Research Programmer

Rutgers University; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Prescription coverage

Dental insurance

Retirement benefits

Hybrid work through FlexWork@RU

Job summary

Rutgers University is seeking a Research Programmer to support the Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation (RIME) Group within the School of Engineering. The programmer serves as the primary contact for maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing software infrastructure and research applications.

This role collaborates with faculty, research staff, external agencies, and stakeholders on software design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or a related field and two years of software development experience.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Experience with AWS or DevOps is a plus.
• Experience with relational databases and time-series data is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance software infrastructure and research applications.
• Collaborate with faculty, researchers, and external partners on design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation.
• Monitor software performance, resolve issues, and implement bug fixes and minor features.
• Prepare technical documentation to support reliability and reproducibility.

Skills

Python

Pandas

NumPy

Django

JavaScript

SQL

Java

C/C++

Git

RESTful APIs

Full-stack web development

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or a related field

Tools

AWS

DevOps

Relational databases

Time-series data

Web frameworks

Job description

Rutgers University is hiring a Research Programmer to support the Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation (RIME) Group within the School of Engineering. The programmer serves as the primary contact for maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing software infrastructure and research applications. This role collaborates with faculty, research staff, external agencies, and stakeholders on software design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation.

Highlights

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance software, scripts, websites, and web-based applications for ongoing research projects.
• Monitor software performance, resolve technical issues, and oversee bug fixes and minor feature enhancements.
• Conduct data analysis and database management for research software systems.
• Prepare technical documentation to keep research software reliable.
• Write in Python, with experience in Pandas, NumPy, Django, JavaScript, SQL, Java, C/C++, or Visual Basic.
• Bring full-stack web development experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, web frameworks, and RESTful APIs, plus Git.
• Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or a related field plus two years of software development experience.
• Prefer a master's degree, AWS or DevOps experience, and experience with relational databases and time-series data.
• Pay $30 to $50 per hour for 19 hours per week in a temporary hourly staff appointment.
• Receive medical, prescription, dental, and retirement benefits where eligible, with possible hybrid work through FlexWork@RU.