There is a strong candidate identified for this position.The
Repository Software Engineer serves as a key engineer for the
development and delivery of the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR), the
cornerstone of the Stanford University Libraries’ digital library
ecosystem. SDR manages hundreds of terabytes of assets, and is evolving
to encompass an expanding set of scholarly workflows for deposit,
processing and re-use of research data, media, and more. This position
serves as a principal developer in extending the SDR’s functionality,
and in helping lead the engineering of robust and effective
cyberinfrastructure. S/he will also help define the evolving information
architecture for the libraries as its data models expand to embrace
linked data, and represent Stanford in the open source communities in
which the Libraries actively engage.
Within the Libraries, this
position reports to the Libraries’ Information Architect / manager of
Digital Library Infrastructure. The post-holder is an integral member of
SUL’s digital library team, and works closely with its product and
service managers on shaping and supporting SDR, as well as other
developers and system administrators in system engineering and delivery.
The successful candidate will bring experience and passion leveraging
innovation in information technologies and software engineering to
maximize the value of digital repositories in enriching the research
enterprise.
This is a four year, fixed-term position with the possibility of extension. Duties and Responsibilities• Engineering for the Stanford Digital Repository (50%)Develop
and deliver enhancements and operational improvement to the SDR, an
ecosystem of applications, services and datastores based on Fedora,
solr, and Ruby on Rails, with an emphasis on the Hydra collaborative
framework. Work in an agile, test-driven, team development environment,
balancing the rapid and incremental delivery of new features with
operational robustness. Play a critical role technical role in
satisfying the University’s needs for a large-scale digital repository
supporting tailored user interfaces and workflows.
• Library Cyberinfrastructure Design, Development and Support (30%)Adopt,
adapt and collaboratively extend SUL’s digital library
cyberinfrastructure (“lyberstructure”): digital object registry, web and
workflow services, content processing services for digitization &
workflow tools; metadata generation, transformation, editing & QA;
personalization and collaboration.
• Information Architecture and System Design (10%)Adapt
repository data systems and supporting tools to consume and produce RDF
and linked data. Collaborate with colleagues and institutional partners
to define and adapt data models, tools and services for a rich variety
of digital resources.
• Community Engagement (10%)Represent
Stanford in the digital library and open source communities; identify
and adapt code that fits Stanford’s environment. Document and
disseminate Stanford developments to other adopters and potential code
contributors.
• Experience defining and contributing to the technical architecture of complex information management systems.
•
Expertise with Ruby on Rails both for application development and in
engineering an enhanced framework, including plug-ins, engines and gems,
for developing library and repository applications.
• Working
knowledge of Java and Object Oriented programming concepts, SQL and
relational database applications and concepts, and tools for systems
deployment, operation and monitoring.
• Working knowledge of an
RDF-based infrastructure, including triple stores and SPARQL.
Demonstrated expertise with production-oriented application development
using RDF and related tools and technologies.
• Working knowledge of
agile software development practices and test driven development
principles. Demonstrated understanding of best practices for software
development, and an ability to introduce and reinforce application of
those practices in a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience
writing solid, simple, elegant code both independently and in a
team-programming environment and within schedule limitations.
•
Demonstrated experience working collaboratively on a project from
specification to launch; and to work with multiple levels of staff, and
colleagues at peer institutions and open source communities; excellent
verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated success
contributing to community-based open source projects, specifically those
relevant to the Stanford Libraries’ Digital Library architecture, such
as Fedora, Blacklight, Solr or Hydra.
• Masters degree or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Information Science or related field.
•
Five or more years relevant experience designing middleware, services
or infrastructure for information-based software systems.
• Seven or
more years relevant experience designing middleware, services or
infrastructure for complex software systems for consideration at the 4P4
level
Desired:
• Familiarity with library-related metadata and metadata standards, particularly MARC, MODS, METS, TEI and EAD.
• Familiarity with the use of RDF, linked data and semantic markup in digital library and digital humanities projects.
• Experience in the digital library community.
• Prior success in working in an academic environment.
Job #52419
