[Corpora-List] Job: Scientific Software Engineer "A Web-based Annotation Platform" at Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany

[Torsten Zesch]

Scientific Software Engineer "A Web-based Annotation Platform" at 
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany 

The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab (Technical University of 
Darmstadt, Germany) has an opening for a scientific software engineer to 
create a web-based platform for linguistic annotations. The goals of 
this project are: a well-engineered server back-end for an existing 
web-based annotation front-end, and designing a connection to 
crowdsourcing platforms for linguistic annotations. The position is 
ideal for individuals who have just completed their studies and aim to 
collect work experience in a highly productive, dynamic scientific work 
environment before moving on to a scientific or an industry career. 

This project is part of CLARIN-D, funded by BMBF. CLARIN-D provides 
linguistic data, tools and services in an integrated, interoperable and 
scalable infrastructure for the social sciences and humanities, and is 
highly visible in Germany and within the European Union. Funding is 
expected to be available for 1 year, starting from September 1st, 2012. 
Filling the position depends on the availability of funds. The payment 
follows the German public scale and depends on the qualification of the 
candidate. Part-time employment is possible. 

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in computer science 
and/or computational linguistics (M.Sc. or B.Sc) and demonstrate very 
good skills in software engineering. Previous work experience with one 
of the themes mentioned above is a definite asset, but is not an 
absolute requirement. Further, we expect excellent communication skills 
and the ability to work in a distributed team environment. 

Requirements: - strong programming skills in Java; - knowledge of web 
technologies such as HTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript; - experience with 
XML-based exchange formats. 

A plus: - experience with language technology, especially UIMA - 
experience with relational databases, especially MySQL, JPA - previous 
open source software projects 

The focus of UKP Lab (see www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de) is on semantic 
information management, computational analysis of user generated 
content, and applied lexical semantic processing. The group features a 
dynamic work environment, a highly motivated and integrated research 
team, a substantial industrial cooperation network, and was 
distinguished by several research awards for fundamental research since 
its establishment in summer 2006. Darmstadt is located in the southern 
part of the Rhine Main Area, which hosts one of the strongest 
IT-Clusters in Germany. The city has a preferable location in the center 
of Germany: not even half an hour away from the Rhine-Main International 
Airport in Frankfurt. 

Interested candidates should send their application (CV, certificates, 
references to software projects) to Prof. Dr. Chris Biemann and Prof. 
Dr. Iryna Gurevych (preferably by email: biemann (at) ukp (dot) 
informatik (dot) tu-darmstadt (dot) de). Please direct your inquiries 
regarding this posting to the same address. 

Application deadline: May 21, 2012. Later applications will be 
considered as long as the position is not filled. Upon consideration, 
you will be asked to complete a programming assignment. 


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