The Climate Accountability Lab is seeking a full-time Senior Software Engineer in the area of computational social science focused on social media. The researcher will work on interdisciplinary research projects computationally analyzing textual and audiovisual data on social media and other digital platforms, with a focus on climate change narratives and social networks. Required skills include proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or similar, and strong capabilities in relevant research methods, which could include social network analysis, statistical analysis, open-ended data mining, applied machine learning including Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, and image recognition, web scraping, and API interaction. Preferred skills include proficiency in using cloud-based platforms for data storage and computation, familiarity with climate change misinformation, obstructionism, politics, and/or communication, and experience working with and managing interdisciplinary research teams, projects, and cross-sector collaborations.
