Nonduke Student/Intern

Duke University:

Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.

The successful applicant will develop the HBWatER team data portal (hbwater.org), and the MacroSheds data processing system (https://github.com/MacroSHEDS/data_processing ). Specific tasks include maintaining existing infrastructure (bugfixes, identifying and connecting raw datasets to processing pipelines), and development of new features as they are requested by principal investigators and collaborators. The successful applicant will work at 30 hrs/wk until May 19, 2024, and then 10 hrs/wk until July 28, and is expected to become relatively independent after developing a few features with assistance. They will become proficient at a set of skills relevant to environmental data scientists: Shiny development and debugging, environmental data management, advanced data visualization, database interaction, and UX design.

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Job Code: 00000729 NONDUKE STUDENT/INTERN
Job Level: 00

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