Temporary Globus Labs Intern, Accelerate Team

Department ​

Provost Globus Labs – Materials

About the Department

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Globus (www.globus.org) is a sustainable, non-profit business within the University of Chicago delivering solutions to the research community worldwide. Globus develops and provides critical services that support scientific research for governmental, academic, and commercial organizations in a wide range of disciplines including life sciences, physics, and astronomy. We develop and operate commercial-quality, cloud-based software application and platform services used by 10s of thousands of researchers to manage their large–and growing–data management challenges. We have offices located at 401 North Michigan Avenue in the heart of downtown Chicago and remote employees who work-from-home. Globus, together with Globus Labs, a research group within the University of Chicago, and part of the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Labs, develop and deploy cutting edge technologies to solve new challenges facing the scientific community and enable break-through scientific discoveries.

Job Information ​
 

Job Summary:

As an intern with the Globus Labs team, the focus of this position will be to assist in the development and deployment of new software services to help researchers publish and share their data and to solve problems in domains ranging from materials science, chemistry, catalysis, x-ray science, and more. We’re looking for highly skilled students and young people skilled in the techniques of data preprocessing, machine learning, and also building and supporting Python services and systems.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and deployment of new software.
• Assist researchers publish and share data.
• Process data through Python services and systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and constant attention to detail.
• Work both independently and as a team member.
• Confidentiality related to sensitive University matters such as strategic initiatives, trade secrets, quiet periods, and scientific discoveries yet to be put in the public domain.

Additional Requirements ​​
 

Education, Experience, or Certifications:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Enrolled in a degree-seeking college or university, seeking a four-year degree in computer science, web design, or related technical field preferred.

Experience:

• One year of relevant programming experience developing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining applications or data services written in Python or experience developing JavaScript front end applications required.
• Distributed version control system experience (e.g., Git), preferred.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• This is a temporary position.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Benefit Eligibility ​
 
No

Requires Compliance with University Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
 

No

Pay Frequency ​
 
Hourly

Pay Range
 
Depends on Qualifications

Scheduled Weekly Hours ​
 
37.5

Union ​
 
Non-Union

Job is Exempt
 
No

Drug Test Required
 
No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 
No

Health Screen Required
No

Posting Date ​
 
2024-03-20

Remove from Posting On or Before ​
 
2024-09-20

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