Jobs on The Carpentries

Request for Quotation (RFQ)- Website Development

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Are you a developer or organisation interested in providing Web Development Services to The Carpentries? Learn more about this contracting opportunity.

Project Overview

The Carpentries is looking for a developer to build a theme for our website using the Hugo static site generator. We previously received funding to improve the accessibility and the information structure of our website and handbooks. We have been working toward this goal, beginning with contracting a web designer to evaluate the information architecture and design of our website. The contractor worked with our team and community to outline mockup designs for an updated website and provided recommendations for our handbooks. We are now in need of further support to complete the development for our website.

Job Posting: Workshop Administrator

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Data Carpentry website

With the growth of Carpentry workshops all over the world, we are excited that Maneesha Sane is moving from Program Coordinator to Program Manager of Software and Data Carpentry. As Program Manager, she will continue to be involved in workshop coordination and instructor training and will oversee and ensure the quality and consistency of program operations. She will also work to develop processes, infrastructure and communications to consistently improve the workshop experience for instructors, hosts and learners.

Job Posting: Workshop Administrator

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Announcing Belinda Weaver as our Community Development Lead

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Data Carpentry website

We’re excited to announce Belinda Weaver has accepted our offer to become the Community Development Lead. Belinda will join the Carpentries staff later this month, please give her a warm and enthusiastic community welcome!

Many of you may already know of Belinda from her work all over the community as a Software Carpentry Steering Committee Member, the Mentorship Subcommittee, the Trainers Subcommittee and a champion and leader of Library Carpentry. As part of our bylaws Belinda will be stepping down from the Software Carpentry Steering Committee on Friday June 16th and the Committee will finish the 2017 term with a membership of 6. For those of you who don’t know her yet, look for her introductory blog post later today. In short, Belinda is a very active community member and a delight to work with, we’re incredibly excited to have her contributing to our community full-time very soon!

Job Opportunity: Community Development Lead

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry are hiring a Community Development Lead!

We are excited to announce a position as a full-time staff member to lead community development activities! Software and Data Carpentry have an active global community of researchers, volunteers, learners and member organizations. This person will cultivate and grow this community, developing communication strategies and opportunities for the community to connect with and support each other. You will become an active member of our team of staff and will work with people around the world to advance our mission of building a community teaching digital research skills to make research more productive and reproducible.

Job Opportunity: Community Development Lead

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Data Carpentry website

Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry are hiring a Community Development Lead!

Teaching Support IT Job at UCL Physics and Astronomy

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

We’re looking for someone with IT skills, and interests in teaching and physics, to work with us at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCL (University College London).

This is a system manager job with an emphasis on supporting our teaching, and will involve a wide range of responsibilities, including managing a Linux cluster and interfacing PCs to lab equipment as well as providing first-line support for the university Windows environment.

UCSF is Hiring

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The UCSF Library’s Data Science Initiative is hiring! We are looking for a biomedical researcher with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for programming in R/Python, bioinformatics, data curation, statistics, data visualization (or all of the above) to serve as the Scientific Lead for our Data Science Initiative. We are taking a broad approach to data science, and are looking for someone who will work to identify the data science needs of the UCSF research community, help build a Library-based hub for data science activities, develop programs and events, and teach workshops and classes. To find out more about this position please visit https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/apply/JPF01144.

Software engineer position at The Jackson Laboratory

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

A scientific software engineer position is available immediately at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, ME. This position reports to the Associate Director of Jackson’s Computational Sciences Scientific Computing (CSSC) team that is primarily responsible for developing software applications for scientific research programs. The individual in this position is responsible for developing software applications and systems to support genetics and genomics research including but not limited to web-based technologies and systems. A senior level candidate will lead development of complex projects, from high-level requirements, involving teams that may include other software developers, bioinformatics analysts, statisticians and scientists.

Computational Genetics Postdoc Position with The Jackson Laboratory

Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The [Carter Lab] (https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/research-labs/the-carter-lab) at The Jackson Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in computational genetics and systems biology. Our group is developing novel computational methods to derive biological models from large-scale genomic data. The strategies we pursue involve combining statistical genetics concepts such as epistasis and pleiotropy to understand how many genetic and environmental factors combine to control disease-related processes in animal models and human studies. We are especially interested in dissecting the genetic complexity of autoimmune disease, neurodegeneration, and cancer.

Research Scientist Position at The Jackson Laboratory

Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Carter Lab at The Jackson Laboratory is seeking an Associate Research Scientist in the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease. [Our group] (https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/research-labs/the-carter-lab) is developing novel computational methods to derive biological models from large-scale genomic data. The strategies we pursue involve combining statistical genetics concepts such as epistasis and pleiotropy to understand how many genetic factors combine to control disease-related processes in neurodegeneration. We are therefore seeking an individual with expertise in epistasis analysis as it pertains to studies of Alzheimer’s genetics in humans.

Systems Biology Postdoc Position with The Jackson Laboratory

Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The [Churchill Lab] (http://churchill-lab.jax.org/website/) at The Jackson Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in systems biology. Our group applies a systems approach to study the genetics of health and disease. We develop new methods and software to improve the power of quantitative trait locus mapping and high throughput sequence analysis. We are especially interested in the genetics of aging and metabolic disorders.

RStudio Training and Consulting Directory

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

RStudio maintains a directory of people who provide training and consulting for R using their flagship product. If you have taught R for Data Carpentry or Software Carpentry, have an established training and/or consulting practice, can provide some positive references from previous clients, please contact Garrett Grolemund about adding your profile.

Systems Biology Postdoc Position with The Jackson Laboratory

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Carter Lab at The Jackson Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in computational genetics and systems biology. Our group is developing novel computational methods to derive biological models from large-scale genomic data. The strategies we pursue involve combining statistical genetics concepts such as epistasis and pleiotropy to understand how many genetic and environmental factors combine to control disease-related processes in animal models and human studies. We are especially interested in dissecting the genetic complexity of autoimmune disease, neurodegeneration, and cancer.

Post-doc Position with rOpenSci

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The rOpenSci project based at the University of California, Berkeley seeks to hire a postdoctoral scholar to work on the research activities funded by the grant titled “Fostering the next generation of sustainable software and reproducible research practices in the scientific community”. The project develops open source software to promote reproducible research practices in the scientific community. The postdoctoral scholar will focus on a research topic aligned with their own interests in order to better understand and improve scientific software practices. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Training Coordinator Position at NCSA

Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Computational Science and Engineering program and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seek applicants for the position of Training Coordinator. This position will report jointly to the Director, CSE and the Assistant Director for Scientific Software and Applications at NCSA. The Training Coordinator will enable cutting-edge research involving the use and/or development of advanced digital software and hardware across all disciplines by delivering, coordinating, and administrating training programs for students and researchers at the University of Illinois and area institutions, including industry. The individual in this position will play a key role in the research life of the campus, identifying important computational and data science skills and technologies and demonstrating how they can be used to solve problems in computational science and engineering and other disciplines.

NumFOCUS Project Director

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

NumFOCUS (the organization which shelters Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and several other open science projects) is seeking to hire a full-time Projects Director to develop and run a sustainability incubator program for NumFOCUS fiscally sponsored open source projects. This is the first program of its kind, with opportunity for enormous impact on the open source ecosystem. The learnings from this program will be public, meaning it has the potential to change how all open source projects are managed. For more information, please see the job posting.

Welcoming our new Associate Director

Tue, 10 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Data Carpentry website

We are excited to announce that Dr. Erin Becker has accepted the position of Associate Director for Data Carpentry! Erin did her PhD in computational genomics and her postdoc at the Center for Educational Effectiveness at UC Davis. Her postdoc focused on bringing evidence-based teaching strategies to teaching assistants, and she developed and implemented training programs, supervised and mentored instructors and assessed the effectiveness of training practices. Her computational background and experience with educational pedagogy and communities of instructors are skills and perspective she will bring to the Data Carpentry community, and we’re delighted to have her join the team!

Hiring a Deputy Director of Assessment

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Data Carpentry website Data Carpentry is hiring!

Data Carpentry seeks to hire a full-time staff member to direct its assessment activities. This person will design, implement, monitor, analyse, and report on a comprehensive system of metrics to help the Data Carpentry project and its sibling organization, Software Carpentry, evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the training they offer, to both learners and instructors.

As the Deputy Director of Assessment, you will have primary responsibility for developing methods and standards for the evaluation of all aspects of Data Carpentry’s training including relevance of curriculum, learning experience, long-term adoption of tools and skills and impact on productivity and reproducibility. You will also work with the Software Carpentry Foundation to build evaluation of the instructor development program, including effectiveness of instructor training and mentorship and the longer term impacts of instructor training on career development for instructors. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with the training coordinators from related organizations to coordinate strategies and initiatives.

rOpenSci is Looking for a Community Manager

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Thanks to their recent funding, rOpenSci is now looking for a community manager. Their mission is to expand access to scientific data and promote a culture of reproducible research and sustainable research software; to aid that, the community manager’s job will be to broaden the understanding and reach of rOpenSci to the researcher community. For details, please see the full announcement.

Applications due March 1st: 2016 eScience Data Science for Social Good summer program

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The University of Washington eScience Institute, in collaboration with Urban@UW and Microsoft, is excited to announce the 2016 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program. The program brings together data and domain scientists to work on focused, collaborative projects that are designed to impact public policy for social benefit.

Modeled after similar programs at the University of Chicago and Georgia Tech, with elements from our own Data Science Incubator, sixteen DSSG Student Fellows will be selected to work with academic researchers, data scientists, and public stakeholder groups on data-intensive research projects. Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are eligible for these paid positions.

Bioinformatics Training Impact Coordinator

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Bioinformatics Training Facility of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge is looking for a Training Impact Co-ordinator. The post-holder will develop (building on existing work), implement, monitor, analyse and report on a comprehensive system of training metrics/key performance indicators across the portfolio of [ELIXIR](http://www.elixir-europe.org/) and [EXCELERATE](https://www.elixir-europe.org/news/elixir-accelerates-major-horizon-2020-funding) bioinformatics training activities. For more information, please see [the full ad](http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/9571/).

SSI is hiring a Communications Officer!

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The [Software Sustainability Institute (SSI)](http://software.ac.uk/) is recruiting a [Communications Officer](http://software.ac.uk/news/2016-01-27-were-hiring-communications-officer-help-us-disseminate-software-best-practice) to communicate the activities of the Institute, and raise its profile in the research community and the general public. SSI has been Software Carpentry's long-standing partner and coordinates our workshops in the UK. They are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a track record in dissemination and outreach. Ideally, they'll have had experience of working with researchers and/or writing technical articles, as well as an understanding of what it takes to nurture a great social media presence and successfully promote events.

For more details and to apply, please see the advert on the University of Edinburgh website (search for vacancy reference ID 035330).

Assistant Director Position with Data Carpentry

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Data Carpentry seeks a full-time Associate Director to lead the organization’s community engagement and education activities, to cultivate a healthy supportive community and provide mentorship and training to current and future instructors. The Associate Director is one of the two key roles providing leadership to Data Carpentry’s core efforts and is expected to shape the organization’s operational functioning, influence training, and contribute to strategic planning.

Data Carpentry is a not-for-profit organization developing and teaching workshops on fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its mission is to provide researchers high-quality, domain-specific training covering the full lifecycle of data-driven research. Data Carpentry lessons are intentionally domain specific, and span the life, physical, and social sciences. Data Carpentry workshops create an environment friendly to learners who have little to no prior computational experience, and are designed to empower researchers to apply the skills learned to data driven discovery in their own research.

The Associate Director position is initially funded for 2 years through a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. They will be hired and paid as a contractor of NumFOCUS, Data Carpentry’s fiscal sponsor. Review of applications will begin December 18th, 2015, and the position will remain open until filled.

Hiring an Associate Director

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Data Carpentry website

Data Carpentry is hiring! http://www.datacarpentry.org/jobs/

With the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, we now have the opportunity to hire an Associate Director. The Associate Director is one of the two key roles providing leadership to Data Carpentry’s core efforts and is expected to shape the organization’s operational functioning, influence training, and contribute to strategic planning. The main focus of the Associate Director’s role will be in community engagement and education as well as overseeing communications.

Science Educator/Evaluator Position at NEON

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is looking for a Science Educator/Evaluator (SEE). This person will coordinate development and implementation of NEON's Education and Public Engagement (EDU) program/product evaluation plans. The program includes web-based educational resources, university student programs, and citizen science programs, as well as learning resources for university students and faculty. The SEE will coordinate the development of measures for assessing implementation and outcomes of existing programs and new programs as they are developed. The SEE will also work with scientists/science educators to develop learning modules that are pedagogically appropriate for undergraduate students and assessment tools that enable evaluation of the effectiveness of these learning modules. An important part of this effort will be coordination of collection and analysis of data to assess NEON EDU program impact on a variety of audiences (including university students and faculty, scientists, the general public, educators (formal and informal), and other program stakeholders). The SEE will work closely with NEON EDU management and with contractors hired to provide external evaluation of EDU program goals. The SEE will work out of NEON HQ offices in Boulder, Colorado.

For more information, please see the full advertisement.

Research Software Engineer Position at the Oxford e-Research Centre

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Research Software Engineer position available at the Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK (Java, Python, Web-app, Database, Semantic-web).

UC Berkeley Postdoctoral Position in Nuclear Engineering

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley is searching for one, possibly two high-caliber researchers to work with Prof. Rachel Slaybaugh's group in the area of computational neutronics. Fields of highest relevance are Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Nuclear Engineering.

Prof. Slaybaugh's group researches methods and algorithms for solving the Boltzmann transport equation more effectively. These methods are often inspired by the physics of the problem at hand, developments in computer hardware, or both. Ongoing work involves deterministic solution methods, Monte Carlo methods, and hybrid methods in which deterministic solutions are used to accelerate Monte Carlo solutions. Potential Projects include Angle-informed Hybrid Methods, Deterministic "Plug-and-Play" Research Environment Creation, Improving Multigroup Cross Sections for Hybrid Methods and Monte Carlo on Graphical Processing Units

We seek a candidate who can start this position as early as January 2015 but the appointment start date is flexible. The initial appointment is 100% time for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, dependent upon job performance and funding. Starting salaries are in the range of $50,000 to $60,000 per year and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For more information, please see the full description

UCL Research Software Dashboard Developer

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The University College London Research Software Development Initiative is seeking a full-stack web developer to work on its Research Software Dashboard project from January 2015 to July 2015.

This is a new project, starting from scratch, to develop software to curate, promote, and manage the University's wide portfolio of cutting-edge scientific and scholarly software.

The project will provide an overview of the research software output of the college for scientists, managers, funders, investors and clients, including both open-source software and software being commercialised through the university's business and consulting arms. It will integrate with the University's code management infrastructure, based on GitHub Enterprise, software testing infrastructure based on Jenkins, and commercial software sales platform e-Lucid.

Software is an increasingly important scholarly output for research alongside publications, and this project will help retain UCL's leadership in this important aspect of twenty-first century research.

Those interested in being involved in this important project on a freelance or contractor basis should get in touch with James Hetherington (j.hetherington@ucl.ac.uk) for more information. For more information, please see the full description.

UCL Research Software Development is Hiring

Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The University College London Research Software Development team is hiring.

Teaching Support IT Job at UCL Physics and Astronomy

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

We're looking for someone with IT skills, and interests in teaching and physics, to work with us at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCL (University College London).

Other responsibilities may include maintaining and developing an IPython notebook server for teaching, and working with teaching staff to apply other innovative tools.

The application deadline is midnight on Sunday 6th July. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Research Computing Facilitator Jobs in Wisconsin

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Advanced Computing Infrastructure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to hire two Research Computing Facilitators (RCFs). The ideal RCF will apply a background of academic research and the use of computation to assist campus researchers in enhancing their research endeavors through the use of on- and off-campus compute resources. Additionally, RCFs should possess the interpersonal skills to interface with researchers (faculty, graduate students, etc.) and campus technical staff from a variety of organizations and compute-related services, including the campus's large-scale computing center. Primary activities include consultations with researchers and the production of education/outreach materials distributed on the web and in person. Experience teaching research computing topics, such as those in Software Carpentry bootcamps, will be a plus. Please see the full description for more details. All activities will be bolstered by participation in the NSF ACI-REF program, where a primary goal is to build an inter-campus network of facilitators and technical staff.

Job Openings at the Mozilla Science Lab

Wed, 14 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Mozilla Science Lab is looking for a community manager to build and scale existing community outreach efforts, and for a developer to lead technical prototyping efforts and engage with our community about technical projects. Possible office locations for these positions include Brooklyn, Toronto, London, Vancouver, and San Francisco, but we will consider remote working opportunities for the right candidate. For more information, or to apply, please see these postings.

Technical Training Officer (LVT Training Officer) position at TGAC

Wed, 14 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) based at Norwich, UK is looking for a Linux and Virtualisation Technical Training Officer who will join the Training and Outreach Team.

Position: Systems Integration Developer at UW-Madison

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides compute resources and services to campus researchers at UW-Madison, and also develops the HTCondor computational scheduling software, which is used all over the world. We are seeking to hire a Systems Integration Developer, who will help us to accelerate the work of researchers through computational middleware scripting and the design of workflow tools. Please see the online posting at http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/WebListing/Unclassified/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=78987 for details.

Research Transparency Job at UC Berkeley

Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Interested in improving the standards of rigor in empirical social science research? Eager to collaborate with leading economists, political scientists and psychologists to promote research transparency? Wishing to stay abreast of new advances in empirical research methods and transparency software development? The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) is looking for a Program Associate to support the initiative's evaluation and outreach efforts. The candidate is expected to engage actively with social science researchers to raise awareness of new and emerging tools for research transparency. If this sounds like fun, apply now.

Job Opportunity at University College London

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The University College London Research Software Development Team is recruiting a research software developer. Their ideal candidate will have experience creating and maintaining research software in one or more fields, and will "design, extend, refactor and maintain scientific software accross all subject areas". Sound like you? Have a look at James Hetherington's post about the position. Good luck!

Position Available: Director, Webmaking Science Lab, Mozilla

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Mozilla is seeking a dynamic individual to drive the vision and product strategy for its Webmaking Science Lab. This is a key strategic role reporting to the Executive Director. This individual will lead the charge in reaching out to the scientific community, helping to establish a vibrant community of scientists, developers, designers, and other individuals working to advance the practice of science on the web. A passion for open science, a keen understanding of the web as both a technology stack and culture, experience with existing web-based science toolsets, and enthusiasm for community-driven technology development are the initial key qualifications. As a senior member of the Mozilla organization, the successful candidate will be responsible for gathering partners, inspiring a team, building a community, shaping a vision, and leading the development and delivery of new products for conducting science both on and like the web.

Software Developer: Audio and Digital Music

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) at Queen Mary, University of London, is seeking an experienced Software Developer with a background and knowledge in Audio and Digital Music, to work on a new EPSRC-funded project "Sustainable Software for Digital Music and Audio Research". The aim of this project is to provide a Service to support the development and use of software, data and metadata to enable high quality research in the Audio and Digital Music research community. Please see the job posting for more information.