MIT’s Center for Civic Media is developing a new platform to add contextual information to livestreaming video and search across multiple livestreaming services, allowing viewers to more deeply engage with livestreams. The site is built on Meteor.js and we currently have an early beta version deployed at www.deepstream.tv. We are looking to contract with a Boston-area developer who wants to play an active role in continuing the development of features and refining the UI.
This position is part-time (between 15 and 25 hours a week) for 3-5 months. This period will include providing support for early users and integrating user feedback. It will also include an onboarding period for knowledge transfer from the current developer. We plan to hire before the end of December. Ideally you would be open to the idea of joining the project on a longer-term basis if we are able to secure additional funding or enter an accelerator in the summer.
You will be working closely with researcher and designer of the platform, which includes regular in-person meetings at MIT’s Media Lab.
Qualifications:
● Strong knowledge of JavaScript
● Experience developing with Meteor.js
● Familiarity with MongoDB or other non-SQL databases
● Detail-oriented and capable of delivering a polished product
● Experience with production-level web-app architectures
● Excitement for working on new technologies to support social activism
Contact: wgmangum@mit.edu
employmenthttps://civic.mit.edu/deepstreamdev