Digital Field Data Technical Lead(m/w/x)

Requirements

• Advanced degree in economics or related discipline
• Experience managing remote field research sites
• Responsibility for multi-year field research systems
• Expertise in longitudinal household data systems
• Excellent programming skills in R, Julia, and Python
• Experience integrating ecological and geospatial data
• Ability to combine mobile platforms and pipelines
• Understanding of field data quality management
• Experience working with communities and NGOs
• Strong communication of complex technical concepts
• Excellent project coordination and planning skills
• Excellent spoken and written English skills

Tasks

• Design and develop large-scale digital field research systems
• Manage high-frequency longitudinal data on household economics
• Maintain multi-year household panel data collection systems
• Integrate economic data with field-based ecological measurements
• Connect remote sensing and computer vision data with socio-economic sets
• Ensure reliable system operation despite reporting delays and seasonal variations
• Coordinate technical integration across multiple research programs and sites
• Provide technical support and training to remote field teams
• Develop field-tested protocols and documentation for system resilience
• Support computational pipelines for ecological and behavioral data analysis
• Collaborate with local partners to ensure culturally appropriate technical systems

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