The Center seeks a creative, forward thinking web developer. Provides ongoing support to the Center's many research initiatives and related research projects; consults, strategizes and solves needs for web-oriented projects. Works in a team within a fun, dynamic and deadline-driven environment, addressing web and programming needs of research fellows, staff, and faculty working on cutting-edge internet law and policy issues. Designs, develops, and manages custom websites, assisting with deployment into hosted environment and/or client sites. Estimates and plans activities for projects, identifying and resolving gaps between requirements and technical design. Term appointment scheduled to end June 30, 2009; continuation contingent on business needs and funding.

Required Education, Experience and Skills

Basic Requirements: BSCS or equivalent and 3-4 years related web development experience. Additional

Qualifications: Ideal candidates have capacity and desire to learn new technologies quickly and enjoy tinkering/solving dynamic technology problems. Required: experience working/deploying on Linux Systems running Apache and Tomcat; familiarity with revision control tools (CVS, Subversion), IDEs, development tools and release and testing methodologies; experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, PHP, SQL; experience developing database backed web applications.

Should have some of the following: experience with open source interactive web applications (Drupal, MediaWiki, WordPress, WebGUI, etc); knowledge of various browsers and platform compatibility issues and strengths; knowledge of Linux, MySQL, Perl, Python, Java and Ruby; knowledge of MVC frameworks such as Rails, Struts, or Jango, a plus. Excellent customer service orientation, initiative to manage priorities with minimal supervision; adept at working with both non-technical and technical people; ability to understand and distil needs of complex projects, is important. Experience is ideal, but enthusiasm and eagerness to learn equally important.

Harvard University requires pre-employment reference and background screening.

Harvard University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

To Apply

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