[AISWorld] Visual Analytics Researchers and Software Developers | Vienna, Austria

[Arno Scharl]

Position Announcement - Dec 2017 
WEB INTELLIGENCE AND MEDIA ANALYTICS 
(Part-time, full-time and PhD candidate positions)

The Department of New Media Technology of MODUL University Vienna [1] and
webLyzard technology [2] seek outstanding candidates to advance the state of
the art in research projects supported by the European Union (Horizon 2020)
and the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI) - pursued in collaboration with
leading media and technology partners across Europe [3, 4]. Do you have a
passion for conceptualizing and developing novel solutions to challenging
technical problems? As part of a dynamic and interdisciplinary team, you
will participate in a fast-paced research environment that builds
high-profile showcases for international organizations such as the United
Nations and NOAA Climate.gov.

Essential Qualifications
-- Analytical Skills and Software Development Experience (JavaScript and/or
Java)
-- Web Development Frameworks such as Vert.x, React, Ractive or Angular

Desired Qualifications
-- Information Visualization for Web Applications (D3.js)
-- Horizontally Scalable Information Retrieval (Elasticsearch; ideally
experience with larger clusters and optimized queries and aggregations)
-- Quality Control (JavaScript and/or Java Unit Testing)
-- Media Analytics and Business Intelligence Applications
-- Human Computer Interaction; UX and Visual Design

The positions will remain open until filled. Base salaries depend on
experience and typically follow the guidelines of the Austrian Science Fund
[5]. MODUL University Vienna and webLyzard are equal opportunity employers
and strongly encourage qualified women to apply. Please send your
application including cover letter, CV and academic transcript to
maximilian.lang at modul.ac.at (in English or German, as single PDF file not
exceeding 8 MB).

[1] www.modul.ac.at/nmt
[2] www.weblyzard.com/research
[3] www.weblyzard.com/retv
[4] www.weblyzard.com/sonar-digital-news-initiative
[5] www.fwf.ac.at/de/forschungsfoerderung/personalkostensaetze

-- 
Prof. DDr. Arno Scharl
MODUL University Vienna
Department of New Media Technology
Am Kahlenberg 1, 1190 Vienna, Austria
web | www.modul.ac.at/nmt
email | scharl at modul.ac.at 
twitter | @weblyzard