Our dynamic universe is a wondrous thing - bring it to millions as a Senior Web Developer at LSST! In this role, you will create the public interactive portal for this high profile project.
While the telescope is under construction in Chile, the education and public outreach team (EPO) is getting started and we need your expertise and experience to start us off on the right foot in terms of both design and technology. We're looking for someone with a strong sense of UX and clean web design, both on desktop and mobile, to help tell the complex story of our changing universe. This portal will contain astronomical images, movies, and interactive widgets such as a Sky Viewer and a stream of objects in the universe being discovered at any given moment. As the first full time employee to work on the portal, your contributions will be key to our success.
Our multidisciplinary team is based in Tucson on the campus of the University of Arizona and contains astronomers, engineers, as well as education and communication specialists. Don't worry if you don't know much about astronomy - you're our key demographic!
We provide a great work environment and benefits, with private offices, 24 days of vacation per year, and excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance. Professional development is highly encouraged with tuition reimbursement for classes on campus, as well as trips to professional conferences. You choose your own equipment, both computer and ergonomic.
Feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions (cbanek@lsst.org).
I'd just like to encourage people to apply. I work with @cbanek on the LSST EPO team. Working on a large science project is amazing. Every day is interesting. There is a shared goal beyond just making money, similar to a startup with traction. The environment is pseudo-academic, which combines the best of academia and working for a national lab. The portal already has some design work done but is generally greenfield for technology choices. And last but not least Tucson is great and quite affordable.
I got my start in computers working with DECam on the Dark Energy Survey. It was one of the best experiences of my life and very fulfilling. I suggest anyone who is interested in space and science to look at this closely.
We are going to be doing some backend development! We are building out a public data center to back the portal, and to power interactive python notebooks for education and citizen science. We're not currently hiring for that position, but when we are, we will be sure to post it here on HN.
In the meantime, feel free to reach out to me on email (cbanek@lsst.org)!
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Our dynamic universe is a wondrous thing - bring it to millions as a Senior Web Developer at LSST! In this role, you will create the public interactive portal for this high profile project.
While the telescope is under construction in Chile, the education and public outreach team (EPO) is getting started and we need your expertise and experience to start us off on the right foot in terms of both design and technology. We're looking for someone with a strong sense of UX and clean web design, both on desktop and mobile, to help tell the complex story of our changing universe. This portal will contain astronomical images, movies, and interactive widgets such as a Sky Viewer and a stream of objects in the universe being discovered at any given moment. As the first full time employee to work on the portal, your contributions will be key to our success.
Our multidisciplinary team is based in Tucson on the campus of the University of Arizona and contains astronomers, engineers, as well as education and communication specialists. Don't worry if you don't know much about astronomy - you're our key demographic!
We provide a great work environment and benefits, with private offices, 24 days of vacation per year, and excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance. Professional development is highly encouraged with tuition reimbursement for classes on campus, as well as trips to professional conferences. You choose your own equipment, both computer and ergonomic.
Feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions (cbanek@lsst.org).
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