---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Roche <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:52 AM Subject: [OSGeo-Jobs] Open Knowledge Foundation: Python Developers – CKAN/Services team To: [email protected]
note geospatial reference below, follow links in original: http://ckan.org/2012/11/15/we-are-hiring/ > We are hiring! > November 15, 2012 in Jobs > If you’re a Python web-developer who’d like to help build exciting open data projects then we’d love to hear from you. > Python Developers – CKAN/Services team > Role Description > The OKFN is recruiting junior and senior Python web developers, > primarily to work on CKAN, our open source, open data catalogue. There > will also be further responsibilities to develop data visualisation > and other data-driven services. > CKAN is an open source web-based product written in Python. It allows > users to submit, search for and find open data. As well as powering > thedatahub.org, CKAN is the catalogue behind the UK government’s > data.gov.uk website. It also powers over 30 other catalogues around > the world. If you are an outstanding Python web developer, with a keen > interest in open data and enjoy working on open-source products, we’d > love to hear from you. > You’d be involved in: > customising CKAN for different governments and organisations; > helping develop new features for CKAN; > supporting existing software deployments; > working on other Python programming projects in the OKFN. > Note: We are interested in hearing from people who are available both > full and part time. > Requirements > Essential: > Web app development experience in Python; > PostgreSQL; > Linux (Ubuntu/Redhat); > Git; > Enthusiasm about open data and open knowledge. > Bonus points for any of these (not essential though): > Solr; > Knowledge of the CKAN codebase and extensions; > Project management/consultancy experience; > Semantic web/RDF; > jQuery and CSS; > S3 and EC2; > Experience with Agile methods; > Knowledge of the geo-spatial community. > About the Open Knowledge Foundation > The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is a multi-award winning > community-based, not-for-profit organisation. The Foundation now has > projects and partnerships throughout the world and is especially > active in Europe. We build tools and communities to create, use and > share open knowledge – content and data that everyone can use, share > and build on. We believe that by creating an open knowledge commons > and developing tools and communities around this we can make a > significant contribution to improving governance, research and the > economy. > We’re changing the world by promoting a global shift towards more open > ways of working in government, arts, sciences and much more. We don’t > just talk about ideas, we deliver extraordinary software, events and > publications. How to apply > If you’d like to apply, please email [email protected] with the subject > line “Python Developer – CKAN/Services” and a copy of your CV by > Friday 23rd November and we’ll take it from there. We are flexible on > employee versus contractor but we normally contract. We are also > flexible on full or part time. Being based in and around London would > be a plus but we are happy to consider applications from elsewhere. _______________________________________________ Jobs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs -- OpenPGP Key: 0x7212572C _______________________________________________ Portugal mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/portugal
