June
10, 2009
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS/AMHERST
PROFESSIONAL
POSITION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE
ENGINEER
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL
STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
Under the general direction of a senior faculty member,
contributes to the design,
research, development, installation, and maintenance of systems
software and
utilities and enhancements to support the research developments in
the Information
Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory (IESL). Work with computer science
researchers
and
other engineers on new tools for information extraction, browsing, search and
data
mining of research publications and patents. Two positions are available.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. B.S. in Computer Science
or related field or equivalent combination of
education, training and
experience.
2. Excellent programming
skills in Java.
3. Experience with
utilizing low-level system primitives (UNIX preferred).
4. Experience with building
software systems and systems integration.
5. Experience with WWW
applications development using HTML or Perl.
6. Familiarity with at least one of the
following areas: information retrieval,
text extraction, natural language
processing, or artificial intelligence.
Normal
Starting Salary: $38,500 - $43,300; up to
$48,100 may be approved for
exceptionally qualified
individuals.
PROFESSIONAL STAFF SALARY ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM POSITION LEVEL 25.
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The
of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age,
marital status national origin, mental
or physical disability, veteran status, or
sexual orientation; in any aspect of
the access to, admission, or treatment of
students in its programs and
activities, or in employment and
application for employment. Furthermore,
University policy includes prohibitions of
harassment of students and employees,
i.e., racial harassment, and retaliation
for filing complaints of discrimination.
To apply please send a letter with your resume and three
letters of recommendation
to the address listed below. Comprehensive benefits package included.
These
positions are grant-funded; renewal beyond one year is
contingent upon continued
funding. Review of
applications will begin on June 24, 2009.
ON-CAMPUS
APPLICATIONS ONLY:
Send application materials to: Search #R35030, c/o
Claire
Christopherson, Business Manager, Department of Computer Science, Computer
01003-9264.
On-Campus
applicants are defined as
OFF-CAMPUS
APPLICATIONS ONLY:
Send application materials to: Search
#R35030,
Employment Office, 167 Whitmore
Administration Building, University of
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