Research Data Storage Developer
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Software Development
Data Engineering, Software Engineer, Python
Position:Research Data Storage Developer
Location: Princeton, NJ
Job :244-15005
# of Openings:1
Title:
Research Data Storage Developer (15005)
Location:
Princeton, NJ (08540)
Type:
Perm Role
Rate: $114K per year
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Reporting to the Director of Advanced Data and Storage Management, this 3-year term position will provide critical development work on the configuration of custom integrations, workflow, and data extraction processes to assist with the implementation of Tiger Data, a data storage and management system that supports the advancement of research at the client.
Understanding the needs of faculty researchers and collaborating with developers in the Library, you will develop processes and tools for metadata entry and management, automated metadata harvesting from common file types and other campus systems, and automation workflows for ensuring smooth transitions between storage stages, including movement of data to publication and long-term archive.
This is a 3-year benefits-eligible term position.
Job Duties and Responsibilities- Build, test, debug, and document software designed to support research data management, including discovery, metadata extraction from common file types and other campus systems, and data movement workflows
- Develop interfaces for the Tiger Data presentation layer using API
- Integrate with data sources such as Tiger Data, ORCID, Globus, cloud storage, and existing data repositories.
- Analyze, transform, migrate, and process data and metadata
- Build tools and workflows to validate research data submissions
- Automate and streamline manual or inefficient tasks
- Help plan and estimate work on software projects
- Embedded with a team of PUL developers working in an agile environment
- Maintain a strong partnership with the PUL software development group to enhance collaboration in the implementation of Tiger Data
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as a developer working in an environment that includes complex software systems, object-oriented programming, web-based applications and services, and distributed architecture
- Demonstrated experience with an object oriented language, preferably Ruby or Java
- Demonstrated experience with test-driven development, preferably using RSpec or JUnit
- Ability to work in a Linux-based environment
- Willingness to learn new technologies and data/metadata formats
- Experience with Agile software development practices
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Education:
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience with relevant cultural heritage metadata formats (such as MARC, MODS, and Dublin Core); ideally with archival and/or geospatial metadata formats
- Experience with Python or R
- Experience with research data management and institutional repositories
- Experience with data harvesting APIs such as OAI-PMH or Resource Sync
- Familiarity with best practices for data modeling and data management
- Experience working on and contributing to open source software projects
- Proficiency with common tools for source code version control, collaboration, and deployment; such as Git, Git Hub, Capistrano and Ansible
- Experience with Dev Ops and deployment automation
Advanced degree in Library Science, Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems, or another research field.
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