Department/Organization: 219101 - University Libraries

Normal Work Schedule: Flexible; Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm, up to 20 hours per week.

Note to Applicants: Applicants may attach examples with resume/application.

The duration of this appointment is for Summer 2026, with the possibility to continue based on performance and budget availability.

Job Summary: The University Libraries Research Computing Student Assistant will develop scripts, documentation, tutorials, and assist with teaching workshops such as programmatic retrieval of scholarly information, data manipulation, data visualization, high performance computing, and AI/machine learning. The Student Assistant will also assist with HPC instruction.

Required Minimum Qualifications: Current University of Alabama undergraduate student. Applicants must have intermediate experience with at least one of the following programming languages: Python, MATLAB, or R. 

Additional Required Department Minimum Qualifications: Applicants must list available hours for work. Must have experience teaching or developing instructional tutorials.

Skills and Knowledge: Creative, eager to learn, and willing to share knowledge through tutorials, documentation, consultations, and teaching.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), high-performance computing cluster, Bash or GPU programming is preferred. When submitting your application, please list your programming experience, including your depth of knowledge (basic, intermediate, advanced) and give examples of projects or assignments you have completed using a programming language and/or teaching related to a programming or software.

Enrollment Requirements: Applicants must meet enrollment requirements to be eligible for on-campus student employment. Applicants must be enrolled in a UA degree program and meet minimum credit hour requirements during the academic year: Undergraduate Students must be registered for at least 6 credit hours during fall/spring semesters; Graduate Students must be registered for at least 4.5 credit hours during fall/spring semesters; International Students must be registered full-time (Undergraduate = 12 credit hours, Graduate = 9 credit hours) during fall/spring semesters. Enrollment requirements must be maintained for the duration of on-campus employment. Individual hiring departments and programs may also have additional eligibility requirements for employment.

Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.

Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal poster.

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