[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

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The Digital Scholarship Group at Northeastern University has another job
opening to announce. We have just launched a search for a Data Engineer, a
crucial role in our team which puts high-quality, critically modeled data
at the heart of our projects. Please circulate to potential candidates and
consider applying. The position will remain open until filled but
application review will begin after June 30. Here’s the link to apply and
learn more, and I am also happy to answer questions:

https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/details/Data-Engineer_R115532

The full posting is included below for convenience.

Best wishes, Julia
Julia Flanders
Professor of the Practice
Director, Digital Scholarship Group
Northeastern University

Do you love learning the shapes of datasets, and molding them into
something new? The Digital Scholarship Group (DSG) in the Northeastern
University Library is excited to open a search for a Data Engineer. Working
within a warm and collaborative environment dedicated to social justice,
the Data Engineer gathers, organizes, manipulates, transforms, and
documents a variety of humanities research data. The Data Engineer works
with colleagues across the university to create sustainable platforms and
data for community-led digital scholarship.

The Data Engineer position is situated within the DSG, which is part of the
Northeastern University Library. The Library is a vital partner in
learning, teaching, and community-engaged research for a diverse R1
university. Northeastern is committed to intensive research and
experiential learning for students at all levels.

The Digital Scholarship Group is based on Northeastern’s Boston campus.
This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. Specific
arrangements can be negotiated at the time of hire. The position will
remain open until filled but application review will begin after June 30.
To apply, please visit
https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/details/Data-Engineer_R115532.
If you have any questions, please contact Julia Flanders (
j.flanders@northeastern.edu).

Responsibilities

The Data Engineer has responsibility for helping DSG work with data in a
wide range of formats, across multiple projects and often in unforeseen
contexts. The Data Engineer develops data dictionaries, mappings between
data standards, transformation routines, and other curatorial systems. This
position also manages projects and engages in high-level needs analysis and
project planning. The DSG is committed to digital approaches that consider
the pedagogical, research, social, and ethical implications of data and its
design and use.

Working closely with other DSG and library staff, faculty collaborators,
and students, the Data Engineer contributes to grant-funded and internal
projects including the Boston Research Center; the Civil Rights and
Restorative Justice project; the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language
Persistence; the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service; Digital
Humanities Quarterly; and the Women Writers Project. They will also take
the lead on building DSG’s policies and practices in working with external
data platforms such as Wikidata and partner project APIs. To support this
work, expertise with tools like regular expressions and OpenRefine, and
facility with data including RDF, JSON, XML, various API responses, and
other formats will be important.

We warmly invite people with various skills and levels of expertise to
apply to this position. Candidates who meet some, but not all, of the
qualifications listed below are strongly encouraged to apply. We seek
colleagues who are committed to building an inclusive and diverse working
environment and who have been and remain underrepresented or marginalized
in the field of librarianship – including but not limited to people of
color, LGBTQ+ people, individuals with disabilities and applicants from
lower-income and first-generation library or academic backgrounds. We
expect this position to be an ongoing learning experience and are committed
to supporting professional development.

Qualifications

We realize that this is a lengthy list of activities and qualifications.
There are multiple paths toward success in this position, and each may look
somewhat different depending on the successful candidate’s interests and
experience.

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or similar training in data
science, information science, information design, or other relevant
discipline preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working or studying in a data-intensive
environment, preferably in an academic or non-profit research setting
• Experience working with quantitative and qualitative datasets, especially
with historical and cultural heritage data
• Experience working with structured data formats (for instance, XML, RDF,
JSON, CSV, relational databases) and with data conversion, data
enhancement, and data analysis
• Ability to write code to assist in carrying out these kinds of
data-related work (for instance, using R, Python, SQL, SPARQL, XSLT, Perl,
and/or regular expressions)
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects and adapt to the evolving
landscape of digital humanities
• Collaborative problem-solving skills, and the ability to research and
recommend solutions as part of a participatory design process
• Commitment to thoughtful, adaptive engagement with the needs of community
collaborators
• Strong oral and written skills, ability to communicate across expertise
levels and prepare project documentation
• Desire and aptitude to grow skills (especially in technical areas) and
learn new things

The following skills are desirable but are not all essential for applicants
to possess at the outset; we can provide training:
• Knowledge of metadata standards relevant to research data, such as the
Data Documentation Initiative
• Experience creating, manipulating, and querying linked open data
• Experience in open-source development practices and workflows, preferably
within an academic or non-profit environment
• Experience working with databases, data management systems, and APIs
• Experience with developing and leading workshops
• Experience communicating complex ideas about data and how it is used to
many audiences

Salary Range:

$82,725 – $93,000

About the Digital Scholarship Group

A recognized leader in the field, the Digital Scholarship Group supports
digital modes of research, publication, and collaboration through applied
research, systems and tools development, and consultative services. The DSG
offers a friendly and closely collaborative work environment, and actively
fosters the professional and intellectual development of all of our
colleagues and collaborators, including training opportunities and
mentorship.

Our team engages with faculty in the digital humanities and quantitative
social sciences from across the university to develop digital research and
teaching projects, organize events, plan grant-funded initiatives and
provide training and mentorship. We also work in close partnership with
Northeastern’s Archives and Special Collections, the NULab for Maps, Texts,
and Networks, and with cultural heritage partners in Boston including the
Massachusetts Historical Society and the Boston Public Library.

We develop tools and platforms for working with digital artifacts and data,
for querying and publishing them. We also provide workshops, mentorship
opportunities, and pedagogical frameworks to the Northeastern community.
Some of our major projects include the Boston Research Center, the Civil
Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and the Digital Archive of
Indigenous Language Persistence, as well as a number of digital archiving
projects from the Library’s Archives and Special Collections. In all of our
projects, we are attentive to inclusive and anti-racist approaches to data
modeling, platform development, and collaborative working processes.

About the Library

The Northeastern University Library supports the mission of the University
by working in partnership with the University community to develop and
disseminate new scholarship. The Library fosters intellectual and
professional growth, enriches the research, teaching, and learning
environment, and promotes the effective use of knowledge by managing and
delivering information resources and services to library users.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to
recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff.
Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives
to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group
relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color,
national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any
other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University’s commitment and support of
diversity and inclusion, please see http://www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the
recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our
world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty,
alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of
discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland,
Maine; San Francisco Bay area; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver;
and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our
growing global university system. Through this network, we expand
opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative,
solutions-focused research.

Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs—
in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the
doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195
multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for
purposeful lives and careers.

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