Senior Software Engineer - AI for Public Policy & Education

Harvard Kennedy School; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Health insurance starting day one

Retirement plans with university

Wellbeing resources

Tuition assistance and reimbursement

Job summary

Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science to join the Shorenstein Center. You will design and deploy large-scale research software and AI-powered tools for education technology and public policy studies.

Lead cross-disciplinary projects, collaborate with researchers, publish findings, and ensure production readiness while following Harvard IT standards. Hybrid work, on-campus 3 days/week.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• Experience with generative AI pipelines
• Experience deploying software in a cloud environment
• Full stack development with Python/TypeScript; familiarity with Svelte/React

Responsibilities

• Independently perform complex applications/web development for large-scale projects
• Design and develop complex software systems for education technology and AI tools
• Leverage ML/NLP breakthroughs to build, test, deploy advanced algorithmic tools
• Lead technical projects involving AI, ML, NLP, and large-scale experimentation
• Contribute to randomized trials and empirical methods to evaluate AI interventions
• Collaborate with researchers to translate models into production systems
• Co-author publications and technical reports
• Stay updated on AI, computational social science, and causal inference
• Follow Harvard IT standards and code of conduct

Skills

Generative AI pipelines

Team collaboration

Empirical research methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Svelte

React

Cloud deployment

Job description

Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science to join the Shorenstein Center. You will design and deploy large-scale research software and AI-powered tools for education technology and public policy studies.

Lead cross-disciplinary projects, collaborate with researchers, publish findings, and ensure production readiness while following Harvard IT standards. Hybrid work, on-campus 3 days/week.