Jobs at Sefaria משרות פנויות בספריא

Junior Content Engineer

Position Overview

Sefaria, the open digital platform for Jewish texts, seeks a driven individual to help expand our library. This full-time, junior programmer will work on content-related tasks for our system. The role involves:

• Analyzing structures of texts and creating formal representations using Sefaria's toolset
• Parsing text from various sources and loading them into Sefaria’s repository
• Developing and improving tools used in content processing
• Developing and improving algorithms used to find connections between different texts

Key Responsibilities

Sefaria’s database currently contains more than 200 million words. We’re continuing to expand and refine our database. Everything we obtain must be properly imported into our system. Our repository’s code base is Python running over MongoDB with a RESTful API. The process of parsing semi-structured digital text generally involves analyzing the text to determine its structure, encoding that structure, writing custom scripts to convert the source text into the appropriate structure, and posting the resulting data to our server.

Desired Experience and Skills: Applicants need to understand the structure of Torah literature (https://www.sefaria.org/texts), should have a background in programming, and have a history of learning Torah.

• At least one year of programming experience
• Python (or comparable experience)
• Regular expressions and fuzzy matching
• Knowledge of Judaic text (e.g., Torah, Talmud, Kabbalistic works, halakhic works, commentaries, etc.)
• Understanding of written Hebrew
• English (professional working proficiency)
• Detail oriented and organized
• Proactive worker and a self-starter

Location: Jerusalem

Job Type: This is a full time permanent position.

To Apply

Please send your resume and a short cover letter in English to [email protected]. If you have a GitHub account, please include a link on your resume.