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Center for International Development at Harvard University | Backend / Data Specialist and UI/UX and Data Visualization Designer | Cambridge, MA (Boston) | Full Time ONSITE You: Want to make a positive impact in the world. For the backend position: You are interested in the intersection of data science and software engineering. You enjoy tinkering, working on and learning a wide variety of new things. You enjoy python and linux. Junior applicants encouraged, you'll have plenty of opportunity to learn on the job. For the UI/UX & dataviz position: You are interested in building visualization /tools/ that help people perform analyses, rather than just being visually appealing. You understand the importance of a good UI in making tasks more straightforward and less confusing. You'll be spending a lot of time understanding how our users use our tools to learn, and how we can help them do more. Us: A research center (https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/) that focuses on the question: “Why do some countries grow while others don’t?”, and studies issues of economic development and poverty in developing countries. We have people from a wide set of backgrounds, including economics, public policy, computer science, mathematics. My team is a is a small software team within the larger organization. Last month we just launched a do-over of our free tool that helps people explore detailed world trade data and the productive capabilities of countries: (http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore/). We'll be working on this a lot more in the coming year. We've also worked with many country governments, bringing in our policy and software expertise to assist them in their efforts (e.g. Colombia: http://www.datlascolombia.com/#/?locale=en-col but also Mexico, Peru). We also occasionally do more experimental projects, like the 3D globe (http://globe.cid.harvard.edu/). --- More info: Backend / Data https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreL... UI / UX https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreL... Contact: cidatlas [at] hks [dot] harvard [dot] edu , preferably with work samples you're proud of!