting 1 January 2015)
Tasks
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Collaboration on different projects; among others an international
EU-funded project aiming at providing access to archival material for
academics and the public:
* implementation of open-source Web features and tools;
* usability of technical tools in the environment of digital archival
material;
* crowdsourcing tools for indexing and transcription on the basis of a
web-based XML WYSIWYM;
* gamification features;
* development / enhancement / implementation of tools for image
cropping, text image linking, image annotation (supported by tagging
taxonomies, vocabularies and folksonomies);
* information enrichment (e.g. named entities) with authority files.
Required skills
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* X-technologies (XML, XSLT, XQuery, XML-DB);
* web technologies (including deep understanding of JavaScript);
* software development experience;
* experience in distributed collaboration using git and issue tracking
software;
* dissemination & communication skills.
Desirable skills
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* additional programming languages (e.g. Java/C++, Ruby, Python, PHP);
* data and metadata standards in the Digital Humanities (CEI/TEI, EAD);
* digitization of cultural heritage objects (artifacts / images / texts);
* understanding humanities concepts and finding ways to realize them
as technical solutions.
A working knowledge / understanding of German should be acquired within
1 year.
Application Deadline: 17 November 2014
Applications should include a brief cover letter and a CV and may
include links to projects. Applications must be sent electronically to
info-cceh@uni-koeln.de.
For further information or in case of queries contact Dr. Patrick Sahle
at info-cceh@uni-koeln.de.
Online job posting: http://www.cceh.uni-koeln.de/node/565
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Gioele Barabucci <gioele.barabucci@uni-koeln.de>
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