Programmer

Responsibilities:DarkTower employs current undergraduate and graduate-level students to research and analyze multiple types of crime and misuse of various social media platforms. Our programmers work closely with the analysts we employ to create tools that improve their research and analysis of crime and misuse occurring on social media.Programmers work alone or in pairs, with regular direction stated by a supervisor, as well as consulting frequently with analysts to better suit their needs and identify improvements to their workflow. Development assignments include the reverse engineering of social media platforms, developing methodologies to gather data from these platforms, storing this data long term for later use, filtering and analysis of captured data for analyst purposes, and maintenance of existing tools performing these tasks.Programmers must be able to navigate and utilize their development tools with proficiency, confidently apply common software development practices to their work, and maintain a close connection to the development team, analyst teams, and their supervisor.