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Application Developer

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Closing date
4 Jun 2019

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The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn’s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

The World’s First Business School
JOSEPH WHARTON, FOUNDER

In 1881, American entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton established the world’s first collegiate school of business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Wharton’s pioneering vision was to produce graduates who would become ‘pillars of the state, whether in private or in public life.’ The Wharton School maintains a long tradition of educating visionary business leaders in academia, business, government, and not-for-profit organizations.

Today, Wharton has expanded the scope of this vision to become the most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world – with over 225 faculty members, 95,000 alumni, 5,000 students across 10 academic departments, 20 research centers, and more than 9,000 executive education participants annually. https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/

Who We Are

Wharton Research Data Services supports over 50,000 users worldwide, doing research on over 1 Petabyte of financial data. We manage and redistribute hundreds of data products from over 50 different companies. WRDS is part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We offer great benefits, a flexible work environment, and a great campus location.

Who We Are Looking For

WRDS is looking for an enthusiastic junior (C grade) or senior (D grade) developer to join the Platform Development and Integration team. The PDI team is responsible for developing and maintaining the WRDS infrastructure both on-site and in the cloud. This role will build and maintain this infrastructure, as well as develop data access from varying sources using a variety of software packages. You will work closely with other PDI team members, the Web and Data teams, as well as our PhD researchers to present our data in innovative and easy to use ways.

An ideal candidate can deploy and maintain an enterprise class Linux High Performance Computing environment and can write scripts to automate, scale, and optimize workflows on it. The interest and ability to assist in exploring new technologies is crucial. This includes selecting and configuring software and connecting it to data and other existing parts of the application. Support internal staff as well as users.

The senior level developer will be expected to coordinate multiple projects and will have more responsibility for project goals and timelines, while still meeting deadlines. The position will develop or modify procedures to solve complex problems, taking into consideration computer equipment capacity and limitations.

Qualifications/Skills Required:

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years (C Level) or 3 – 5 years (Senior Level) IT experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Comfortable deploying, maintaining, and administering UNIX/Linux environments

Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, and must be able to support users, relay questions to vendors, and present and discuss requirements internally.

Experience with an all-purpose programming language such as Python or Perl

Experience with version control systems such as svn or git

Experience with SQL

A preferred candidate will also have several of the following skills:

Experience with cloud computing architecture,

Familiarity with configuration management systems such as ansible

Statistical software, such as SAS, R, Matlab, or Stata

Understanding of typical web development workflow

Familiarity with big data tools

Experience with networking infrastructure and knowledge of networking theory

Experience with financial, economic, and related databases

Senior developers must be able to manage multiple priorities and evaluate the work of team members.

Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

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