[CLOSED] Technical Research Assistant and Data Analyst Position

Digital Democracies Institute

Job description

You will be helping to build the tools for a network that is expanding the field of critical data studies via the following services, including (but not limited to):

• Designing large data collection pipelines
• Training and scoring machine learning models
• Assisting with the structure of modern web applications and services for alternative data exploratory visuals
• Offering insights into the intersecting fields of communications, new media, machine learning, and big data platforms

Skills and qualifications required

• Command of unit testing, debugging, and general software development principles
• Experience with analyzing datasets, and an interest to learn new technologies in order to do so
• Proficiency with using data storage techniques

Experience and skills that would be an asset:

• Storage: Experience with SQL, Data Lake storage (Presto)
• Visualization: Apache Superset, p5.js
• Infrastructure: Experience with Digital Research Alliance Tools (OpenStack, SLURM)
• Data Science: sklearn, pytorch, weights & biases
• Software Development: Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, Django, Celery
• Proficient knowledge of version control tooling and methodologies (e.g., Git)

More about position and salary

• Expected about 20 hours/week, at $35/hour
• Work is flexible; some of it can be done off-campus, but in-person meetings may be required
• Minimum 8 month contract with the possibility for extension

Application material

Please send application including your CV (pdf file) and a paragraph about why you are interested in this position and any similar projects you have done if applicable. Application materials should be e-mailed to Matt Canute (e-mail: ddi_tech@sfu.ca), with the subject line “Digital Democracies Institute – Technical Research Assistant”. Priority will be given to applications received by April 19th (Wednesday), 2023.