Software Engineer IV arXiv Cornell Tech NYC
Software Engineer IV arXiv Cornell Tech NYC
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About Cornell Tech
Cornell Tech is a graduate campus of Cornell University that brings together faculty students business leaders and tech entrepreneurs in a catalytic environment to reinvent the way we live in the digital age.
A hallmark of Cornell Tech is a rapid pace of change and growth which serve as opportunities to pursue excellence and improvement not merely scale. We iterate to learn quickly from our activities and to improve our programs and ways of working. We further expect our organizational structure to continue to change given the pace of our activities and programs and our iterative learning process. We see Cornell Tech serving as a model organization for our students demonstrating the operations of a highly effective dynamic informationage organization.
About arXiv:
Started in August 1991 and located at Cornell University since 2001 arXivis an open access research sharing platform for scholarly articles. The eprint repository has transformed the scholarly communication and knowledge dissemination of multiple fields of physics mathematics computer science quantitative biology quantitative finance and statistics electrical engineering systems science and economics as new subject domains. arXiv is a global resource with 70 of institutional use coming from countries other than the USA.
arXiv resides in Cornell Tech with staff and faculty collaborations spanning the Ithaca and New York City campuses. Synergies between arXiv and Cornell Tech include cutting edge research on the technical challenges of scientific communication and collaboration such as how to build better recommender systems using advanced machine learning the societal aspects of computing and data science humancentered design platform content moderation and social networks.
Position Summary
While position responsibilities vary every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative collaborative open and welcoming; showing respect compassion and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.
Reporting to the arXiv Technical Director the Software Engineer will participate in the new arXiv development projects and ongoing maintenance.
- Write new software as part of arXivs migration to the cloud
- Rewrite and rearchitect the functions of arXivs existing Perl and PHP code in Python
- Implement new functions and features in arXivs system
- Improve and rationalize arXivs support for TeX and LaTeX
- Manage cloud deployments
- Write test cases
- Create and maintain a CI/CD pipeline
- Help manage arXivs use of and contributions to Open Source Projects
Successful candidates will need to have and display the following competencies as part of this role:
Manages ambiguity Operating effectively even when things are not certainor the way forward is not clear
Decision quality Relies on a mixture of analysis wisdom experience and judgment when making decisions
Action oriented Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency high energy and enthusiasm
Cultivates innovation Comes up with useful ideas that are new better or unique
This is a fulltime benefitseligible 3year term position with the possibility of renewal. This is a hybrid or fully onsite position with primary work location at the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. There is some flexibility for fully remote work. Flexible work schedules are subject to change.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Starting Salary Range: $121600 to $130300
Essential Functions Include:
Direct Technical Contributions 65
- Write new software as part of arXivs migration to the cloud
- Convert existing Perl and PHP code to Python
- Manage cloud deployments
- Write test cases; Develop and validate test routines and schedules evaluate code to ensure that it is valid is properly structured meets industry standards and is compatible with browsers devices or operating systemsCreate and maintain a CI/CD pipeline
- Help manage arXivs use of and contributions to Open Source Projects
- Use advanced skills to support analyze and evaluate complex existing or proposed applications and enterprise systems. Analyze and amend software errors in a timely and accurate fashion and provide status reports where required.
Project management 20
- Manage sub projects relating to arXivs migration to the cloud
- Collaborates with Project Manager and Sr. Software Engineers to create and implement project plans for projects with significant interdependency with other systems and/or projects
Internal Communications 10
- Keep arXiv staff and management informed about general progress issues and concerns
Other positionrelated responsibilities 5
- Participate in projects with occasional work responsibility falling above or below current classification.
- Other position related responsibilities as assigned by your supervisor
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in computer science (or a closely related field) and at least 5 years of software development experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience DevOps experience particularly Cloud devOps
- Familiarity with Linux scripting etc.
- A record of serious contributions to productiongrade software projects
- Ability to thrive and manage through ambiguity
- Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity equity access inclusion and wellbeing
- Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes diversity equity inclusion antiracism and wellbeing
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong Docker Experience
- Kubernetes experience
- Familiarity with and use of arXiv
- Deep knowledge of TeX and LaTeX usage and processing tools particularly with respect to conversion of TeX to HTML
- OpSec experience with emphasis on SSO/OAuth
- Passion for science
Culture of Inclusion and Community Standards
As a university founded to be a place where any person can find instruction in any study diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values and mission. We strive to be a welcoming caring healthy and equitable community where students faculty and staff with different backgrounds perspectives abilities and experiences can learn innovate and work in an environment of respect and feel empowered to engage in any community conversation. As a member of the Cornell University community it is important to recognize our shared responsibility to each other to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all. Cornell Core values
As an individual contributor you will model and support a culture of diversity equity inclusion and wellbeing and continually seek to understand how your role behaviors and actions impact the success of this culture.
While position responsibilities vary greatly the Skills for Success and Leadership Skills for Successare foundational to what is expected ofevery employee and leader working at Cornell. These skills are essential for individual and organizational success. Staff Skills for Success; Leadership Skills for Success
Rewards And Benefits
Competitive compensation generous timeoff and great benefits More on Cornell Benefits
University Job Title:
Software Engineer IVJob Family:
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SalaryPay Range:
$113071.00 $157043.00Remote Option Availability:
HybridCompany:
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Employment Type
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