Job: Software Engineer, Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory

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Job Opening:
Software Engineer

The Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory within the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is seeking one or more computer professionals to support its expanding role in providing an Open Peer Review platform for scientific conferences and journals via OpenReview.net.

You will help drive a revolution in scientific peer review by promoting rapid dissemination and open public discussion of scholarly works, building on the success of Open Access publishing. You will work with open source tools, Scala, modern methods, and substantial hardware resources.  The CIIR is an intellectually stimulating environment within the School of Computer Science. See http://www.cs.umass.edu/~mccallum/se.html for more information.

Experience required: programming in Java, preferably in a professional environment; unix, network, and shell script programming; and building software systems.  Experience preferred in one or more of the following areas: information retrieval, natural language processing, text and information extraction processing, and database systems.

Software Engineer 1: Requires a B.S. in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience, plus 2-4 years experience or equivalent. Normal Starting Salary: $45,400 - $51,100; up to $62,500 may be approved for exceptionally qualified individuals. To apply for this position, visit http://umass.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=53423, and submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information for three reference letter writers.

Software Engineer 2: Requires a B.S. in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience, plus 3-5 years experience or equivalent. MS preferred. Normal Starting Salary: $49,900 - $56,300; up to $69,100 may be approved for exceptionally qualified individuals. To apply for this position, visit http://umass.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=53425, and submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information for three reference letter writers.

Review of applications will begin on October 14, 2014 and may continue until a suitable candidate pool has been identified.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members.