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Open Source Colour Analysis Research Assistant
Qídé Studio is looking for an entry-level Research Assistant to work on its open-source colour analysis projects. The role is a part-time research internship: ¥250 per day, eight days per month. It is based in Shanghai and follows a hybrid schedule.
The work combines research, code, and visual judgement. The successful candidate will write and maintain Python code, run statistical analyses, and help prepare research papers and documentation.
We look for:
- fluency in English;
- a base in Shanghai, with the ability to work on a hybrid schedule;
- fluency in Python: the repositories are written in Python, so the candidate must be able to read, write, and refactor existing code;
- a solid grounding in statistics, with experience applying statistical methods to real data;
- experience writing research papers, reports, or equivalent long-form technical documents;
- daily use of Git and GitHub: branching, pull requests, and a clean commit history;
- taste that survives implementation: the judgement to make an aesthetic decision and the craft to carry it into code without the result degrading;
- an understanding of why a palette or layout reads the way it does, not only how to render it;
- the habit of treating READMEs, docstrings, and example notebooks as first-class outputs;
- reproducibility as a default: seeded randomness, tests, small commits, and a clean history;
- comfort with an open brief: the ability to take a loose direction, iterate, and return something to react to;
- willingness to move across the studio’s stack: Python packaging and PyPI, JavaScript and p5.js, Processing.py and py5, and occasional web surfaces such as NiceGUI, Hugging Face Spaces, or ReportLab;
- responsiveness to review: the habit of reading feedback on a pull request, integrating it, and improving across the cycle.
Apply by sending a CV and cover letter to jobs [at] qide.studio with the subject line “Open Source Colour Analysis Research Assistant – [Your Name]”.