Research Programmer: Learning Games & Tutor Tech

JIT Global Freight Solution P Ltd; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental

Tuition benefits

Paid time off

Life/disability insurance

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Learning Game and Tutor Research Programmer for the HCII/School of Computer Science. You will design and implement research software, extend existing apps, and analyze new algorithms, while documenting changes and managing code repositories.

The role involves setting up software for classroom use online and observing student interactions with learning materials, with emphasis on collaboration and rigorous engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 1 year of experience in research computing systems analysis, systems programming, database analysis and design or research computing.
• Experience developing HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript.
• Familiarity with Angular and React.
• Knowledge of version control, OO programming and software engineering principles.
• Unix-based OS, Docker, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
• Working knowledge of Unity is valued.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software applications, often in a team setting, or modify existing software to meet research needs.
• Maintain and extend existing applications and correct system bugs; test upgrades; update documentation.
• Analyze alternative algorithms, new routines and system changes and suggest program changes.
• Document new designs, codes, and modifications.
• Manage software code repositories.
• Set up software to run in classrooms over the Internet.
• Work in classrooms, observing how students use learning materials.

Skills

Research computing

Object‑oriented programming

Unix-based systems

HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related

Tools

Angular

React

Docker

Jenkins

Unity

Job description

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Learning Game and Tutor Research Programmer for the HCII/School of Computer Science. You will design and implement research software, extend existing apps, and analyze new algorithms, while documenting changes and managing code repositories.

The role involves setting up software for classroom use online and observing student interactions with learning materials, with emphasis on collaboration and rigorous engineering practices.