Research Assistant

  • Full-Time
  • Princeton, NJ
  • Princeton University
  • Posted 2 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description
Overview: This position is expected to perform computer science research and collaborate with members of the Human-Computer Interaction Collective. This will involve working with postdocs, faculty, staff, and students on implementing research prototypes, contribute code that explore to social computing projects, help write research papers reporting results of experiments, and presenting the insights as needed. The research assistant will attend weekly meetings, daily standup meetings, and meet regularly with the PI and other collaborators.Responsibilities: Social computing systems research: coding software prototypes and production quality code in collaboration with the team’s partners, discussing and collaborating with students, postdocs, and other staff. Also, regularly presenting results of the project, and documenting the work done. Social computing study-based research: help with user studies’ logistics, syntheses of results, qualitative and quantitative analyses of data, help perform participant interviews when needed.Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of full-stack programming with various frameworks.
  • Ability to clearly communicate in speech, writing and presentations.
  • Experience with system architecture.
  • Excellent code documentation.
  • Bachelor's Degree and 1+ years experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research.
  • User experience and user interface design.
  • Experience with Python and/or JavaScript
  • Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research experience.

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO IS THE LAWStandard Weekly Hours: 36.25 Eligible for Overtime: Yes Benefits Eligible: Yes Probationary Period: 90 days Essential Services Personnel (see policy for detail): No Physical Capacity Exam Required: No Valid Driver's License Required: No : #LI-GR1
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