Software Engineer Technical Lead
 Columbia University | |
 United States, New York, New York | |
 Nov 04, 2024 | |
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Position Summary The Local News Lab is a product team at the Columbia University Journalism School's Brown Institute for Media Innovation, and we are focused on empowering local newsrooms and their communities. With funding from the Knight Foundation, we're embarking on a new phase of products and services development to help local newsrooms better understand and, through data-driven decision-making, better connect with their communities. Specifically, we're elevating the lab from an academic research project to an independent, mission-driven business aiming to transform local journalism. Think of it as a startup inside a university - we're hoping to match the enthusiasm, drive and initiative that goes into creating a new venture. We are looking for a software engineering technical lead excited about working with local newsrooms, and providing them with sharp, effective tools and critical technical infrastructure. You'll do this by working closely with our local newsroom partners to help shape our product strategy and drive the development of these products. You'll bring a mindset of engineering excellence to maintaining existing products and infrastructure and developing new products. We are also building up our own organizational capacity with the goal of becoming a self-sustaining organization. So we're also looking for someone keen to help build out our team and organization. This position is dependent on performance as well as the continuation of funding. Our team is hybrid remote and in-person in New York City. We work out of a beautiful space in historic Pulitzer Hall, at Columbia University, and we believe in the power of in-person connection and collaboration. We're flexible in what this looks like on a given day or week, but over the long term, we believe it's essential for our team cohesion to meet in person frequently. Responsibilities
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Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents. | |