Research Engineer / Senior Research Engineer (Digital Humanities)

About the role

The Asian Centre for Digital Cultures (ACDC) at CoHASS, NTU, is hiring two Research Engineers or Senior Research Engineers. Working at the intersection of computation and the humanities, arts and social sciences, successful candidates provide technical support, methodological expertise and collaborative capacity across the Centre's research initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Support CoHASS researchers in exploring and applying digital methods and tools, including coding, and help principal investigators integrate digital tools into their projects
• Assist the ACDC methods lab lead and co-lead in running regular academic events
• Provide training in selected digital methods and tools
• Support researchers in developing web and mobile applications and in using cloud services for research and development
• Help with ethical scraping, collection, cleaning and structuring of qualitative and quantitative datasets
• Develop and maintain the ACDC website and portal
• Help researchers write the methods and technical sections of research proposals and publications
• Define and manage guidelines for best-practice software design and development, and for managing risks affecting scope, schedule and quality
• Keep the team informed about current software development trends in the sector

Required profile

• Master's degree in computer science, data science, information science or digital humanities
• Demonstrated experience supporting a high-quality service to users, including troubleshooting research-related problems and improving services
• Ability to learn new methods and software through manuals and online tutorials
• Enthusiasm for exploring new digital methods

Required skills

• Python, including the Pandas package and statistical or machine learning packages
• Access to cloud AI services
• Experience with cloud services and environments
• Web or mobile application development
• Open source development and agile software development are highly valued