Temporary Programmer/Analyst

Cornell University•Ithaca, NY

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the team behind AllAboutBirds.org, a digital gateway bringing birds and nature to 20+ million people annually. You will build the bridge between complex scientific data and a massive community of nature lovers—creating high-performance tools that turn raw information into a journey of discovery. You will architect and build the modern web and data services powering our next-generation user experiences. Working within a collaborative, iterative team, you will integrate diverse data streams to design dynamic personalized features, self-service tools, and interactive learning capabilities that drive global engagement with the natural world. While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others. This is a full-time, temporary position at 100% FTE. This is a 6 month appointment with the possibility to extend up to one full year. This position is eligible for a hybrid or fully remote work arrangement. The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke, or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years relevant experience or equivalent combination.
Ability to communicate clearly and diplomatically with a variety of domain experts in order to define software requirements
Ability to work with the team in establishing realistic goals and to deliver work on schedule.
Ability to translate design and functional requirements into actionable technical specifications
Must be self-motivated and able to work independently and be equally capable of working with the supervisor to prioritize projects and to regularly communicate status and progress.
Experience in application design and implementation, using agile practices
Familiarity with QA/QC conventions
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, team-based environment, to manage multiple competing deadlines and be able to prioritize work with minimal input
Ability to express highly technical terms in layman’s terms.

Responsibilities

Architect the enterprise technology services compatible with Cornell Lab's technical infrastructure
Work with the Advancement Technology Team on web applications, data integration processes, CMS, and cloud server infrastructure
Manage enterprise platform components, including web servers, JavaScript frameworks/runtimes, container platforms, databases, cloud services, and AI-supported services
Oversee integrative software development lifecycle, from requirements to deployment
Design & manage application-level data services
Scaffold a modern application to support our goals
Select the tech stack for the new application
Architect the new application and all supporting web & data services
Standardize the business layer for inter-application communication
Integration with marketing platform to enable business goals
Quality assurance and testing procedures.