The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring a Junior Software Engineer to contribute as part of our technical team based at Trinity College Dublin to support participation in the EU-funded EnrichEuropeana+ project and the Wellcome Trust-funded Digital Preservation of Reproductive Health Resources: Archiving the 8th (Archiving Reproductive Health) project.
This is a short (9 month) specific purpose contract to develop tools and workflows to integrate Transcribathon outputs with the DRI’s Repository platform, using APIs and standards compliant data structures and formats; to maintain and enhance the Repository platform in line with the goals of the DRI and the EnrichEuropeana+ project; and to implement support for the archiving of Social Media content into the Digital Repository of Ireland platform. Please see the Job Specification document for more information.
The role holder will work as part of a small team of linux oriented software engineers in the DRI group of the Research IT unit in Trinity College IT Services. They will also work closely with other DRI team members in Trinity College Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy, and Maynooth University to identify areas where the Repository functionality can be expanded to better support the aims of the project and the DRI as a whole.
This appointment will be made on the Administrative 3 Salary Scale (€40,053 – €50,692 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.
To find out more and apply for this post, please visit the Trinity College Dublin online job application system at https://jobs.tcd.ie and put 035990 in the Keyword search box. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5 August 2022 at 12:00.
Informal enquiries about this post should be made to Hiring Manager Darach Golden – darach.golden@tcd.ie.
