Stanford University is looking for a hardcore Web Developer/hacker. Our project: Stanford University is building an Intellectual Property Clearinghouse. The goal of the project is to create publicly accessible database of all Intellectual Property documents and build a specialized semantic search engine on top of it. - Project will help to improve US patent system and facilitate technology transfer - The project will benefit individual inventors, high-tech and bio-tech companies involved in technology transfer, patent policy makers and legal professionals - CS Professors Chris Manning and Hector Garcia-Molina are technical advisors - We perform cutting-edge research in Machine Learning and NLP on our Intellectual Property Corpus - This database of intellectual property documents has never been created before - Cisco, Oracle, Intel, SAP, Genentech and other tech companies are funding the effort Responsibilities: - Architect, build and maintain rapidly evolving Web site - Connect Web site to the back-end which supplies machine learning, natural language processing, search and data-mining functionality - Help with the development of the machine learning, natural language processing, search and data-mining modules (mostly with the interfaces and data I/O). Benefits: - Challenging, fun and startup-like environment at Stanford University - Exposure to the cutting edge Stanford Computer Science research - Opportunity to learn data-mining, machine learning and NLP, if desired - Opportunity to improve US Patent system and change the world - There will be an opportunity for commercial spin-offs (startups) - Industry competitive salary and full benefits (medical, dental, etc…) Required Qualification: - Hardcore individual - Expert Python skills for web development, database access - Expert knowledge of Python Web Development frameworks - Expert Java skills for web development, database access - Expert knowledge of Java Web Development frameworks (JSP, JSF, Shale, etc…) - Expert HTML and CSS skills with cross-browser compatibility - Expert Java programming skills, OOP, design patterns - 7 – 8 years of development experience or equivalent skill level Additional Qualifications: - Good JavaScript skills with AJAX experience - Knowledge of open-source Java technologies, especially from Apache - Basic understanding of open source search and data-mining technologies (Lucene/Solr) - MySQL administration - Linux administration; bash scripting Positions: 1. We will hire an exceptional developer immediately full-time. 2. We could offer an opportunity for 1.5 – 2 months contracting with possibility of full-time hire afterwards 3. We could offer 1.5 – 2 month contract if someone is looking for a short-term engagement only Our technical environment: - We develop in 3 languages: Python (front end), Java (back end), and JavaScript (AJAX on the browser) - You get to decide on the best architecture/framework for the Python Web front-end - We build a large and computationally intensive Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing back-end in Java. - We build a large Search and Data-mining back-end in Java, mostly from open source components - Linux 64-bit x86 servers If you have any questions, please contact: George Grigoryev Information Retrieval + NLP Project Lead Stanford Intellectual Property Clearinghouse Stanford University george.grigoryev AT stanford DOT edu 2009-01-16T22:15:28-0800 552 http://python.jobmotel.com/jobs/552 2007-08-04T00:00:00-0700 2009-01-16T22:15:28-0800