Part-time Research Assistant III in the Faculty of Business and Economics
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22 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Part-time Research Assistant I/II in the Faculty of Business and Economics(Ref. 534735)((to commence as soon as possible for 6 months with possibility of renewal)
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a closely related field
- Strong proficiency in Python and Django backend development
- Experience with Django REST Framework and relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
- Hands-on experience deploying applications on AWS and/or Alibaba Cloud
- Familiarity with Cloudflare CI/CD pipelines and/or server operations
- Proficiency in Linux system administration and operations
- Understanding of asynchronous task processing using Celery Redis
- Experience with Docker for containerized deployment
- Familiarity with Nginx and Gunicorn configuration
Preferred / Bonus Qualifications
- Full-stack development experience
- Automated testing (unit/integration)
- DevOps practices and/or server monitoring
- Experience integrating OpenAI APIs or similar LLMs
- Knowledge of Django Channels (WebSockets)
- Email service integration (e.g. SendGrid)
- Internationalization (i18n) and localization development
- Writing technical documentation (e.g. READMEs API docs)
- Prior collaboration with frontend engineers
Candidates with relevant internship experience prior research assistant roles or substantial personal/academic projects are strongly preferred.
Enquiries about the post should be sent to Professor Dawei David Wang (email: )
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered.
The University only accepts online application for the above post. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date include links to GitHub repositories personal projects or other relevant work samples in your application.
Review of applications will commence as soon as possible and continue until April 30 2026 or until the post is filled whichever is earlier.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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About Company
Established in 1911, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) is the territory’s oldest institute of higher learning and also an internationally recognized, research led, comprehensive university.
