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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The College/Unit of IST is seeking applicants for part-time job of Graduate Assistant.

Job duties to include:

• Guide and execute development of a general data collection system that other researchers can use (incorporating both user-facing and researcher-facing elements).
• Develop wireframes and mockups of the system
• Guide software development with a team of engineers
• Design an evaluation study for the system to test for comprehensiveness and usability
• Write a research paper reporting on the process and evaluation
• Publish results (targeting spring 2026).

Requirements, qualifications, and/or competencies

• Must be a currently-enrolled graduate student in good standing (master’s or doctoral level).
• Coursework or experience in relevant fields (data ethics, HCI, app development, mobile software engineering, computational social science, etc) preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and written/oral communication skills - This position will collaborate closely with research partners from other institutions, other students, and developers, so the ability to work and problem solve with others is critical.

Technical skills:

• Must have experience with developing mobile applications on Android, working with Gradle, Java/XML, and Google Play Console.
• Preference for experience with Flutter and Flutter plugins.
• Must have experience with backend frameworks such as: Phoenix/Elixir (preferred), Ruby on Rails, Django, etc.
• Must have strong technical communication skills for documenting and communicating with other project contributors and stakeholders.

 

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