CareerPlan

Application Development Lead - Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence

Boston, MA (Main Campus), USFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the development of language preservation applications for the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence (DAILP) project, serving tribal communities.

Role type

Senior IC Application Development Lead (Full-stack/DevOps)

Builds

Web-based language preservation applications and resilient data pipelines for Indigenous communities

Domain

Digital Humanities / Indigenous Language Preservation

Required skills

Rust, React, PostgreSQL, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3), Terraform, Nix, GitHub Actions, Agile/Scrum leadership, database backup/restore, system architecture

Preferred skills

Event-driven architectures, microservices, leading development for diverse communities

Technologies

Rust, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, Nix, GitHub Actions

Responsibilities

Design and maintain full-stack components in Rust and React; own end-to-end data pipeline and cloud infrastructure; lead a small team of engineers and student developers; implement CI/CD and monitoring; mentor team members; collaborate with tribal community representatives

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities