Join CCL as a Research Engineer

The Center for Collective Learning (CCL) is a multidisciplinary research group focused on economic geography, urban science, and complex systems under the leadership of Professor César A. Hidalgo.

We are opening a two-year position on city science, citizen participation, and city improvement supported by the Driving Urban Transitions partnership. The partnership focuses on advancing the quality and vibrancy of urban neighborhoods. The ideal candidate will have strong computational, analytical, and experimental skills.

Synopsis

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and resourceful research engineer who is comfortable working with streetscape images and can work as a full stack web developer. The engineer will have to build and manage the creation of streetscape datasets for several European cities and generate an interface that would help score these images using crowdsourcing and machine learning methods. This work will build on a tradition of urban perception work conducted previously at the Center for Collective Learning and is aimed to bring this tradition to the age of generative AI.

About the role

  • The data engineer will work closely with other members of CCL to build resources that will facilitate the collection of primary data and the visualization of results.

  • The data engineer will be expected to contribute to activities such as data collection, storage, management and analysis

  • The data engineer will support the team with some local sys-admin responsibilities

  • This is a full-time two-year position (24 months)

About you

  • The ideal candidate will be fluent in English.

  • You will have a degree in computer science, economics, physics, engineering, or other quantitative field with a demonstrated experience in data science.

  • The candidate has a portfolio of completed online projects

  • Prior experience in academia is an advantage, but not a requirenment

  • Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

What we offer

  • Full-time employment for 24 months

  • Working on a creative and stimulating research environment

Place of work

  • IAST, Toulouse School of Economics (Toulouse, France)

Application

If you are interested in joining our team, please submit your application by sending an email to TSE’s HR Department at rh.ecole@tse-fr.eu, indicating the job title in the subject line.

In your application, please include the following:

  • your CV,

  • a cover letter detailing your research experience and interests,

  • a list of completed online projects with screenshots and links

  • the name and email of three professional references,

If you have any further questions about the position, please send an email to contact@centerforcollectivelearning.org.