Employment opportunities
Faculty positions
The Department of Computer Science at Tufts University invites applications for multiple open faculty positions. Throughout their application, candidates are encouraged to demonstrate their attention to diversity and inclusion as these topics relate to teaching, research (as applicable), and engagement within the academic environment.
We welcome candidates with a variety of life experiences and perspectives that will add value to our department. Women, Black/African Descent, Indigenous/Native American, Hispanic/Latinx, People of Color, LGBTQ, individuals with disabilities, and others with intersecting marginalized identities are strongly encouraged to apply. The department especially values candidates who have an interest in civic engagement, social impact, and the betterment of society.
Tenure-track faculty positions starting in Fall 2024
Programming Languages (PL): The department seeks candidates who conduct research in programming languages, including software engineering researchers whose work is adjacent to programming languages. Candidates who can connect to and build on the department’s and/or university’s strengths in related areas are strongly encouraged to apply. While candidates at the Assistant or Associate Professor level are preferred, candidates at all levels will also be considered.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): The department seeks candidates who conduct research in artificial intelligence, especially those with interests in neuro-symbolic AI, language processing with large language models (LLM), formal methods for safe learning, cognitive systems, and multi-agent planning and reasoning. Candidates in areas of artificial intelligence that connect to and build on the department’s and/or university’s strengths are particularly encouraged to apply. While candidates at the Associate Professor level are preferred, candidates at all levels will also be considered.
Any Area, with Leadership Potential: The department seeks candidates for the Ada Lovelace Professorship of Computer Science. Candidates for this professorship must demonstrate strong leadership potential and may be in any area of computing. This is a regular, permanent position, for which the Lovelace Professorship will apply for the first five years, after which the candidate will automatically continue as a regular faculty member. Mid-career, new or established Associate Professors, or recently promoted Full Professors are preferred.
Exceptional candidates not matching the above position descriptions will also be considered. Please submit your application through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/129454. Review of applications will begin December 15, 2023 and will continue until the positions are filled. Inquiries should be emailed to ttsearch@cs.tufts.edu.
Teaching-track faculty positions (in person and online) starting in 2024
We invite applications for multiple full-time teaching positions as Lecturer (open rank), Teaching Professor (open rank), or Professor of the Practice. The primary responsibility for these positions is teaching and curriculum development for the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. Candidates should specify in their cover letter whether they are interested in teaching primarily in the in-person program or the online program. Candidates for teaching in the online program may be located anywhere in the U.S. These positions will begin in Spring or Fall 2024. Candidates may have expertise in any area of computer science or a closely related field. They are expected to have strong foundational knowledge in one or more areas of our core curriculum, including Data Structures, Algorithms, Programming Languages, Computation Theory, and Data Science.
These are full-time, non-tenure-track positions. The initial appointment term will be for two years with the possibility of renewal contingent on annual performance review results. Please submit your application through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/129237. Applications are due December 15, 2023 but review of applications will begin October 15, 2023 and will continue until the positions are filled. Inquiries should be emailed to cssearch@cs.tufts.edu.
Adjunct faculty positions
We conduct an ongoing search for qualified part-time lecturers for in-person and online courses. Submit your application at https://apply.interfolio.com/123592.
Staff positions
Please check jobs.tufts.edu for staff opportunities in the Tufts Department of Computer Science.
About Tufts
The Tufts CS department has grown significantly in the past decade in faculty, student size, and research funding. The department recently moved into the brand-new Joyce Cummings Center, which is also the home of Math, Economics, the Data Intensive Studies Center, and the Derby Entrepreneurship Center. Tufts offers the best of a liberal arts college atmosphere coupled with the intellectual and technological resources of an R1 research university. We support and encourage a culture of interdisciplinary research, and there are numerous such opportunities within the university. Located only six miles from historic downtown Boston, faculty members on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus have extensive opportunities for academic and industrial collaboration outside of Tufts as well as participation in the rich intellectual life of the area.
Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff and fostering their success when hired. See the University’s Non-Discrimination statement and policy at https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies-procedures/non-discrimination/. If you are an applicant with a disability who is unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, please contact us by calling the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 617-627-3298 or at oeo@tufts.edu. Applicants can learn more about requesting reasonable accommodations at http://oeo.tufts.edu.